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REVISED  CHARTER, 

AMENDMENTS 


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REVISED  ORDINANCES 

. .  .  .OF  THE ..... 

CITY  OF  TACOMA, 

WASHINGTON. 


Compiled  and  Revised  by  Authority 
City  Council. 

BY  HENRY  C.  BEACH,  ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 


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PAGES. 


AMENDMENTS  TO  CHARTER,      -  108  to  ]12 

CERTIFICATE,  632 

CHARTER  REVISED,  33  to  107 

CITY  OFFICIALS,  -  5  to    16 

CORPORATE  HISTORY,  17  to   21 

ENABELING  ACT,  22  to    32 

ERRATA,  633  to  634 

INDEX  TO  CHARTER  AND  AMENDMENTS.  664  to  684 

ENABLING  ACT,  659  to  663 
REVISED  AND  SUPPLEMENT  ORDI- 

NANCES, -    698  to  725 
TITLES  OF  SPECIAL  ORDINANCES,  685  to  691 

UNREPEALED     ORDINANCES,  BY 

NUMBER,  692  to  697 

PREFACE,      -  3  and  4 

REVISED  ORDINANCES,  -     165  to  601 

SUPPLIMENT  TO  REVISED  ORDINANCES,  603  to  (  31 
TITLES  OF  ACTS  OF  THE  LEGISLATURES  OF 

1893,  1895  and  1897,  113  to  120 

TITLES  TO  SPECIAL  ORDINANCES,  -     121  to  126 

UNREPEALKD  ORDINANCES,            -  127  to  164 


The  following*  pag*es  are  placed  before  the  public 
with  the  hope  of  the  compiler  that  they  are  in  such  a 
shape  as  to  be  of  practical  benefit  to  all  who  may  have 
occasion  to  refer  to  them. 

The  arrangement  is  simple,  when  fully  understood, 
hence,  a  few  explanatory  words  in  that  regard.  The 
various  matters  are  presented  in  the  following-  order: 

1.  City  officials. 

2.  The  Corporate  History  of  the  city. 

3.  The  Enabling-  Act. 

4.  The  Revised  Charter  with  amendmeets. 

5.  The  titles  of  various  Acts  of   the    Legislature 

pertaiuing-  to  Cities  of  the  First  Class. 
().      Titles  of  Special  Ordinances  of  more  than  ordi- 
nary importance. 

7.  A  complete  list  of  all  Unrepealed  Ordinances, 

not  otherwise  set  forth  in  this  volume  with 
their  orig-inal  numbers  tog-ether  with  volume 
and  pag-e  where  recorded,  and  segreg-ated 
according-  to  subjects  so  far  as  possible, 
thus  enabling-  anyone,  knowing-  the  number 
of  an  ordinance,  to  readily  find  the  same. 

8.  Part  I,    or  all   penal   ordinances  in   force,  duly 

classified. 

().  Part  II,  all  other  ordinances  in  force  and  not 
otherwise  referred  to,  also  classified. 

10.  Index  to  Enabling-  Act. 

11.  Index  to  Revised  Charter  and  Amendments. 

12.  Index  to  Titles  of  Special  Ordinances. 

13.  Index  to  all  ordinances  mentioned  in  this  volume 

by  their  number  showing-  the  pag*e  where 
found. 

14.  Index  to  Revised  Ordinances. 

The  public  are  indebted  to  Messrs.  W.  G.  Freeman, 
chairman,  G.  F.  Whitty,  C.  T.  Patterson, 
C.  F.  Owen  and  J.  M.  Bell  of  the  commit- 
tee on  enrolled  ordinances  for  their  faithful 
and  zealous  work  in  the  revision  of  the  or- 
dinances. 

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PREFACE, 

I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  L.  W.  Roys,  city  clerk,  for  his 
many  courtesies  and  his  unravelling'  the 
mysteries  of  the  ancient  records,  showing- 
a  thorough  familiarity  with  the  details  of 
the  intricacies  of  his  office,  which  is  evi- 
denced by  his  compilation  of  the  city  offi- 
cials, an  interesting-  and  valuable  addition  to 
the  early  history  of  our  city  and  its  founders. 


CITY   OFFICIALS. 


A  compilation  of  the  principal  officials  of  Old  Tacoma, 
New  Tacoma  and  Tacoma  since  1874. 


CITY  OF  TACOMA—OLD  TACOMA. 


(See  Corporate  History,  sequiter.) 
1874. 

Trustees— Job  Carr,  President;  A.  Walters,  J.  W.  Cham- 
bers, A.  C.  Campbell  and  S.  C.  Howes.  J.  R.  Ralston  was 
elected  June  15,  1874,  to  succeed  S.  C.  Howes. 

Town  Officers— Wm.  A.  McCain,  Clerk;  Geo.  E.  Atkin- 
son, Treasurer;  L.  Diller,  Marshal. 

1875! 

Trustees— A.  Walters,  President;  J.  R.  Ralston,  S.  C. 
Howes,  A.  J.  Whipple  and  J.  W.  Chambers.  J.  H.  Smith 
was  elected  May  22,  1875,  to  succeed  J.  R.  Ralston. 

Town  Officers — Chas.  Prosch,  Clerk;  H.  B.  Crammer 
was  elected  Clerk  from  June  17,  1875;  Geo.  E.  Atkinson, 
Treasurer;  J.  R.  Ralston,  Marshal. 

1876. 

Trustees— A.  Walters,  President;  J.  W.  Chambers,  A.  J. 
Whipple,  S.  C.  Howes  and  J.  W.  Ackerson. 

Town  Officers — H.  B.  Crammer,  Clerk;  Geo.  E.  Atkinson, 
Treasurer;  J.  R.  Ralston,  Marshal;  D.  B.  Hannah,  Recorder. 


CITY  OFFICIALS. 

1877. 

Trustees— A.  Walters,  President;  J.  W.  Ackerson,  D.  B. 
Hannah,  J.  W.  Bowers  and  J.  H.  Ramsdell. 

Town  Officers — H.  B.  Crammer,  Clerk;  A.  M.  Adams  was 
elected  Clerk  after  October  4;  Geo.  E.  Atkinson,  Treasurer; 
H.  D.  Montgomery,  Marshal,  and  was  succeeded  by  Howard 
Carr  after  January  7;  Job  Carr,  Judicial  Officer. 

1878. 

Trustees— A.  Walters,  President;  D.  B.  Hannah,  J.  W. 
Bowers,  J.  H.  Ramsdell  and  J.  W.  Ackerson. 

Town  Officers— A.  M.  Adams,  Clerk,  whoGwas  succeeded 
by  N.  Costley  after  July  13;  Geo.  E.  Atkinson,  Treasurer; 
Howard  Carr,  Marshal;  Job  Carr,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

1879. 

Trustees— A.  J.  Whipple,  President;  F.  W.  Sullivan,  J. 
H.  Ramsdell,  J.  W.  Bowers  and  R.  G.  Meath. 

Town  Officers— N.  Costley,  Clerk;  Geo.  E.  Atkinson,  Treas- 
urer;   Howard  Carr,  Marshal;   S.   C.    Howes,    Justice  of  the 

Peace. 

1880. 

Trustees— F.  W.  Sullivan,  President;  A.  J.  Babcock,  Ira 
N.   Bradish,   H.    Carr   and  J.   H.   Ramsdell.     A.  J.  Whipple 
succeeded  J.  H.  Ramsdell  before  the  end  of  his  term,  and  - 
Perry  succeeded  Howard  Carr. 

Town  Officers— N.  Costley,  Clerk;  J.  N.  Fuller,  Treas- 
urer; Job  Carr,  Marshal,  who  resigned  September  7th  and 
was  succeeded  by  D.  B.  Hannah,  who  in  turn  was  succeeded 
on  November  13th  by  Howard  Carr;  S.  C.  Howes,  Judicial 

Officer. 

1881. 

Trustees — A.  Walters,  President;  A.  J.  Babcock,  D.  B. 
Hannah,  S.  R.  Baker  and  Ira  N.  Bradish. 

Town  Officers — Mrs.  C.  E.  Woods,  who  served  up  to  July 
lst>  and  was  succeeded  by  Estella  C.  Bradish,  Clerk;  A.  M. 
Adams,  Treasurer,  who  resigned  January  16th  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  N.  Costley;  D.  B.  Hannah,  Marshal;  S.  C.  Howes, 
Justice  of  the  Peace. 


CITY   OFFICIALS. 

1882. 

Trustees— A.  Walters,  President;  J.  N.  Fuller,  S.  -R. 
Baker,  F.  W.  Sullivan  and  P.  Foster. 

Town  Officers — Estella  C.  Bradish,  Clerk;  N.  Costley, 
Treasurer,  who  died,  and  on  September  4th  was  succeeded  by 
Mrs.  A.  Walters;  Howard  Carr,  Marshal;  S.  C.  Howes,  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace. 

1883. 

Trustees— A.  Walters,  President;  Ira  N.  Bradish,  J.  F. 
Beals,  Job  Carr  and  James  Bush.  J.  F.  Beals  resigned  and 
on  November  5th  was  succeeded  by  J.  N.  Fuller. 

Town  Officers — Estella  C.  Bradish,  Clerk,  who  resigned 
July  2d  and  was  succeeded  by  S.  C.  Howes;  Mrs.  A.  Walters, 
Treasurer;  W.  H.  Harris,  Marshal;  S.  C.  Howes,  Justice  of 
the  Peace. 

On  January  4,  1S84,  the  Council  adjourned  sine  die. 


NEW  TACOMA. 


(See  Corporate  History,  sequiter.)    . 
1880. 

Trustees — Theodore  Hosmer,  President;  H.  C.  Bostwick, 
Samuel  Wilkeson,  Jr.,  David  Lister,  Sr.,  and  S.  M.  Nolan. 

City  Officers— Elwbod  Evans,  Clerk;  Geo.  F.  Orchard, 
Treasurer;  Henry  Williams,  Marshal,  who  served  until  June 
21st,  when  J.  S.  Howell  succeeded  him.  He  was  discharged 
on  October  7th,  and  was  followed  respectively  by  Joseph 
Lewis  until  November  17th,  B}rron  A.  Young-  until  February 
16,  1881,  and  John  T.  Wills  thereafter. 

1881. 

Trustees — David  Lister,  President  and  Acting  Mayor;  M. 
J.  Cogswell,  S.  F.  Sahm,  George  F.  Orchard  and  Theodore 
Hosmer.  J.  H.  Houghton  succeeded  one  of  the  former,  but 
the  record  is  blank  as  to  whom. 

City  Officers— Sam  Wilkeson,  Jr.,  Clerk;  H.  C.  Davis, 
Treasurer;  A.  Van  Meter,  Marshal  to  June  25th,  and  A.  H. 
Lowe  thereafter;  C.  D.  Young,  Committing  Magistrate;  Alex 
Campbell,  City  Attorney. 


CITY   OFFICIALS, 

1882. 

Major — Theodore  Hostner,  who  resigned  September  6th, 
and  was  succeeded  by  by  A.  S.  Abernathy,  Jr. 

Councilmen — Geo.  W.  Alexander,  A.  S.  Abernathy,  Jr., 
who  was  succeeded  by  J.  W.  Anderson,  Jacob  Halstead,  who 
was  followed  by  Geo.  F.  Orchard,  John  E.  Burns,  Chas. 
Sprague  and  G.  W.  Bonbright,  whose  place  was  filled  by 
Isaac  Pincus. 

City  Officers— J.  H.  Wilt,  City  Clerk;  H.  C.  Davis,  Treas- 
urer; E.  O.  Fulmer,  Marshal;  C.  D.  Young-  and  Alex  Camp- 
bell, Committing  Magistrates;  Alex  Campbell,  City  Attorney; 
D,  D.  Clark,  City  Surveyor;  E.  G.  Bacon,  Commissioner  of 
Streets;  H.  C.  Bostwick  and  E.  J.  Ashman,  Health  Officers; 
J.  H.  Wilt  and  L.  G.  Shelton,  Assessors. 

1883. 

Mayor — A.  S.  Abernathy,  Jr. 

Councilmen — J.  W.  Anderson,  Robert  Wingate,  Byron 
Barlow,  John  E.  Burns,  Chas.  Sprag-ue,  who  resig-ned  June 
_27th  and  was  succeeded  by  E.  N.  Ouimette  on  July  13th,  and 
G.  W.  Alexander,  who  resig-ned  September  21st  and  whose 
place  was  filled  by  the  election  on  September  26th  of  Wm. 
Robertson. 

City  Officers— J.  H.  Wilt,  City  Clerk.  He  resigned  on 
September  6th  and  F.  O.  Meeker  was  elected  on  September 
26th  to  succeed  him.  H.  C.  Davis,  City  Treasurer;  E.  O. 
Fulmer,  Marshal  and  Collector;  Alex  Campbell,  Committing 
Magistrate;  Elwood  Evans,  City  Attorney;  E.  J.  Ashman, 
Health  Officer;  C.  O.  Bean,  City  Surveyor;  E.  G.  Bacon,  Com- 
missioner of  Streets;  R.  M.  Montfort,  Harbor  Master;  L.  G. 
Shelton,  Assessor. 

On  January  5,  1884,  the  Council  ad-journed  sine  die. 


CITY   OFFICIALS. 


TACOHA. 


(See  Corporate  History,  sequiter.) 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Consolidated  Cities  was  held  on 
January  7th,  1884,  and  the  following-  officers  served  until 
May  20th,  1884: 

Mayor— John  W.  Sprague. 

Councilmen — Geo.  Kandle,  H.  Carr,  John  E.  Burns,  R.  J» 
Weisbach,  C.  A.  Richardson,  J.  N.  Fuller,  Geo.  E.  Atkinson,. 
Geo.  O.  Kelly  and  F.  W.  Bashford. 

City  Officers— Sam'l  C.  Howes,  City  Clerk; r 

City  Treasurer;  L.  D.  Campbell,  City  Attorney;  James  Ver- 
coe,  Health  Officer;  C.  O.  Bean,  City  Surveyor;  E.  G.  Bacon,, 
Commissioner  of  Streets;  J.  J.  Parker,  Harbor  Master;  A.  H. 
Lowe,  Assessor;  Frank  O.  Meeker,  Collector. 

The  following-  officers  were  elected  to  serve  from  May 
20th,  1884,  to  1885: 

Mayor — R.  J.  Weisbach. 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward.  Howard  Carr  for  3  years.  He 
resigned  and  Geo.  E.  Atkinson  succeeded  him.  J.  N.  Fuller 
for  2  years.  He  resigned  and  Sam'l  C.  Howes  was  his  suc- 
cessor, and  F.  W.  Sullivan  for  1  year.  2d  Ward,  J.  H. 
Houghton  for  3  years,  W.  P.  Bonney  for  2  years,  and  Sam'l 
Wilkeson,  Jr.,  for  1  year.  3rd  Ward,  F.  W.  Bashford  for  $ 
years,  F.  T.  Olds  for  2  years,  and  J.  V.  Chamberlain  for  1 
year. 

City  Officers— Wm.  J.  Meade,  City  Clerk;  ,  City- 
Treasurer;  E.  O.  Fulmer,  Marshal;  W.  H.  Harris,  Commit- 
ting Magistrate,  1st  Ward,  and  Alex.  Campbell  in  2d  and  3rd 
Wards;  Louis  D.  Campbell,  City  Attorney;  Dr.  John  F. 
Beardsley,  Health  Officer;  C.  O.  Bean,  City  Surveyor;  H.  O. 
Geiger,  Commissioner  of  Streets;  Chas.  A.  Enell,  Harbor 
Master;  Job  Carr,  Collector  and  Assessor. 


CITY   OFFICIALS. 

1885. 

Mayor — R.  J.  Weisbach. 

Councilmen—  1st  Ward,  Geo.  E.  Atkinson,  holdover,  D. 
B.  Hannah  and  H.  M.  Lillis;  2d  Ward,  J.  H.  Houg-hton  and 
W.  P.  Bonney,  holdovers,  and  Geo.  O.  Kelly;  3d  Ward,  F.  W. 
Bashford  and  F.  T.  Olds,  holdovers,  and  E.  G.  Bacon. 

City  Officers— Wm.  J.  Meade,  City  Clerk;  ,  City 

Treasurer;  W.  H.  Harris,  Committing-  Magistrate  in  the  1st 
Ward,  Alex.  Campbell  in  the  2nd,  and  Abram  E.  Lawrence  in 
the  3rd;  Geo.  Fuller,  City  Attorney;  Dr.  J.  A.  C.  McCoy, 
Health  Officer;  C.  O.  Bean,  City  Surveyor;  H.  O.  Geig-er, 
Commissioner  of  Streets;  A.  Walters,  Harbor  Master;  Benj. 
Macready,  City  Assessor. 

1886. 

Mayor — J.  C.  Mann. 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  E.  G.  Bacon  and  H.  M.  Lillis, 
holdover;  2nd  Ward,  Geo.  O.  Kelly  and  J.  H.  Houg-hton, 
holdover;  3rd  Ward,  D.  B.  Hannah  and  F.  W.  Bashford, 
holdover;  4th  Ward,  Byron  Miller  and  John  A.  McGoldrick. 

City  Officers — Wm.  J.  Meade,  City  Clerk;  John  Murray, 
City  Treasurer;  Thomas  Carroll,  City  Attorney;  W.  H.  Har- 
ris, Committing  Magistrate  in  the  1st  Ward,  Alex.  Camp- 
bell in  the  2nd,  and  A.  E.  Lawrence  in  the  3rd;  Frank  Mc- 
Gill,  Commissioner  of  Streets;  C.  O.  Bean,  City  Surveyor;  R. 
J.  Weisbach  and  H.  F.  McKay,  Chief  of  Police;  J.  D.  Rainey, 
Chief  of  Fire  Department;  Johnson  Armstrong-,  Health 
Officer;  R.  F.  Montfort,  Harbor  Master. 

1887. 

Mayor — Ira  A.  Towne. 

Councilmen— 1st  Ward,  E.  G.  Bacon  and  H.  M.  Lillis; 
2nd  Ward,  J.  H.  Houg-hton  and  Geo.  O.  Kelly;  3rd  Ward, 
Wm.  Zinram  and  John  Horsfall;  4th  Ward,  Byron  Miller  and 
E.  A.  Collins. 

City. Officers— Wm.  J.  Meade,  City  Clerk;  M.  M.  Taylor, 
City  Treasurer;  Thomas  Carroll,  City  Attorney;  S.  C.  Howes, 
Committing-  Magistrate  in  the  1st  Ward,  Chas.  E.  Senter 
in  the  2d,  A.  E.  Lawrence  in  the  3d,  and  W.  A.  Lammey  in 
the  4th;  J.  P.  Hodgins,  Commissioner  of  Streets;  C.  O.  Bean, 
City  Surveyor;  J.  B.  Hedges,  City  Assessor;  ,  Chief 


CITY   OFFICIALS. 

of  Police;  H.  M.   Lillis,  Fire  Warden;  Johnson   Armstrong, 
Health  Officer;  R.  M.  Montfort,  Harbor  Master. 

1888. 

Mayor — Henry  Drum. 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  H.  M.  Lillis  and  J.  B.  Houghton; 
2nd  Ward,  J.  H.  Houghton  and  J.  D.  Caughran;  3d  Ward, 
Wm.  Zinram  and  John  Horsfall;  4th  Ward,  E.  A.  Collins  and 
J.  M.  Steele. 

City  Officers— Wm.  J.  Meade,  City  Clerk;  L.  E.  Samp- 
son, City  Treasurer;  Thomas  Carroll,  City  Attorney;  J.  P. 
Hodgins,  Commissioner  of  Streets;  C.  O.  Bean,  City  En- 
gineer; J.  B.  Thompson,  Chief  of  Police;  E.  G.  Bacon,  Fire 
Warden;  F.  C.  Miller,  Health  Officer;  R.  M.  Montfort,  Port 
Warden  and  Harbor  Master;  J.  B.  Hedges,  City  Assessor. 

1889. 

Mayor — S.  A.  Wheelwright. 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  H.  M.  Lillis  and  — .  Houghton; 
2nd  Ward,  J.  D.  Caughran  and  Chas.  T.  Uhlman;  3rd  Ward, 
John  Horsfall  and  J.  M.  Dougan;  4th  Ward,  J.  M.  Steele  and 
John  N.  Fuller. 

City  Officers— Wm.  J.  Meade,  City  Clerk,  to  November 
2nd,  E.  J.  Kreider  to  April  26,  1890,  and  George  Haskins 
thereafter;  S.  T.  Armstrong,  City  Treasurer;  W.  H.  Snell, 
City  Attorney;  J.  P.  Hodgins,  Commissioner  of  Streets;  C.  O. 
Bean,  City  Engineer;  A.  M.  Chesney,  Chief  of  Police;  J.  D. 
Rainey,  Fire  Warden;  F.  L.  Goddard,  Health  Officer;  R.  M. 
Mountfort,  Port  Warden  and  Harbor  Master;  J.  B.  Hedges, 
City  Assessor. 

1890. 

The  officers  elected  served  until  October. 

Mayor — Stuart  Rice. 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  Frank  A.  Smalley  and  W.  A. 
Freeman;  2nd  Ward,  Chas.  T.  Uhlman  and  Chas.  T.  Man- 
ning; 3rd  Ward,  J.  M.  Dougan  and  John  Horsfall;  4th  Ward, 
John  N.  Fuller  and  J.  A.  McGoldrick. 

City  Officers— Chas.  E.  Hill,  City  Clerk;  Grattan  H. 
Wheeler,  City  Treasurer;  S*C.  Milligan,  City  Attorney;  J* 
P.  Hodgins,  Commissioner  of  Streets;  Colin  Mclntosh,  City 
Engineer;  Mark  Dillon,  Chief  of  Police;  H.  M.  Lillis,  Chief 


CITY   OFFICIALS. 

of  Fire  Department;  J.  T.  Brickley,  Health  Officer;  R.  M. 
Montfort,  Port  Warden  and  Harbor  Master;  Fred  T.  Taylor, 
City  Assessor. 

1891. 

The  following-  officers  were  elected  in  October,  1890: 

Mayor — George  B.  Kandle. 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  Howard  Carr,  who  was  succeeded 
on  December  26,  1890,  by  Frank  Laidlaw,  and  O.  B.  Hayden, 
whom  H.  C.  Clement  succeeded;  2d  Waid,  Ed  S.  Orr  and  M. 
S.  Hill;  3rd  Ward,  R.  G.  Meath  and  H.  H.  Warner;  4th 
Ward,  H.  C.  Berryhill  and  C.  M.  Johnson. 

City  Officers— Chas.  E.  Hill,  City  Clerk,  to  December  20r 
1890,  when  Georg-e  Haskins  succeeded  him;  Geo.  W.  Bog-g-s, 
City  Treasurer;  ,  City  Attorney;  E.  N.  Parker,  Po- 
lice Judge;  Fred  T.  Taylor,  Controller;  F.  L.  Goddard,  City 

Physician;  H.  P.  Tuttle,  Health  Officer;  ,  Chief  of 

Police;  H.  M.  Lillis,  Chief  of  Fire  Department;  Byron  Bar- 
low, J-  P.  Hodgins  and  Colin  Mclntosh,  members  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Works;  Georg-e  Brown,  I.  W.  Anderson,  F.  L 
Meade,  Henry  Drum  and  A.  N.  Fitch,  Park  Commissioners; 
G.  F-  Linquist,  Harbor  Master. 

1892, 

Mayor— H,  S.  Huson, 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  Curtis  A,  Beals  2  years,  E,  Stein- 
bach  1  >ear;  2nd  Ward,  Georg-e  H.  Boardman  2  years,  John 
T.  Lee  1  year;  3rd  Ward,  William  H.  Grattan  2  years,  John 
Snyder  1  year;  4th  Ward,  Jerry  Fortain  2  years,  E.  A.  Knoell 
1  year;  5th  Ward,  Robert  F.  Wright  2  years,  John  A.  Mc- 
Goldrick  1  year;  6th  Ward,  H.  H.  Warner  2  years, '  J.  M. 
Junett  1  year;  7th  Ward,  John  W.  Berry  2  years,  John  G. 
Proctor  1  year;  8th  Ward,  Royal  A.  Gove  2  years,  Harris  A. 
Correll  1  year. 

City  Officers— Sam'l  J.  Smythe,  City  Clerk;  Georg-e  W. 
Bog-g-s,  City  Treasurer;  F.  H.  Murray,  City  Attorney;  Sam'l 
C.  Slaughter,  Controller;  Johnson  Armstrong-,  City  Phy- 
sician; Dr.  J.  R.  Yocum,  Health  Officer;  Lincoln  Davis,  Chief 
of  Police,  H.  M.  Lillis,  Chief  of  Fire  Department;  D,  L. 
Demorest,  Arvid  Rydstrom  and  John  N.  Fuller,  members  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Works;  Georg-e  Brown,  I.  W.  Anderson, 


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CITY   OFFICIALS. 

F,  I,  Meade,  Henry  Drum  and  A.  N.  Fitch,  Park  Commis- 
sioners; Captain  J.  B.  Clift,  Harbor  Master, 

1893. 

Mayor — H.  S.  Huson. 

Councilman— 1st  Ward,  C.  R.  Beals  holdover,  W.  H.  Har- 
ris 2  years;  2nd  Ward,  Georg-e  H,  Boardman  holdover,  J.  1\ 
Lee  elected  for  2  years;  3d  Ward,  Wm,  H.  Grattan  holdover, 
Isaac  Pincus  2  years;  4th  Ward,  Jerry  Fortain  holdover, 
Jame-3  J.  Glenn  2  years;  5th  Ward,  Robert  F.  Wright  hold- 
over, H.  W.  Nash  2  years;  6th  Ward,  H.  H.  Warner  holdover, 
J.  M.  Junett  2  years;  7th  Ward,  John  W.  Berry  holdover,  H. 
L.  Votaw  2  years;  8th  Ward,  Royal  A.  Gove  holdover,  David 
Humphrey  2  years. 

City  Officers— Sam'l  J.  Smythe,  City  Clerk;  Georg-e  \^. 
Bog-g-s,  City  Treasurer;  F.  H.  Murray,  City  Attorney;  Sam'l 
C.  Slaug-hter,  Controller;  Johnson  Armstrong-,  City  Phy- 
sician; Dr.  J.  R.  Yocum,  Health  Officer;  Lincoln  Davis,  Chief 
of  Police;  H.  M.  Lillis,  Chief  of  Fire  Department;  D.  L. 
Demorest,  Arvid  Rydstrom  and  John  N.  Fuller,  members  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Works;  Georg-e  Brown,  I.  W.  Anderson, 
F.  I.  Meade,  Henry  Drum  and  A.  N.  Fitch,  Park  Commis- 
sioners; J.  B.  Clift,  Harbor  Master. 

1894. 

Mayor— Ed.  S,  Orr, 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  W.  H.  Harris  holdover,  Luke 
McGrath  2  years;  2nd  Ward,  J.  T.  Lee  holdover,  C,  A.  Cav- 
ender  2  years;  3rd  Ward,  Isaac  Pincus  holdover,  J.  B.  Thomp- 
son 2  years;  4th  Ward,  James  J.  Glenn  holdover,  Wm.  Watson 
2  }^ears;  5th  Ward,  H.  W.Nash  holdover,  John  Hartman  2  years; 
6th  Ward,  J.  M.  Junett  holdover,  H.  H.  Warner  2  years;  7th 
Ward,  H,  L.  Votaw  holdover,  Ernest  Lister  2  years;  8th 
Ward,  David  Humphrey  holdover,  R,  A.  Gove  2  years. 

City  Officers— Sam'l  J.  Smythe,  City  Clerk;  J.  W.  Mc- 
Cauley,  City  Treasurer;  James  Wickersham,  City  Attorney; 
E.  V.  Benham,  Controller;  Dr.  F,  J.  Schug-,  City  Physician; 
Ben  E.  Hervey,  Health  Officer;  D.  O,  Smith,  Chief  of'police; 
H.  M.  Lillis,  Chief  of  Fire  Department  to  July  14th,  A.  J. 
Bruemmer  thereafter;  Arvid  Rodstrom,  D.  L  Demurest  and 
M,  M.  Taylor,  members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works;  George 


CITY   OFFICIALS. 

Brown,  I,  W,  Anderson,  W,  R.  Rust,  Henry  Drum  arid  A.  N. 
Fitch,  Park  Commissioners;  J.  B.  Clift,  Harbor  Master. 

1895. 

Mayor— Ed.  S.  Orr. 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  Luke  McGrath  holdover,  W.  H. 
Harris  2  years;  2d  Ward,  C.  A.  Cavender,  holdover,  expelled 
by  the  Council  on  December  21st,  and  John  Holgate  was 
elected  in  his  place  on  January  4,  1896,  P.  D.  Norton  2  years; 
3d  Ward,  J.  B.  Thompson,  holdover,  Alexander  Parker  2 
years;  4th  Ward,  Wm.  Watson  holdover,  J.  L.  Coates  2 
years;  5th  Ward,  John  Hartman  holdover,  N.  P.  Bulger  2 
years;  6th  Ward,  H.  H.  Warner  holdover,  J.  W.  Kleeb  2 
years;  7th  Ward,  Ernest  Lister  holdover,  Samuel  Hice  2 
years;  8th  Ward,  R.  A.  Gove  holdover,  G.  F.  Whitty  2  years. 

City  Officers— Samuel  J.  Smythe,  City  Clerk;  J.  W.  Mc- 
Cauley,  Treasurer  to  October  30th  when  he  was  removed  and 
F.  T.  Olds  thereafter;  James  Wickersham,  confirmed  Janu- 
ary 4,  1896,  City  Attorney;  E.  V.  Benham,  Controller;  Dr.  F, 
J.  Schug-,  City  Physician;  D.  O.  Smith,  Chief  of  Police;  H.  J. 
Bruemmer,  Chief  of  Fire  Department;  Arvid  Rydstrom,  R.  B. 
Mullen  and  M.  M.  Taylor,  who  was  removed  November  30th, 
members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works;  David  Humphrey,  A- 
N.  Fitch,  George  Browne,  I.  W.  Anderson,  W.  R.  Rust,  G.  L. 
Holmes  and  Chester  Thome,  Park  Commissioners;  J.  B.  Clift, 
Harbor  Master. 

18%. 

Mayor— A.  V.  Fawcett  to  October  ..  ..,  and  from  July 
. .  ..,  1897;  Ed  S.  Orr  from  October  ....  to  July  ..  ..,1897. 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  W.  H.  Harris  holdover,  Jno.  B. 
Stevens  2  years;  2d  Ward,  P.  D.  Norton  holdover,  John  Hol- 
g-ate 2  years;  3d  Ward,  Alex  Parker  holdover,  J.  M.  Bell  2 
years;  4th  Ward,  J  L.  Coates  holdover,  Wm.  Scully  2  years; 
5th  Ward,  N.  P.  Bulger  holdover,  John  Hartman  2  years;  6th 
Ward,  J.  W.  Kleeb  holdover,  H.  H.  Warner  2  years;  7th 
Ward,  Samuel  Hice  holdover,  F.  H.  Chandler  2  }~ears;  8th 
Ward,  G.  F.  Whitty  holdover,  L.  E.  Sampson  2  years. 

City  Officers— E.  V.  Benham,  City  Controller  and  ex 
oj/icio  City  Clerk;  W.  A.  Sternberg,  City  Treasurer;  J.  P. 
Judson,  City  Attorney  to  October  8th  and  from  May  I,  1897, 
J.  A.  Shackleford  from  October  8th  to  May  1,  1897;  C. 


CITY   OFFICIALS. 

Quevli,  City  Physician — the  office  was  abolished  by  amend- 
ment No.  1;  R.  G.  Hog-e  and  D.  O.  Smith  alternated  as  Chief 
of  Police,  the  former  serving-  out  the  term;  J.  D.  Horracks, 
Chief  of  Fire  Department  to  October  10th  and  A.  J.  Bruem- 
mer  thereafter;  T.  E.  Doherty  was  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works  until  October  10th  when  Arvid  Rydstrom  and  R.  B. 
Mullen  acted  as  members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  for  a 
time,  when  Mr.  Doherty  was  restored  by  the  decision  of  the 
Supreme  Court;  Georg-e  Browne,  W.  R,  Rust,  W.  R.  Bradley, 
David  Humphrey  and  Percy  Sinclair,  Park  Commissioners; 
H.  G.  Hoflin,  Harbor  Master  to  October  10th,  when  Captain 
J.  B.  Clift  succeeded  him;  F.  T.  Olds,  S.  F,  Sahm  and  Govnor 
Teats  were  appointed  Civil  Service  Commissioners;  Mr.  Olds 
resig-ned  and  Richard  Bond  was  substituted,  and  he  there- 
after withdrew;  S.  F.  Sahms  resig-ned  and  Govnor  Teats  was 
removed  in  September,  1897,  and  Messrs.  Frank  Graham, 
Otis  Sprag-ue  and  N  P.  Bulg-er  constituted  the  Board  until 
its  death  in  1898. 

1897. 

Mayor— Ed.  S.  Orr  until  July,  A.  V.  Fawcett  from  July, 

Councilmen — 1st  Ward,  John  B.  Stevens  holdover,  R.  B, 
Smith  2  years;*  2d  Ward,  John  Holg-ate  holdover,  P,  D.  Nor- 
ton 2  years;  3d  Ward,  J.  M.  Bell  holdover,  J.  R.  Turner  2 
years;  4th  Ward,  Wm  Scully  holdover,  John  Leo  2  years;  5th 
Ward,  John  Hartman  holdover,  C.  T.  Owen  2  years;  6th 
Ward,  H,  H,  Warner  holdover,  W.  G.  Freeman  2  years;  7th 
Ward,  F,  H,  Chandler  holdover,  C.  S.  Gifford  2  years;  8th 
Ward,  L,  E.  Sampson  holdover,  G.  F,  Whitty  2  years. 

City  Officers — E.  V.  Benham,  City  Controller  and  ex  officio 
City  Clerk;  W.  A,  Sternberg-,  City  Treasurer;  J.  A.  Shackle- 
ford,  City  Attorney  to  May  1st,  J.  S.  Whitehouse  to'  July  and 
P.  Judsont  hereafter;  D.  O,  Smith,  Chief  of  Police  to  July 
nd  R.  G.  Hog-e  thereafter;  A.  J.  Bruemmer,  Chief  of  Fire 
partment  to  July  and  Geo.  McAlevy  thereafter;  Arvid 
ydstrom,  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  to  July  and  T.  E. 
herty  thereafter;  J.  B.  Clift,  Harbor  Master  to  July  and 
,  G.  Hoflin  thereafter. 

1898. 

Mayor — Johnson  Nickeus. 

Councilmen— 1st  Ward,  R.  B.  Smith  holdover,  J.  0.  Hewitt 
years;    3d   Ward,  P.  D.   Norton    holdover,  John  Holg-ate  2 


CITY    OFFICIALS. 

years;  3d  Ward,  J,  R.  Turner  holdover,  J.  M,  Bell  2  years; 
4th  Ward,  John  Leo  holdover,  H.  L.  Hansen  2  years;  5th 
Ward,  C.  F.  Owen  holdover,  John  Hartman  2  years;  6th 
Ward;  W.  G.  Freeman  holdover,  C.  T.  Patterson  2  years.  7th 
Ward,  C.  S.  Gifford  holdover,  W.  H.  Opie  2  years;  8th  Ward, 
G.  F.  Whitty  holdover,  L.  E.  Sampson  2  years. 

City  Officers— Alfred  Lister,  City  Controller;  W.  A. 
Sternberg-,  City  Treasurer;  L.  W.  Roys,  City  Clerk;  W.  H. 
Pritchard,  City  Attorney;  W.  E.  Hacker,  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works;  J.  H.  Read,  Chief  of  Police;  J.  C.  Poyns, 
Chief  of  Fire  Department;  Dr.  F.  J.  Schug-,  Commissioner  of 
Health;  J.  F.  Vissell,  Harbor  Master. 


CORPORATE  HISTORY. 


The  City  of  Tacoma  (Old  Tacoma)  effected  its  first 
organisation  under  the  provisions  of  an  Act  ent'tled  "An 
Act  to  provide  for  the  incorporation  of  Towns,"  approved 
November  29,  1871.  A  petition  was  presented  to  the 
Board  of  County  Commissioners  of  Pierce  County  May 
21,  1874,  and  on  the  same  day  an  election  of  five  trustees 
was  ordered  for  June  8,  1871.  The  five  trustees  elected 
at  this  time  were  Job  Carr,  A.  Walters,  J.  W.  Cham- 
bers, A.  C.  Campbell  and  S.  C.  Howes,  who  took  the 
oath  of  office  June  9,  1874,  and  on  the  same  day  organ- 
ized as  a  Board  by  the  election  of  Job  Carr  as  President. 
The  first  ordinance  passed  was  approved  June  13,  1874. 
The  corporate  limits  of  the  town  thus  organized  were  as 
follows  : 

Commencing*  at  the  sw  corner  of  sec.  31,  tp  21  n,  r  3  e; 
running*  thence  east  along*  the  section  line  100  chains; 
from  thence  north  80  chains  to  the  section  line  between 
sections  29  and  32,  thence  east  along*  said  line  to  Com- 
mencement Bay;  thence  northwest  along  said  Bay  to  the 
point  where  the  north  and  south  line  between-sections  25 
and  30  intersects  the  Bay;  thence  south  between  sections 
25  and  30,  36  and  31  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

On  November  12,  1875,  the  Legislature  passed  a 
special  act  incorporating  the  City  of  Tacoma  (Old  Ta- 
coma) under  the  name  of  "The  Inhabitants  of  the  City 
of  Tacoma."  The  Act  went  into  effect  at  once,  and  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  were  as  follows  : 

Commencing*  at  the  nw  corner  of  section  31,  tp  21  n, 
r  3  e;  thence  south  on  the  west  line  of  said  section  to  the 
sw  corner  of  the  same;  thence  east  on  the  south  line  of 
sections  31  and  32,  tp  21  n,  r  3  e,  400  rods;  thence  north 
320  rods  to  the  section  line  dividing  sections  29  and  32 
east  and  west;  thence  east  along  said  line  to  half  or  mean 
tide  on  Commencement  Bay;  thence  along  the  meander- 
ings  of  said  Bay  to  the  nw  corner  of  Lot  No.  1,  sec.  30, 


CORPORATE    HISTORY. 

tp  21  n,  r  3  e;  thence  due  south  to  the  place  of  beginning-. 
The  City  government  was  vested  in  a  board  of  five 
trustees  who  elected  a  President  and  Secretary.  Under 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  the  officers  of  the  former  town 
organization  held  over  until  the  election  provided  by  the 
Act  on  the  first  Monday  in  May,  1870,  was  held.  Under 
this  Charter  the  City  continued  its  corporate  existence 
until  it  was  consolidated  with  New  Tacoma  in  18-1.  No 
reference  in  this  Act  is  made  to  the  ordinances  passed  by 
the  town  organization. 

The  City  of  New  Tacoma  was  also  organized  under 
the  provlr-.-';,  ,  of  the  Act  of  November  29,  1871.  On  the 
2d  day  of  Februarv,  1880,  a  petition  was  presented  to 
the  Board  of  County  Commissioners  of  Pierce  County 
and  an  order  made  on  the  same  day  incorporating  the 
City  under  the  name  of  "The  Inhabitants  of  the  Town 
of '  New  Tacoma."  An  election  of  five  trustees  was  or- 
dered for  February  4,  1880,  and  duly  held.  On  the  4th 
day  of  February,  1880,  the  trustees  took  their  oath  of 
office  and  organized  by  the  election  of  Theodore  Hosmer 
as  President.  The  corporate  limits  of  the  town  were  as 
follows : 

Commencing  at  the  intersection  of  Division  Avenue 
with  Tacoma  Avenue;  thence  along  said  Tacoma  Ave- 
nue to  South  21st  street;  thence  east  through  South  21st 
street  to  its  intersection  with  A  street;  thence  northerly 
along  the  east  side  of  A  street  as  originally  laid  out  to 
South  15th  street;  thence  northerly  by  A  street  to  its 
intersection-with  Cliff  Avenue;  thence  along  Cliff  Ave- 
nue to  its  intersection  with  Pacific  Avenue  at  a  point 
marked  A,  as  designated  upon  the  plat  accompanying 
said  petition;  thence  from  said  point  A  along  Pacific 
Avenue  to  a  point  as  designated  upon  said  plat  as  F; 
thence  westerly  to  intersect  Cliff  Avenue;  thence  along 
Cliff  Avenue  to  its -intersection  with  Division  Avenue; 
thence  westerly  along  -said  Division  Avenue  to  Tacoma 
Avenue,  the  place  of  beginning. 

On  November  5,  1881,  the  Legislature  passed  a  spe- 
cial Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  confer  a  City  government 
upon  New  Tacoma."  The  corporate  limits  of  New  Ta- 
coma were  as  follows  : 

Commencing  at  the  nw  corner  of  sec.  5,  tp  20  n,  r 
3  e;  thence  south  along  the  west  line  of  sections  5  and  8 
in  said  township  480  rods  to  the  sw  corner  of  the  nw  i 


CORPORATE    HISTORY. 

of  said  sec.  8;  thence  east  480  rods  to  the  center  of  sec.  9, 
tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  north  to  half  or  mean  tide  on  Com- 
mencement Bay;  thence  in  a  northwesterly  direction 
along-  the  meandering-s  of  said  Bay  to  the  section  line 
dividing-  sections  29  and  32  in  tp  21  n,  r  3  e;  thence  west 
to  the  ne  corner  of  the  nw  \  of  the  nw  \  of  sec.  32,  tp  21 
n,  r.  3  e;  thence  south  320  rods  to  the  Fifth  Standard 
Parallel  and  thence  west  to  the  place  of  beg-inning-. 

The  g-overnment  was  vested  in  a  Mayor  and  Com- 
mon Council.  .  The  first  election  under  this  Act  was 
held  May  %  1882,  and  Theodore  Hosmer  was  elected 
Mayor.  This  Act  expressly  continues  in  force  all  ordi- 
nances passed  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  Town  of 
New  Tacoma,  previously  org-anized,  in  force  when  this 
Act  took  effect  and  not  inconsistent  therewith  nor  with 
the  laws  of  the  Territory. 

On  November  '8,  1883,  the  Legislature  passed  an 
act  entitled,  "An  Act  to  consolidate  the  cities  of  Tacoma 
and  New  Tacoma  under  the  name  of  Tacoma."  This 
Act  provided  that  on  and  after  the  first  Monday  of 
January,  1884,  the  city  of  Tacoma  incorporated  Novem- 
ber 12,  1875,  and  New  Tacoma  incorporated  November 
5,  1881,  shall  bt  consolidated  under  one  city  g-overnment 
to  be  known  as  "Tacoma."  The  corporate  limits  of  the 
consolidated  Cities  were  as  follows: 

Commencing-  upon  the  shore  line  of  Commencement 
Bay  where  it  is  intersected  by  the  section  line  dividing- 
sections  twenty-three  (23)  and  twenty-four  (24),  in  town- 
ship twenty-one  (21)  north,  of  rang-e  two  (2)  east;  and 
running-  thence  south-  along  section  lines  to  southwest 
corner  of  section  twenty-five  (25),  in  said  township; 
thence  east  to  township  line  between  rang-es  two  (2)  and 
three  (3)  east;  thence  south  and  along-  said  township 
line  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section  six  (6),  in  town- 
ship twenty  (20)  north,  of  rang-e  three  (3)  east;  thence 
east  along-  section  line  on  south  boundary  of  .section  six 
(6)  to  the  southeast  corner  of  said  section  six  (6);  thence 
south  along-  the  section  line  between  sections  seven  (7) 
and  eig-ht  (8)  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section  eig-ht 
(8);  thence  east  along-  section  line  on  south  boundary  of 
sections  eig-ht  (8),  nine  (9)  and  ten  (10)  to  west  boundary 
of  said  Puyallup  Indian  Reservation;  thence  northerly 
along-  the  west  boundary  of  said  Reservation  to  the 
north  boundary  of  Pierce  County;  thence  following-  said 


CORPORATE    HISTORY. 

boundary  northwesterly  to  a  point  opposite  and  north  of 
the  point  of  beginning*  on  the  shore  line  of  Commence- 
ment Bay;  thence  south  to  the  point  of  beginning-- 
including- sections  twenty-four  (24)  and  twenty-five  (25) 
in  township  t\venty-one  (21)  north,  of  range  two  (2) 
east,  sections  twenty-nine  (29),  thirty  (30),  thirty-one 
(31),  thirty-two  (32),  thirty-three  (33)  and  thirty-four 
(34),  in  township  twenty-one  (21)  north,  of  rang-e  three 
(3)  east,  and  sections  four  (4),  five  (5),  six  (6),  eight  (8), 
nine  (9),  and  fractional  sections  three  (3)  and  ten  (10),  in 
township  twenty  (20")  north,  of  range  three  (3)  east. 
(Charter  of  1886.) 

The  Act  expressly  c  jntinued  in  force  all  ordinances 
passed  by  either  of  said  City  corporations,  and  all  ordi- 
nances in  fo**ce  therein  on  January  1,  1884,  not  inconsist- 
ent with  said  acts  nor  the  laws  of  the  Territor}r. 

On  February  4,  1886,  the  Legis  ature  passed  an- 
other Act  entitled,  "An  Act  to  incorporate  the  City  of 
Tacoma  and  define  the  powers  thereof."  (See  Charter  of 
1886.) 

March  24,  1890,  the  Legislature  passed  an  act  en- 
titled, "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  government  of  Cities 
having-  a  population  of  twenty  thousand  or  more  inhabi- 
tants, and  declaring-  an  emergency  to  exist."  Under  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  Ordinance  No.  316  was  passed 
May  17,  1890,  calling  for  an  election  of  fifteen  freehold- 
ers to  frame  a  City  Charter.  The  election  was  held  on 
June  10,  1890,  and  the  fifteen  persons  named  in  the  cer- 
tificate attached  to  the  Charter  of  1890,  published  here- 
in, were  elected.  On  August  22,-  1890,  the  committee 
reported  a  Charter.  On  October  18,  1890,  an  election 
was  held  at  which  the  Charter  was  adopted  and  officers 
thereunder  elected.  The  corporate  limits  of  the  City 
remained  as  described  -in  the  Charter  of  1886,  supra. 

On  February  28,  1891,  Ordinance  No.  398  was  passed 
providing  for  the  calling  of  a  special  election  for  the 
purpose  of  voting  upon  the  question  of  extending  the 
City  limits,  under  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  March 
27,  1890,  (Laws  1890,  page  136).  The  election  was  held 
Ap.-il  17,  1891,  and  as  the  result  the  land  described  in 
the  ordinance  was  annexed  to  the  City.  See  Article  I, 
Section  2  of  the  Revised  Charter. 

On  February  5,  1896,  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Tacoma  adopted  proposed  amendments  to  the  City 


CORPORATE   HISTORY. 

Charter  of  said  City,  and  duly  caused  the  same  to  be 
published  according-  to  law.  On  March  7,  1896,  each 
a,nd  every  one  of  said  proposed  amendments  was  duly 
passed  and  adopted  by  said  Council  by  a  two-thirds  vote. 
On  April  7,  1896,  at  a  general  election  held  in  said  City 
•of  Tacoma,  each  and  every  one  of  said  proposed  amend- 
ments was  duly  submitted  to  the  qualified  electors  of 
said  City,  pursuant  to  section  223  of  the  Charter  of  1890, 
was  carried  by  varying  majorities,  and  the  same  duly 
became  a  part  of  the  Charter  of  said  City  of  Tacoma,  as 
hereinafter  duly  designated  in  the  revised  Charter.  Said 
amendments  are  fully  set  forth  in  Ordinance  No.  1061, 
passed  and  approved  March  7,  1896. 

On  January  20,  1898,  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Tacoma  again  adopted  by  resolution  certain  other  pro- 
posed amendments  to  the  City  Charter  of  said  City,  and 
duly  caused  the  same  to  be  published  according  to  law. 
On  February  24,  1898,  said  Council  duly  passed  and 
adopted  each  and  every  one  of  said  proposed  amendments 
by  a  two-thirds  vote,  and  on  April  5,  1898,  the  same  were 
duly  submitted  to  the  qualified  electors  of  said  City  at  a 
general  election,  and  the  same  were  duly  adopted  by 
substantial  ma-jorities,  thereby  becoming  a  part  of  the 
said  Charter  of  said  City  of  Tacoma,  as  hereinafter  in- 
corporated therein.  Said  amendments  are  fully  set  forth 
in  Ordinance  No.  1272,  passed  February  26,  1898,  and 
approved  February  28,  1898. 


ENABLING  ACT. 


Charter. 


Census. 


AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  government  of  cities  having-  a  population 
of  twenty  thousand  or  more  inhabitants,  and  declaring-  an  emer- 
gency to  exist. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Wash- 


ing-ton : 


SECTION  1.  Any  City  now  having-,  or  which  may 
hereafter  have,  a  population  of  twenty  thousand  or  more 
inhabitants,  may  frame  a  Charter  for  its  own  govern- 
ment. 

SEC.  2.  The  legislative  authority  of  any  such  City 
now  incorporated,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  incorpo- 
rated under  the  laws  of  this  State,  may  by  ordinance 
provide  for  the  appointment,  by  the  Mayor  thereof,  of 
such  number  of  persons  as  shall  be  designated  in  such 
ordinance,  to  make  an  enumeration  of  all-  persons  resid- 
ing in  the  corporate  limits  of  such  City.  The  persons 
so  appointed  shall,  before  entering  upon  their  duties, 

Oath.  take  an  oath  for  the  faithful  performance    thereof,    and 

shall  within  five  days  after  their  appointment  proceed, 
within  their  respective  districts,  to  make  an  enumeration 
of  all  persons  residing  therein,  with  their  names  and 
places  of  residence,  and  immediately  upon  the  completion 

Return.  of  such  enumeration,  shall  make  return  thereof  upon 
oath  to  the  legislative  authority  of  said  City,  who  shall 
at  their  next  meeting,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practica- 
ble, canvass  and  certify  the  same,  and  if  it  shall  appear 
that  the  whole  number  of  persons  residing  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  such  City  is  twenty  thousand  or  more, 
the  Mayor  and  Clerk  shall  certify,  under  the  corporate 
seal  of  said  City,  the  number  so  ascertained,  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  State,  who  shall  file  the  same  in  his  office, 
and  when  so  filed,  such  certificate  shall  be  conclusive 
evidence  of  the  population  of  said  city. 

Fifteen  free-         SEC.  3.     If  it  shall  appear  by  such  certificate   that 

holders.  the  population  of  such  City  is  twenty  thousand  or  more, 
the  legislative  authority  thereof  shall,  within  twenty 


ENABLING   ACT. 


23 


days  after  the  filing  of  such  certificate,  provide  by  ordi- 
nance for  an  election  to  be  held  therein  for  the  purpose 
of  electing*  fifteen  freeholders,  who  shall  have  been  resi- 
dents of  said  City  for  the  period  of  at  least  two  years 
preceding"  their  election,  and  qualified  electors,  for  the 
purpose  of  framing"  a  Charter  for  such  City.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  persons  so  elected  to  convene  within  ten 
days  after  their  election  and  frame  a  Charter  for 
such  City  and  within  thirty  days  thereafter  they, 
©r  a  majority  of  their  number,  shall  submit  such 
Charter  to  the  legislative  authority  of  such  City, 
who  shall  within  five  days  thereafter,  cause  the 
same  to  be  published  in  two  daily  newspapers  pub- 
lished in  said  City  for  thirty  days,  and  upon  the  affidavit 
of  the  publisher  of  each  of  said  papers  being1  filed  with 
the  Clerk  of  said  City,  that  the  said  proposed  Charter 
has  been  published  in  full  in  said  papers  as  above  pro- 
vided, which  affidavit  shall  be  made  immediately  after 
the  last  publication  of  such  proposed  Charter,  the  legis- 
lative authority  of  such  City  shall  within  five  days  there- 
after provide  for  the  submission  thereof  to  the  qualified 
voters  of  said  City,  and  shall,  for  that  purpose,  give  at 
least  ten  days  notice  in  each  election  district  of  said 
City  by  publishing-  such  notice  in  two  daily  newspapers 
published  in  said  City,  and  by  causing"  the  same  to  be 
posted  at  each  polling"  place  in  the  several  election  dis- 
tricts thereof,  of  an  election,  which  notice  shall  specify 
the  object  for  which  said  election  is  called.  Said  elec- 
tion shall  be  governed  by  the  laws  regelating"  and  con- 
trolling" elections  in  said  City.  The  form  of  ballot  at 
such  election  shall  be:  "For  the  proposed  Charter," 
"Against  the  proposed  Charter."  In  submitting"  such 
proposed  Charter,  or  amendments  thereto,  any  alternate 
article  or  proposition  may  be  presented  for  the  choice  of 
the  voters  of  such  City,  and  may  be  voted  on  separately 
without  prejudice  to  others.  In  submitting"  such  amend- 
ment, article  or  proposition,  the  form  of  ballot  shall  be: 

"For  article  No of  the  Charter,"   "Against  article 

No of  the  Charter." 

SEC.  4.  The  officers  conducting  such  elections  shall 
make  returns  thereof  within  the  time  and  in  the  manner 
provided  by  the  election  laws  of  such  City,  and  the  vote 
thereof  shall  be  canvassed  and  the  result  declared  as 
provided  by  such  laws;  and  if  upon  such  canvass  it  shall 


Meeting  of 
freeholders. 


Submission 
of    proposed 
Charter. 


Returns  of 
election. 


Canvass. 


24  ENABLING   ACT. 

be  found  that  a  majorit}7  of  the  votes  so  cast  at  such  elec- 
tion were  cast  in  favor  of  the  ratification  of  such  Char- 
ter, the  same  shall  become  the  organic  law  of  said  City, 
and  shall  supersede  any  existing*  Charter,  and  all  amend- 
ments thereto  and  all  special  laws  inconsistent  there- 
with, when  authenticated,  recorded  and  attested  as  here- 
inafter provided.  The  Mayor  of  said  City  shall  there- 
upon, attach  to  said  Charter  a  certificate  in  substance  as 
follows: 

Certificate  of         I, Mayor  of   the  City   of ,   do  hereby. 

Mayor.         certify  that  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  provisions 
of  section  ten  of  article  eleven   of  the  Constitution,  and 

of  chapter of  the  laws  of  said  State,  the of 

the  City  of ,  duly  caused  a election  to  be 

held  on  the day  of 18 . .  . . ,  for  the  purpose 

of  electing-  fifteen  freeholders  to  prepare  a  Charter  for 

the  City  of ;  that  due  notice  of  such  election  was 

given  in  the  manner  provided  by  law;  that  on  the 

day  of 18.  .  said  election  was  held,  and  the  votes 

cast  thereat  were  duly  canvassed  by  the  legislative  au- 
thority of  said  City,  and  the  following*  named  persons 
were  declared  duly  elected  to  prepare  and  propose  a 

Charter  for  said  City,    towit: That   thereafter,   to- 

wit:     On  the day  of ,  18 . . ,   said    Board  of 

Freeholders  duly  returned  a  proposed  Charter   for   the 

City  of sig-ned  by  the  following-  members  thereof, 

towit: ,  That  thereafter  such  proposed  Charter  was 

duly  published  in  two  daily  newspapers  in  said  City,  and 
of  general  circulation  therein,  towit:  For  a  period  of 
......  days,  said  publication  in  each  of  said  papers,  com- 
mencing- on  the day  of ,  18 ..  That  there- 
after, on  the day  of ,  18..,  at  a elec- 
tion duly  called  by  the  legislative  authority  of  said  City, 
the  proposed  Charter  was  submitted  to  the  qualified  elec- 
tors thereof,  and  the  returns  of  such  election  were  duly 
canvassed  by  the  legislative  authority  thereof,  at  a  meet- 
ing held  on  the day  of 18 . . ,  and  the  result 

of  said  election  was  found  to  be  as  follows:     For  said 

proposed    Charter votes;    against   said    proposed 

Charter     votes.      Majority     for    said    proposed 

Charter votes.    Whereupon,  the  said  Charter  was 

declared  duly  ratified  by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  elec- 
tors voting  at  said  election.  And  I  further  certify  that 
the  foregoing  is  a  full,  true,  and  complete  copy  of  the 


ENABLING   ACT. 


25 


proposed  Charter  so  voted  upon,  and   ratified  as  afore- 
said. 

In  testimony  whereof,  I  hereunto  set   my   hand  and 

affix  the  corporate  seal  of  said  City  at  my  office  this 

day  of ,  18.. 


Attest 

Clerk  of  the  City  of . . 


Mayor  of  the  City  of . . 
(Corporate  seal.) 


Such  Charter  shall  immediately  thereafter   be  re-    Record, 
corded  by  the  Clerk  of  said  City  in  a  book  to  be  provided 
and  kept  for  that  purpose,  and  known  as  the  Charter 

book  of  the  City  of ,  and  when  so  recorded  shall 

be  attested  by  the  Clerk  and  Mayor  of  said  City  under  Attestation. 
the  corporate  seal  thereof,  and  thereafter  any  and  all 
amendments  to  said  Charter  shall  be  in  like  manner  re- 
corded and  attested  and,  when  so  recorded  and  attested, 
all  Courts  in  this  State  shall  take  judicial  notice  of  said 
Charter  and  all  amendments  thereto. 

SEC.  5.     Any  such  City  shall  have  power: 
First.     To  provide  for  general  and  special  elections 
for  questions  to  be  voted  upon,  and  for  the  election  of 
officers; 

Second.  To  provide  for  levying  *  (See  Laws 
1895,  Chapter  160,  Sec.  9)  taxes  on  real  and  personal 
property,  for  its  corporate  uses  and  purposes,  and  to 
provide  for  the  payment  of  the  debts  and  expenses  of 
the  corporation; 

Third.  To  control  the  finances  and  property  of  the 
corporation,  and  to  acquire,  by  purchase  or  otherwise, 
such  lands  and  other  property  as  may  be  necessary  for 
any  of  the  corporate  uses  provided  for  by  its  Charter, 
and  to  dispose  of  any  such  property  as  the  interests  of 
the  corporation  may  from  time  to  time  require; 

Fourth.  To  borrow  money  for  corporate  purposes 
on  the  credit  of  the  corporation,  and  to  issue  negotiable 
bonds  therefor,  on  such  conditions  and  in' such  manner  as 
shall  be  prescribed  in  its  Charter;  but  no  City  shall  in 
any  manner  or  for  any  purpose,  become  indebted  to  an 
amount  in  the  aggregate  to  exceed  ten  per  centum  of  the 
value  of  the  taxable  property  therein,  to  be  ascertained 
by  the  last  assessment  for  City  purposes  previous  to  the 
incurring  of  such  indebtedness: 

Fifth.     To   issue  bonds  in    place   of,  or  to  supply 


Powers. 
Elections. 


Levying- 
taxes. 


Debts. 


Finances  and 
property. 


Borrow 
money. 

Bonds. 


Limit   of   in- 
debtedness. 


Issue  bonds. 


26 


ENABLING   ACT. 


Streets, 
etc. 


parks, 


Electricity. 


Change  of 
grades. 


means  to  meet  maturing  bonds  or  other  indebtedness,  or 
for  the  consolidation  or  funding  of  the  same; 

Appropriation  Sixth.     To   purchase  or  appropriate  private  prop- 

pro~erty  within  or  without  its  corporate  limits,  for  its  cor- 
porate uses,  upon  making  just  compensation  to  the 
owners  thereof,  and  to  institute  and  maintain  such  pro- 
ceedings as  may  be  authorized  by  the  general  laws  of  the 
State,  for  the  appropriation  of  private  property  for  pub- 
lic use; 

Seventh.  To  lay  out,  establish,  open,  alter,  widen, 
extend,  grade,  pave,  plank,  establish  grades,  or  other- 
wise improve  streets,  alleys,  avenues,  sidewalks, 
wharves,  parks  and  other  public  grounds,  and  to  regu- 
late and  control  the  use  thereof,  and  to  vacate  the  same, 
and  to  authorize  or  prohibit  the  use  of  electricity  at,  in 
or  upon  any  of  said  streets,  or  for  other  purposes,  and  to 
prescribe  the  terms  and  conditions  upon  which  the  same 
may  be  so  used,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof; 

Eighth.  To  change  the  grade  of  any  street,  high- 
way or  alley,  within  its  corporate  limits,  and  to  provide 
for  the  payment  of  damages  to  any  abutting  owner  or 
owners  who  shall  have  built  or  made  other  improve- 
ment upon  such  street,  highway  or  alley  at  any  point  op- 
posite to  the  point  where  such  change  shall  be  made 
with  reference  to'  the  grade  of  such  street,  highway  or 
alley  as  the  same  existed  prior  to  such  change; 

Ninth.     To  authorize  or  prohibit  the  locating  and 
constructing   of   any  railroad  or   street  railroad  in  any 
street,  alley  or  public  place  in  such  City,  and  to  prescribe 
the  terms  and  conditions  upon   which  any  such  railroad 
or  street  railroad  shall  be  located  or  constructed;  to  pro- 
vide   for   the   alteration,    change   of   grade   or   removal 
Regulate  opera- thereof;  to  regulate  the  moving  and  operation  of  railroad 
tion-  and  street   railroad   trains,  cars  and  locomotives  within 

the  corporate  limits  of  said  City,  and  to  provide  b}^  ordi- 
nance for  the  protection  of  all  persons  and  property 
against  injury  in  the  use  of  such  railroads  or  street  rail- 
roads; 

Local  improve-          Tenth.     To  provide   for  making  local  improvements 
ments.  an(j  to  levy  and  collect  special  assessments  on  property 

benefited  thereby,  and   for  paying  for  the  same  or  any 

portion  thereof; 
Parks.  Eleventh.     To   acquire    by    purchase   or   otherwise 


Railroads. 


ENABLING    ACT.  27 

lands  for  public  parks  within  or  without  the  limits  of 
such  City,  and  to  improve  the  same; 

Twelfth.     To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  bridges,  Bridges, 
viaducts,  and  tunnels,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof; 

Thirteenth.     To  determine  what  work  shall  be  done  improvements 
or    improvements  made  at  the  expense,  in  whole  or  in thosebenefit- 
part,  of  the  owners  of  the  adjoining-,  contiguous  or  prox-ed. 
imate  property,  or  others  specially  benefited   thereby, 
and  to  provide  for  the  manner  of  making-  and  collecting- Assessments 
assessments  therefor; 

Fourteenth.     To  provide  for  erecting-,  purchasing-  or  Acquiring 
otherwise  acquiring-  water  works  within  or   withont  the  ^nts?*1 
corporate  limits  of  said  City,  to  supply  said  City  and  its 
inhabitants  with  water,  or  to  authorize  the  construction 
of  same  by  others  when  deemed  for  the  best  interests  of 
such  City,  and  its  inhabitants,  and  to  reg-ulate  and  con- 
trol the  use  and  price  of  the  water  so  supplied; 

Fifteenth.     To  provide  for  lighting-  the  streets  and  Works  fc» 
-all    public   places,  and    for    furnishing   the    inhabitants  8^ 

thereof  with  gas  or  other  lights,  and  to  erect  or  other- 
wise acquire,  and  to  maintain  the  same,  or  to  authorize 
the  erection  and  maintenance  of  such  works  as  may  be 
necessary  and  convenient  therefor,  and  to  regulate  and 
-control  the  use  thereof; 

Sixteenth.     To  establish  and  regulate  markets,  and  Markets, 
to  provide  for  the  weighing,  measuring,  and  inspection 
of  all  articles  of  food  and  drink  offered  for  sale  thereat, 
-or  at  any  other  place  within  its  limits,  by  proper  penal- 
ties, and  to  enforce  the  keeping  of  proper  legal  weights  Weights  and 
and  measures  by  all  venders  in  such  City,  and  to  provide  measures, 
for  the  inspection  thereof; 

Seventeenth.     To  erect  and  establish  hospitals  and  Hospitals, 
pest-houses  and  to  control  and  regulate  the  same; 

Eighteenth,     To   erect  and    establish   work-houses Jails- 
.and  jails,  and  to  control  and   regulate  the  same,  and  to 
provide  for  the  working  of  prisoners  confined  therein; 

Nineteenth.     To  provide  for  establishing  and  main- 
taining  reform  schools  for  juvenile  offenders; 

Twentieth.     To  provide  for  the  establishment  and  Libraries, 
maintenance   of  public   libraries,  and  to  appropriate  an- 
nually, such  per  centum  of  all  moneys  collected  for  fines, 
penalties  and  licenses  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  its  Char- 
ter, for  the  support  of  a  City  library,  which  shall,  under 


28 


ENABLING    ACT. 


such  regulations  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  ordinance,  be 
open  for  use  by  the  public; 

Burial  of  dead.  Twenty-first.  To  regulate  the  burial  of  the  dead 
and  to  establish  and  regulate  cemeteries  within  or  with- 
out the  corporate  limits,  and  to  acquire  land  therefor  by 

Cemeteries.  purchase  or  otherwise;  to  cause  cemeteries  to  be  re- 
moved beyond  the  limits  of  the  corporation  and  to  pro- 
hibit their  establishment  within  two  miles  of  the  bound- 
aries thereof; 

Nuisances.  Twenty-second.     To   direct    the    location    and  con- 

struction of  all  buildings  in  which  any  trade  or  occupa- 
tion offensive  to  the  senses  or  deleterious  to  public  health 
or  safety  shall  be  carried  on,  and  to  regulate  the  man- 
agement thereof;  and  to  prohibit  the  erection  or  main- 
tenance of  such  buildings  or  structures,  or  the  carrying 
on  of  such  trades  or  occupation  within  the  limits  of  such 
corporation,  or  within  the  distance  of  two  miles  beyond 
the  boundaries  thereof; 

Twenty-third.  To  provide  for  the  prevention  and 
extinguishment  of  fires',  and  to  regulate  or  prohibit  the 
transportation,  keeping  or  storage  of  all  combustible  or 
explosive  materials  within  its  corporate  limits,  and  to 
regulate  and  restrain  the  use  of  fireworks; 

Twenty-fourth.  To  establish  fire  limits  and  to 
make  all  such  regulations  for  the  erection  and  mainte- 
nance of  buildings  or  other  structures  within  its  corpo- 
rate limits  as  the  safety  of  persons  or  property  may 
require,  and  to  cause  all  such  buildings  and  places  as 
may  from  any  cause  be  in  a  dangerous  state,  to  be  put  in 
safe  condition; 

Twenty-fifth.  To  regulate  the  manner  in  which 
stone,  brick  and  other  buildings,  party  walls  and  parti- 
tion fences  shall  be  constructed  and  maintained; 

Twenty-sixth.  To  deepen,  widen,  dock,  cover,  wall,, 
alter  or  change  the  channels  of  waterways  and  courses, 
and  to  provide  for  the  constiuction  and  maintenance 
of  all  such  works  as  may  be  required  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  commerce,  including  canals,  slips,  public  land- 
ing places,  wharves,  docks  and  levees,  and  to  control 
and  regulate  the  use  thereof; 

Anchorage.  Twenty-seventh.     TO  control,  regulate   or   prohibit, 

the  anchorage,  moorage  and  landing  of  all  water- 
crafts  and  their  cargoes,  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
corporation; 


Corporate  limi- 
tation. 


Fire. 


Explosives. 
Fireworks. 

Fire  limits. 


Construction  of 
buildings. 


Waterways. 


ENABLING   ACT.  2(> 

Twenty-eighth.     To  fix  the  rates  of  wharfage  and  Wharfage, 
dockage,  and  to  provide  for  the  collection  thereof,  and 
to  provide  for  the  imposition  and  collection  of  such  har- 
bor fees  as    may  be   consistent    with    the  laws   of    the  Harbor  fees. 
United  States; 

Twenty-ninth.     To    license,     regulate,    control    or  License  tugs, 
restrain  wharf-boats,  tugs,  and  other  boats  used  about etc< 
the  harbor  or  within  such  jurisdiction; 

Thirtieth.     To  require  the  owners  of  public  halls  or  $xit  from  pub- 
other   buildings    to    provide  suitable  means   of  exit;    to  lie  buildings. 
provide  for    the    prevention    and    abatement    of    nuis-  Nuisances. 

ances,     for    the    cleaning   and    purification    of    water-  ,, 

i  «        <•       ?«       j      •  i    rif  r  Water  courses., 

courses  and  canals,   for  the  drainage  and  filling  up  of 

ponds  on  private   property   within  its  limits,  when  thep0nd,«. 
same   shall    be   offensive   to    the  senses  or  dangerous  to 
health;  to  regulate  and  control  and  to  prevent  and  pun- 
ish the  defilement  or  pollution  of  all  streams  running  Streams, 
through  or  into  its    corporate    limits,    and    for    the    dis- 
tance of   five    miles    beyond    its    corporate    limits,    and 
on  any  stream  or  lake  from   which   the  water  supply  of 
said  City  is  taken,  for  a  distance  of  five  miles  beyond  its 
source  of  supply;  to  provide  for  the  cleaning  of  areas,  Cleaning 
vaults  and   other    places    within    its    corporate    limits  vaults,  etc. 
which    may    be    so    kept    as    to    become  offensive  to  the 
senses   or  dangerous    to    health,    and    to    make  all  such 
quarantine   or   other    regulations   as   may   be  necessary  Quarantine* 
for  the  preservation  of  the  public  health,  and  to  remove 
all  persons  afflicted  with  any   infectious  or  contagious 
disease  to  some  suitable  place  to  be  provided   for  that 
purpose; 

Thirty-first.     To  declare  what  shall  be  a  nuisance  Nuisance, 
and  to  abate  the  same,  and  to  impose  fines  upon   parties 
who  may  create,  continue  or  suffer  nuisances  to  exist; 

Thirty-second.  To  regulate  the  selling  or  giving  Liquor, 
away  of  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented 
liquors:  Paovided,  That  no  license  shall  be  granted  to 
any  person  or  persons  who  shall  not  first  comply  with 
the  general  laws  of  the  State  in  force  at  the  time  the 
same  is  granted; 

Thirty-third.     To  grant  licenses  for  any  lawful  pur-  Licenses^ 
pose,  and  to  fix   by  ordinance   the  amount    to    be    paid 
therefor,  and  to  provide  for  revoking  the  same:  Provided, 
That  no  license  shall  be  granted  to  continue    for  longer 
than  one  year  from  the  date  thereof; 


30  ENABLING    ACT. 


-  Thirty-fourth.     To  regulate  the  carrying  on  within 

order1  ^s  corporate  limits  of  occupations  which  are  of  such 
a  nature  as  to  affect  the  public  health  or  the  good 
order  of  said  City,  or  to  disturb  the  public  peace,  and 
which  are  not  prohibited  by  law,  and  to  provide  for 
the  punishment  of  all  persons  violating  such  regulations, 
and  of  all  persons  who  knowingly  permit  the  same  to  be 
violated  in  any  building  or  upon  any  premises  owned  or 
controlled  by  them; 

Disorderly  per-          Thirty  -fifth.     To  restrain  and  provide  for  the  pun- 

8ons-  ishment  of  vagrants,  mendicants,  prostitutes,  and  other 

disorderly  persons; 

Disorderly  con*  Thirty-sixth.  To  provide  for  the  punishment  of  all 
disorderly  conduct  and  of  all  practices  dangerous  to 
public  health  or  safety,  and  to  make  all  regulations 

Public  moral-  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  public  morality, 
health,  peace  and  good  order  within  its  limits,  and  to 
provide  for  the  arrest,  trial  and  punishment  of  all  per- 

Violation  of  or-  sons  charged  with  violating  any  of  the  ordinances  of 
said  ity;  but  such  punishment  shall  in  no  case  exceed 
the  punishment  provided  by  the  laws  of  the  State  for 
misdemeanors; 

Bxtendstreets  Thirty-seventh.     To  project  or  extend  its  streets 

s"  over  and  across  any  tide-lands  within  its  corporate  lim- 

its, and  along  or  across  the  harbor  areas  of  such  City,  in 

such  manner  as  will  best  promote  the  interests  of  com- 

merce; 

Amendments,  Thirty-eighth.     To  provide  in  their  respective  Char- 

ters for  a  method  to  propose  and  adopt  amendments 
thereto. 

NOTE  —  For  notes  of  decisions  relating  to  the  various 
subdivisions  of  Section  5  see  Bailinger's  Annotated 
Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washington,  Vol.  1,  Title  7, 
Chapter  4,  Section  739. 

Legislative  SEC.  6.     The  legislative  powers  of  any  City  organ- 

power.  ized  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  vested  in 

a  Mayor  and  a  City  Council,  to  consist  of  such 
number  of  members  and  to  have  such  powers  as 
may  be  provided  for  in  its  Charter,  who,  together  with 
such  other  elective  officers  as  may  be  provided  for  in 
such  Charter  shall  be  elected  at  the  times  in  such 
manner  and  for  such  terms,  and  shall  perform  such 
duties  and  receive  such  compensation  as  may  be  pre- 

First  election,   scribed  in  such  Charter:  provided.    That  the   first   elec- 


ENABLING   ACT.  31 

tion  of  officers  to  serve  under  the  provisions  of  said 
Charter  shall  be  held  at  the  time  of  the  submission  of 
such  proposed  Charter  to  the  legal  voters  of  such  City. 
Said  election  shall  be  held  and  the  returns  made  and 
canvassed  according-  to  the  general  provisions  of  the  ^ar^ass  re~ 
election  laws  of  said  City;  but  any  division  of  the  City  l 
into  wards,  and  any  division  of  wards  into  precincts, 
made  in  said  proposed  Charter  shall  be  in  force  at  said 
election.  Immediately  after  the  vote  of  such  election 
shall  have  been  canvassed,  and  the  result  thereof  de- 
clared, if  it  shall  appear  that  a  majority  of  the  votes 
cast  at  such  election  were  cast  in  favor  of  the  ratifica- 
tion of  such  proposed  Charter,  tne  Mayor  and  City 
Clerk  of  said  City  shall  thereupon  issue  notice  to  each  Notice  of  elec- 
officer  elected  at  such  election,  notifying  him  of  histl( 
election,  and  within  ten  days  after  the  issuance  of  such 
notice  the  officers  so  elected  shall  qualify  as  provided 
in  such  Charter,  and  on  the  tenth  day  after  the  issu- 
ance of  such  notice,  at  12  o'clock  M.,  of  said  da}%  the 
officers  so  elected  and  qualified  shall  enter  upon  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  offices  to  which  they  have 
been  elected,  and  at  such  time  said  Charter  shall  be 
attested  as  recorded  and  go  into  effect. 

SEC.  7.  Any  City  adopting  a  Charter  under  the  Powers, 
provisions  of  this  Act  shall  have  all  the  powers  which 
are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  conferred  upon  incorporated 
towns  and  cities  by  the  laws  of  this  State,  and  all  such 
powers  as  are  usually  exercised  by  municipal  corpora- 
tions of  like  character  and  degree,  whether  the  same 
shall  be  specifically  enumerated  in  this  Act  or  not. 

SEC.  8.     The  rule  that  statutes  in  derogation  of  the  Construction  of 
Common  Law  are  to  be  strictly  construed  shall  have  nostatutes- 
application  to  this  Act,  but  the  same  shall   be  liberally 
construed  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  objects 
for  which  this  Act  is  intended. 

SEC.  9.     Whereas,  the  statutes  now  in  force  in  this  Emergency 
State  are  inadequate  to  the  present  wants  and  necessi-c 
ties  of  the  Cities  herein  provided  for,  an  emergency  is 
declared  to  exist:     This  Act  shall,  therefore,  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  approval  by  the  governor. 

Approved  March  24,  1890. 

See  Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of 
Washington,  Vol.  1.  Title  7,  Chapter  4,  Sections  735 
to  742. 


AFFIDAVIT  OF  BOARD  OF  FREE- 
HOLDERS. 


I,  W.  J.  Meade,  Thomas  Carroll,  L.  D.  Campbell, 
J.  D.  Caughran,  H.  O.  Geiger,  C.  A.  Hasbrouck,  J.  H. 
Houghton,  Theodore  Hug-gins,  George  O.  Kelly,  F.  T. 
Olds,  J.  M.  Steele,  W.  H.  Snell,  W.  C.  Sharpstein,  M. 
M.  Taylor  and  J.  C.  Weatherred,  do  solemnly  swear 
that  I  am  a  freeholder  of  the  City  of  Tacoma,  that  I 
have  resided  in  said  City  for  more  than  two  years 
prior  to  the  10th  day  of  June  1890,  and  that  I  am  a 
qualified  elector,  and  that  I  will  support  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  State  of  Wash- 
ington and  perform  the  duties  devolving  upon  me  to 
the  best  of  my  ability,  and  will  proceed  to  frame  a 
Charter  for  the  City  of  Tacoma,  and  report  the  same  as 
provided  by  law. 

Thomas  Carroll. 

W.  C  Sharpstein. 

J.  M.  Steele, 

M.  M.  Taylor. 

W.  H.  Snell. 

C.  A.  Hasbrouck. 

Louis  D.  Campbell. 

F.  T.  Olds. 

Geo.  O.  Kelly. 

Theodore  Huggins. 

H.  O.  Geiger. 

J.  H.  Houghton. 

J.  C.   Weatherred. 

J.  D.  Caughran. 

Wm.  J.  Meade. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  19th  day  of 
June,  1890. 

Frank  Allyn, 

Judge. 


R&VIS&D 

CITY  GHflRT&R 


THE  CITY  OF  TflGOMfl. 


The  original  Charter  was  framed  and  submitted  by  the  Board  of  Fifteen 
Freeholders  elected  June  10,  1890,  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of 
Section  10,  Article  11,  of  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Washing- 
ton, the  Acts  of  the  Legislature,  and  Ordinance  No.  316  of  the  City 
of  Tacoma. 


ARTICLE  I. 

INCORPORATION,     BOUNDARIES    AND      WARD     DIVISIONS. 

SECTION  1.     We,   the  people  of  Tacoma,  a   City  of 
the  State  of  Washington,  having*  a  population  of  more 
than  20,000  inhabitants  and  being*  permitted  by  the  con-  Declaration  of 
stitution  and  laws  of  said  State  of  Washington  to  frame  Charter, 
a  Charter  do  hereby  publish  and  declare  this  to  be  our 
City   Charter:    and    the  inhabitants  of    Pierce  County, 
State  of  Washing-ton,   and  their  successors  within  the 
boundaries     hereinafter     described,      are    hereby    con- 
stituted and  declared  to  be  a  municipal  corporation  of 
the  name  of  "City  of  Tacoma,"    and    by    such    nameName' 
shall    have    perpetual    succession,    sue    and    be    sued, 
plead  and  be  impleaded,  in  all  Courts  of  justice  and   in 
all  actions,  suits  or  proceedings  whatsoever;    and  shall 
have  and  use  a    common  Seal    and  alter  the  same  atSeal* 
pleasure;  may  purchase,  receive,  take,   hold,   lease,   use 
and  enjoy   property  of  every    nature    and    description 
and  control  and  dispose  of  the  same;  and  said  municipal 
corporation  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  separate  highway 


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REVISED    CITY   CHARTER. 


Corporate 
limits. 


S      rate  road    or  roa^  district  exempt   from   the   supervision   and   con- 
district,  trol  of  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners  of  Pierce 
County. 

SEC.  2.  The  corporate  limits  and  boundaries  of 
Tacoma  shall  be  as  follows: — Commencing'  on  the 
shore  line  of  Commencement  Bay,  where  it  is  inter- 
sected by  the  section  line  dividing-  sections  twenty- 
three  (23)  and  twenty-four  (24) ,  in  township  twenty- 
one  (21)  north  of  range  two  (2)  east  W.  M.,  and  run- 
ning1 thence  south  along-  said  section  line  to  the  south- 
west corner  of  section  twenty-five  (25)  in  said 
township;  thence  east  to  the  township  line  between 
ranges  two  (2)  and  three  (3)  east;  thence  south  along* 
.  said  township  line  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section 
six  (6)  in  township  twenty  (20)  north  of  range  three 
(3)  east  W.  M.;  thence  east  along*  the  section  line  on 
the  south  boundar}r  of  section  six  (6)  to  the  southeast 
corner  of  said  section  six  (6) ;  thence  south  along-  the 
section  line  between  sections  seven  (7)  and  eig-ht  (8) 
to  the  southwest  cornes  of  section  eig-ht  (8);  thence 
east  along-  the  section  line  on  the  south  boundary  of 
sections  eight  (8),  nine  (9),  and  ten  (10)  to  the  west 
boundary  of  the  Puyallup  Indian  Reservation;  thence 
northerly  along-  the  west  boundary  of  said  Reservation 
to  the  north  boundary  of  Pierce  County;  thence  fol- 
lowing- said  boundary  northwesterly  to  a  point  oppo- 
site and  north  of  the  point  of  beginning  on  the  shore 
line  of  Commencement  Bay;  thence  south  to  the  point 
of  beginning-;  including-  sections  twenty-four  (24)  and 
twenty-five  (25),  in  township  twenty-one  (21),  north  of 
rang-e  two  (2)  east  W.  M.;  sections  twenty-nine  (29), 
thirty  (30),  thirty-one  (31),  thirty-two  (32),  thirty-three 
(33)  and  thirty-four  (34),  in  township  twenty-one  (21), 
north  of  rang-e  three  (3)  east  W.  M.,  and  section[s]  four 
(4),  five  (5),  six  (6),  eight  (8),  nine  (9),  and  fractional 
sections  three  (3)  and  ten  (10)  in  township  twenty  (20,) 
north  of  rang-e  three  (3)  east  W.  M. 

Additional  ter-      The    following  territory  was  added  to  the  corporate 
ritory.  limits  of  the  City  of  Tacoma,  pursuant  to  a  special  elec- 

tion held  April  17th,  1891,  as  provided  for  by  Ordinance 
No.  398.     (See Titles  of  Special  Ordinances.) 

Beginning  where  the  south  boundary  of  section  ten 
(10),  township  twenty  (20)  north  range  three  (3)  east  of 
the  Willamette  meridian  intersects  the  westerly  bound- 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER  35 

ary  of    the  Puyallup    Indian    Reservation,  and    running 
thence  southerly  along-  the  boundary  of  the  Puyallup  In- 
dian Reservation   to  where  the  same  intersects  the  east- 
ern boundary  of  section  twenty-two  (22)  in  the  aforesaid 
township;  thence  south  along  the   eastern  boundary  of 
section  twenty-two  (22),  in  the  aforesaid  township,  to  the 
southeast  corner  of  said  section  twenty-two  (22),  thence 
west  along*  the  south    boundary  of  sections  twenty-two 
(22),  twenty-one  (21),  twenty  (20),  and  nineteen  (19),  all  in 
said  township;  and  also  along-  the  south  boundary  line  of 
section  twenty-four  (24)  in   township  twenty  (20)  north 
range  two  (2)  east  to  the  southwest  corner  of  said  sec- 
tion  twenty-four  (24);  thence  north  along-  the  western 
boundary  of  sections  twenty-four  (24),  thirteen  (13)  and 
twelve  (12),  in  the  said  township  twenty  (20)  north  range 
two  (2)  east,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  section  eleven  (11), 
in  said  township  twenty  (20)  [north]  range  2  east;  thence 
west  along  the  north  boundary  of   sections   eleven   (11), 
ten  (10)  and  nine  (9),  in  township  last  above  named,  to  the 
shore  of  Puget   Sound;  thence  northerly  al®ng  the  shore 
of   Puget    Sound    to   Point    Defiance  in  section  ten  (10), 
township    twenty-one    (21)    north    range    two    (2)    east; 
thence  in  an  easterly  and  southeasterly  direction  along- 
said  shore  line,  to  the  north  boundary  of  section  twenty- 
three    (23),  township    twenty-one  (21)    north    range    (2 
east;  thence   westerly  along  the   north  boundary  of  sec- 
tion   twenty-three  (23)  to    the    northwest   corner  of   the 
northeast    quarter    of    said   section   twenty-three    (23); 
thence  south  along  the  center  line  of  said  section  twenty- 
three  (23)  to  the  southwest  corner  of  the  northeast  quar- 
ter of  said   section  twenty-three  (23);  thence  east  to  the 
southeast  corner  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  said  section 
twenty-three;  thence  south  along  the  western  boundary 
of  sections  twenty-four  (24)  and  twenty-five  (25),  in  the 
last  above  named  township,  to  the  southwest  corner  of 
said  last  named  section  twenty-five   (25),  thence  east  to 
the  southeast  corner  of  said  last  named  section  twenty- 
five  (25);  thence   south    along    the  western  boundary  of 
section  thirty-one  (31\  in  township  twenty-one  (21)  north 
range  three  (3)  east,  and  the  western    boundary  of  sec- 
tion six  (6),  township  twenty  (20)  north  range  three  (3) 
east  to  the   southwest   corner  of  section  six  (6);  thence 
east  to  the  southeast  corner  of  section  six  (6)  last  above 
named;  thence  south  along  the  western  boundary  of  sec- 
tion eight  (8),  in  township  twenty  (20)  north  range  three 


36 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


Wards. 


First  Ward. 


Second  Ward. 


Third  Ward. 


(3)  east  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section  eight  (8); 
thence  east  along*  the  south  boundary  of  sections  eight 
(8),  nine  (9)  and  ten  (10)  in  township  twenty  (20)  north 
range  three  (3)  east  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

SEC.  3.  The  said  City  is  hereby  divided  into  four 
wards,  designated  and  bounded  as  follows: 

First  Ward  -Commencing  upon  the  shore  line  of 
Commencement  Bay  where  it  is  intersected  by  the  sec- 
tion line  dividing  sections  twenty-three  (23)  and  twenty- 
four  (24),  in  township  twenty-one  (21),  north  of  range  two 

(2)  east  W.  M.,  running  thence  south  along  said  section 
line  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section  twenty-five  (25) 
in  said  township;  thence    east  to  the  township  line  be- 
tween ranges  two   (2)  and  three  (3)  east;  thence  south 
along  said  township  line  to  the  southwest  corner  of  sec- 
tion thirty-one   (31)   township  twenty-one  (21)  north  of 
range  three  (3)  east;  thence  east  along  the  south  line  of 
said  section  thirty-one  (31)  in  said  township  to  its  inter- 
section   with    the  center   line  of   North    Eighth  street; 
thence  along  the  center  line  of  said  North  Eighth  street 
produced  to  the  north  boundary  of  Pierce  County;  thence 
northwesterly  along  the  north  line  of  Pierce  County  to  a 
point  due  north  of  the  place  of  beginning;  thence  south 
to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Second  Ward — All  that  portion  of  the  corporate 
limits  lying  between  sa'd  First  Ward  and  a  line  com- 
mencing at  a  point  on  the  east  boundary  line  of  the  City 
in  line  with  the  centtr  line  of  South  Eleventh  street  pro- 
duced easterly  to  Eleventh  street  in  Commencement  Bay 
Addition;  thence  along  said  center  line  to  a  point  on  the 
shore  line  of  Commencement  Bay  at  its  intersection  with 
the  center  line  of  South  Eleventh  street;  thence  along 
said  center  line  of  South  Eleventh  street  to  the  intersec- 
tion of  said  centtr  line  with  the  section  line  between  sec- 
tions five  (5)  and  six  (6)  township  twenty  (20)  north  of 
range  three  (3)  east;  thence  south  on  said  section  line  to 
the  quarter  section  corner  between  said  sections  five  (5) 
and  six  (6);  thence  west  on  the  quarter  section  line  of  said 
section  six  (6)  township  twenty  (20)  north  of  range  three 

(3)  east,  to  the  west  boundary  of  said  City,  and  between 
the  east  and  west  boundaries  of  said  City. 

Third  Ward — All  of  the  corporate  limits  between 
the  south  boundary  of  said  Second  Ward  and  a  line  com- 
mencing at  a  point  where  the  quarter  section  line  of  sec- 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  37 

•tion  six  (6)  township  twenty  (20)  north  of  range  three  (3) 
-east  intersects  the  west  boundary  of  said  City  and  run- 
ning" thence  south  along  the  west  boundary  of  said  sec- 
tion six  (6)  to  the  southwest  corner  of  said  section  six  (6); 
thence  east  on  the  south  boundary  line  of  said  section  six 
{6)  to  the  southeast  corner  of  said  section  six  (6);  thence 
south  on  the  section  line  between  sections  seven  (7)  and 
eight  (8)  township  twenty  (20)  north  of  range  three  (3) 
•east  to  the  intersection  of  said  section  line  with  the  cen- 
ter line  of  South  Twenty-first  street  in  Hayden's  Addi- 
tion; thence  east  on  said  center  line  of  South  Twenty- 
iirst  street  to  Madison  street  in  said  Hayden's  Addition; 
thence  north  on  the  center  line  of  said  Madison  street  to 
its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty- 
first  street  running  east  t©  said  Madison  street;  thence 
east  along  the  center  line  of  said  South  Twenty-first 
street  to  the  east  boundary  line  of  said  City;  thence 
along  the  east  boundary  of  said  City  to  the  south  bound- 
ary of  the  Second  Ward. 

Fourth  Hard—  All  that  part  of  the  City  lying  South  Fourth  Ward« 
of  and  between  the  Third  Ward  and  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  City. 

The  foregoing  boundaries  of  the  City  of  Tacoma 
were  changed  by  Ordinance  No.  548,  approved  December 
14,  1891  (See  Titles  of  Special  Ordinances,)  under  the 
power  granted  by  Article  I,  Section  4  of  the  Charter, 

and  eight  wards  were  created,  as  follows: 

First  Ward, 
First   Ward — Commencing  at    the  southwest  corner 

of  section  (31)  township  (21)  north,  range  (3)  east;  thence 
runeast  along  the  south  boundary  of  said  section  (31)  to 
the  southeast  corner  of  said  section  (31) ;  thence  south 
along  the  west  boundary  of  section  (5)  township  (20)  north, 
(3)  east  to  the  center  line  of  North  Sixth  street;  thence 
range  northeasterly  along  the  center  line  of  North  Sixth 
street  to  the  City  limits;  thence  northerly  and  westerly 
said  City  limits  to  the  produced  western  boundary  along 
of  sections  (30)  and  (31)  township  (21)  north,  range  (3) 
east;  thence  southerly  along  said  produced  boundary  and 
the  western  boundaries  of  said  sections  (30)  and  (31) 
township  (21)  north,  range  (3)  east,  to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning. 

Second    Ward — Commencing  at  the   intersection  of  Second  Ward, 
the  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street   with  the    west 
boundary  of  section  (5)  township  (20)  north,  range  (3)  east; 


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REVISED   CITY    CHARTER. 


Third  Ward. 


Fourth  Ward. 


thence  easterly  along*  the  center  line  of  South  Ninth 
street  to  the  center  line  of  Fourteenth  street  in  Com- 
mencement Bay  Addition  to  Tacoma;  thence  easterly 
along  said  center  line  of  Fourteenth  street,  Commence- 
ment Bay  Addition,  to  the  City  limits;  thence  northerly 
and  westerly  along-  said  City  limits  to  the  produced  cen- 
ter line  of  North  Sixth  street;  thence  southwesterly 
along  said  produced  [center]  line  of  North  Sixth  street 
and  the  center  line  of  North  Sixth  street,  to  the  west 
boundary  of  section  (5)  township  (20)  north,  range  (3) 
east;  thence  south  along-  the  west  boundary  of  said 
section  (5)  to  the  place  of  beg-inning-. 

Third  Ward  —  Commencing*  at  the  intersection  of  the 
center  line  of  South  Ninth  street  with  the  west  boundary 
of  section  (5)  township  (20)  north,  rang-e  (3)  east;  thence 
south  along-  the  west  boundary  of  said  section  (5)  to  the 
southwest  corner  of  the  same;  thence  east  along-  the  south 
boundary  of  said  section  (5)  to  the  center  line  of  South 
Nineteenth  street;  thence  easterly  along-  said  center  line 
of  South  Nineteenth  street  to  the  eastern  boundary  of 
the  City;  thence  northerly  along-  the  eastern  boundary  of 
the  City  to  the  center  line  of  Fourteenth  street,  in  Com- 
mencement Bay  Addition;  thence  westerly  along-  the 
center  line  of  said  Fourteenth  street  to  the  produced 
center  line  of  South  Ninth  street;  thence  westerly  along- 
said  produced  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street  and  the 
center  line  of  South  Ninth  street  to  the  place  of  beg-in- 


Fifth Ward. 


Fourth  Ward  —  Commencing  at  the  intersection  of 
Tacoma  avenue  and  South  Nineteenth  street,  thence 
southerly  along  the  center  line  of  Tacoma  avenue  to  the 
center  line  of  Hood  street;  thence  southwesterly  along 
the  center  line  of  Hood  street  to  the  west  boundary  of 
section  nine  (9)  township  twenty  (20)  north,  range  three 
(3)  east;  thence  south  along  the  west  boundaries  of  sec- 
tions nine  (9),  sixteen  (16)  and  twenty-one  to  the  south 
boundary  of  the  City;  thence  east  along  the  south 
boundary  to  the  east  boundary  of  the  City;  thence  north- 
erly along  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  City  to  the  pro- 
duced center  line  of  South  Nineteenth  street;  thence 
westerly  along  the  produced  center  line  and  the  center 
line  of  South  Nineteenth  street  to  the  center  line  of  Ta- 
coma avenue. 

Fifth  Ward  —  Commencing  at  the  northwest  corner  of 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  39 

section  8  township  (20)  north,  range  (3)  east,  thence 
south  along*  the  west  boundaries  ot  sections  eight  (8)  and 
seventeen  (17)  to  the  center  line  of  Oakes  avenue;  thence 
west  along*  the  center  line  of  Oakes  avenue  to  the  center 
line  of  Cascade  street;  thence  south  along  the  center  line 
of  Cascade  street  to  the  south  boundary  of  section 
eighteen  (18);  thence  east  to  the  northwest  corner  of  sec- 
tion twenty  (20)  township  twenty  (20)  north,  range  three 
(3)  east;  thence  south  along  the  west  boundary  of  sec- 
tion twenty  (20)  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section 
twenty  (20);  thence  east  along  the  south  boundary  of 
section  twenty  (20)  to  the  southeast  corner  of  section 
twenty  (20);  thence  north  along  the  east  boundaries  of 
sections  twenty  (20),  seventeen  (17)  and  eight  (8)  to  the 
center  line  of  Hood  street;  thence  northeasterly  along 
the  center  line  of  Hood  street  to  the  center  line  of  Ta- 
coma  avenue;  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line  of 
Tacoma  avenue  to  the  center  line  of  South  Nineteenth 
street;  thence  westerly  along  the  center  line  of  South 
Nineteenth  street  to  the  north  boundary  of  section 
(8)  township  (20)  north,  range  (3)  east;  thence  west 
along  the  said  boundary  of  section  (8)  township  20  north, 
range  three  (3)  east,  to  the  beginning. 

Sixth  Ward — Commencing-  on  the  i  section  corner sixth  Ward, 
on  the  west  boundary  of  section  12  township  20  north, 
range  2  east;  thence  south  along  the  west  boundaries  of 
sections  twelve  (12),  thirteen  (13)  and  twenty-four  (24) 
to  the  southern  boundary  of  the  City;  thence  east  along 
the  southern  boundary  of  the  City  to  the  southeast  cor- 
ner of  section  nineteen  (19);  thence  west  to  the  center 
line  of  Cascade  street;  thence  north  along  the  center  line 
of  Cascade  street  to  the  center  line  of  Oakes  avenue; 
thence  east  to  the  east  boundary  of  section  eighteen  (18); 
thence  north  along  the  east  boundaries  of  sections 
eighteen  (18)  and  seven  (7)  to  the  center  line  ©f  South 
Twenty-fifth  street;  thence  west  along  the  center  line  of 
South  Twenty-fifth  street  and  its  production  to  the  west 
west  boundary  of  section  seven  (7) ;  thence  south  along  the 
boundary  of  section  seven  (7)  to  the  center  line  of  South 
Twenty- third  street,  in  Oakland  addition;  thence  west 
along  the  center  line  of  said  south  Twenty-third  street 
and  its  production  to  the  east  boundary  line  of  Motor 
Line  Addition;  thence  north  to  the  boundary  of  Motor 
Line  Addition;  thence  west  to  place  of  beginning. 


4t)  REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


\Vard.  Seventh  Ward  —  Commencing*  at  the  northeast  corner 
of  section  six  (6)  township  twenty  (20)  north,  range 
three  east;  thence  run  west  along-  the  north  boundaries 
of  sections  six  (6),  one  (1),  two  (2),  three  (3)  and  four  (4) 
to  the  west  boundary  of  the  City;  thence  southerly  along 
the  western  boundary  of  the  City  to  the  south  boundary 
line  of  section  four  (4)  township  twenty  (20),  rang-e  two 
(l)east;  thence  east  along-  the  south  boundaries  of  sec- 
tions four  (4),  three  (3)  and  two  (2)  to  the  southeast  cor- 
ner of  section  two  (2);  thence  south  along-  the  west 
boundary  of  section  twelve  (12)  to  the  northwest  corner 
of  the  Motor  Lane  Addition;  thence  east  along-  north 
boundary  of  Motor  Line  Addition  to  the  northeast  cor- 
ner of  said  addition;  thence  south  to  the  produced  center 
line  of  South  Twenty-third  street  of  Oakland  Addition; 
thence  east  along-  center  line  of  said  South  Twenty-third 
[street]  to  the  west  boundary  of  section  seven  (7);  thence 
north  to  the  produced  center  line  of  South  Twenty-fifth 
street  of  Grig-g-'s  and  Hewitt's  Addition;  thence  east 
along-  the  center  line  of  said  South  Twenty-fifth  street 
to  the  east  boundary  of  section  seven  (7),  thence  north 
along-  the  east  boundaries  of  sections  seven  (7)  and  six  (6) 
to  the  place  of  beginning-. 

Eighth  Ward.  Eighth  Ward  —  Comprises  all  that  territory  bounded 

on  the  south  by  the  south  boundaries  of  sections  thirty- 
three  (33),  thirty-four  (34),  thirty-five  (35)  and  thirty- 
six  (36),  township  (21)  north,  of  range  two  east;  on  the 
west  by  the  western  boundary  of  the  City;  on  the  north 
by  the  northern  boundary  of  the  City;  and  on  the  east  by 
the  east  boundaries  of  sections  twenty-five  (25)  and 
thirty-six  (39),  township  twenty-one  (21)  north,  range 
two  (2)  east. 

R"e-districting  SEC.  4.     The  City  Council  shall  have  power  in  the 

*ity  into  wards,  year  1891  and  thereafter,  to  re-district  the  City  into 
wards,  provided  that  the  same  shall  not  be  re-dis- 
tricted oftener  than  once  in  five  years,  and  provided 
further  that  there  shall  not  be  more  than  twelve  wards 
until  the  population  of  the  City  reaches  200,000.  No 
ordinance  re-districting  the  City  into  wards  shall  take 
effect  within  sixty  days  preceding  any  municipal  elec- 
tion. 

Btew  territory.  SEC.  5.     Whenever   any  new   territory  is   added  to 

the  City,  the  same  shall  be  attached  to  and  be  a  part  of 
the  ward  adjoining  thereto,  and  if  such  territory  shall 


REVISED    CITY   CHARTER.  -4B 

adjoin  more  than  one  ward  it  shall  be  added  to  and  be  a 
part  of  the  ward  adjoining-  thereto  which  shall  have  cast 
the  smallest  vote  at  the  municipal  election  last  preceding' 
such  annexation. 

ARTICLE  II. 

ELECTION,        APPOINTMENT        AND        QUALIFICATION       OF       CITY 

OFFICERS. 

SEC.  6.     (As  amended  by  Sec.    1,   of  Amendment   No.  Officers  of  the 
23.     See  Ordinance  No.  1262,  approved  February   28,  1898. cit^ 

The  officers  of   said  City  shall  be  the  Mayor,  Treasurer,  Controller,  Elected  by  the 
City  Attorney,  Chief  of  Fire  Department,  Chief  of  "Police,  Harbor  Mas-  people.          ^ 
ter,  a  Board  of  Park  Commissioners   consisting-   of  five   persons,    City 
Clerk,  and  such  other  officers,  which  have  been,    or  may   hereafter   be 
provided  for   by  ordinance.     The    Mayor,    Treasurer    and    Controller 
shall  be  elected  by  the  people.     The  City  Clerk  shall  be  elected  by   the 
Council.     The  City  Attorney  and  all  other  officers  shall  be  appointed  by  City  Clerk    ap- 
the  Mayor  without  eonfirmation'by  the  Council.     The  office  of  City  Phy-  pointive. 
sician,  Health  Officer,  Port  Warden,  Superintendent  of  Streets,    Super- 
intendent of  Sewers  and  Plumbing'  and  Drainage  Inspector  are  hereby  Offices  abol- 
abolished.  ished. 

Two  Council  men  shall  be  elected  in  each  ward  by  the  Councilman, 
qualified  electors  therein.     See  Article   III,   Legislative   De- 
partment, Sec.  36,  page  48,  sequiter. 
See  SEC.  7.     (As  amended  by  Sec.  2,  of  Amendment  No.  23. 

Ordinance  No.  1272,  supra.) 

The  term  of  office  of  all  elective  officers,  shall  be  two  years  and  un-  J3iective 
til  their  successors  are  duly   elected   and   qualified.     All  other  officers  Appointive, 
shall  hold  office  at  the  pleasure  of  the  appointing-  power. 

(As  amended  by  Sec.  2,  of  Amendment  No.   1.     See  Or- 
dinance No.  1061,  passed  and  approved  March  7,  1896.) 

All  full  terms  of  office  shall  commence  on  the  second  Tuesday  after  Term*?  com- 
the  City  election,  and    all  officers,  elected  or  appointed  shall  hold  office  mence. 
until  their  successors  are  elected  or  appointed  and  qualified. 

SEC.  8.     No  person  is  eligible  to  any  office   in   the  City  Eligibility  to 
while  holding  any  other  office  under  the   City  government,  office, 
or  who  at  the  time  of  his  election  or  appointment  is   not  an 
elector  according  to   the  laws  of  the  ^tate   of  Washington, 
and  a  qualified  voter  under  this  Charter  and  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States.     Nor  shall  any  person  be  eligible  for  election 

o  the  City  Council  except  he  be  a  resident  of  the  ward  at  the 

ime  he  is  chosen. 


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REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


Publication  of 
nominations. 


Time  of  [elec- 
tion. 


Terms  of  offi- 
cers elected  in 
1890. 


°f  ?EC-  9*  The  registration  of  voters  for  general  or  special 
elections  shall  be  as  provided  by  the  general  laws  of  the 
State  of  Washington. 

SEC.  10.  At  least  three  days  before  an  election 
for  municipal  officers,  the  City  Clerk  shall  cause  to  be 
published  in  one  or  more  daily  newspapers  published  in 
this  City,  the  names  of  nominations  to  office  certified  to 
him. 

SEC.  11.  The  annual  municipal-  election  shall  be 
held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  April  of  each  year;  provided, 
however,  that  the  first  election  of  officers  to  serve  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Charter  shall  be  held  at  the  time 
that  this  Charter  shall  be  submitted  to  the  legal  voters  of 
the  City  of  Tacoma  for  ratification,  and  said  first  election 
shall  in  all  respects  conform  to. the  provisions  of  section  six 
of  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  for  the  government  of  cities 
having  a  population  of  20,000  or  more  inhabitants,  and  de- 
claring an  emergency  to  exist,"  approved  March  24,  1890. 
The  officers  elected  at  said  first  election  shall  hold  their 
offices  until  the  annual  municipal  election  of  1892,  and 
until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified,  and  the  term 
of  all  appointive  officers  except  as  otherwise  provided, 
shall  expire  on  the  second  Tuesday  after  the  annual  munici- 
pal election  in  1892. 

(As  amended  by  Sec.  3,  of  Amendment  No.  1.  See  Or- 
dinance No.  1061  supra.) 

Officers  elected         The  officers  elected  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  April,    1896,   shall   take 
in  1896.  their  office  under  the  Charter  as  modified  and  amended  by  these  amend- 

ments, or  if  they  fail  to  carry,  then  under  the  old  Charter ;    but   in   no 
case  shall  an  officer  elected  at  said  election  to  fill  an   office   created   by 
Offices  abol-        the  old  Charter  and  which  has  by  said  amendment   been    abolished,    be 
ished.  entitled  to  take  such  office.     The  terms  of  all  City  officers,  except  Coun- 

cilmen,  in  office   on  the  fist  Tuesday  in  April,  1896,  shall   end   and   de- 
Offices  expire,    termine  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April,   1896,    and   except  as   otherwise 
provided,  all  City  offices  theretofore  filled  shall  be  and   become  vacant. 

Notice  of  elec-  SEC.  12.     The  City  Clerk  by  order  of  the  City  Council, 

tion-  shall  give  ten  days  notice  by   publication   in   one  or   more 

daily  newspapers  published  in  the  City  of  any  municipal 
election,  the  officers  to  be  elected,  questions  or  measures  to 
be  voted  upon,  the  place  designated  in  the  variou  spre- 
cincts  for  holding  the  election,  and  the  inspector  and  judges 
appointed  to  hold  the  same. 

Qualification  of          SEC.  13.     No  person  shall  be  entitled   to   vote   at  any 

voters.  municipal  election  who  is  not  a   qualified   elector  according 

to  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Washington,   and  who   shall   not 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  43 

have  entered  his  name  on  the  City  register  for  the  ward  and 
precinct  in  which  he  resides,  as  provided  by  law. 

SEC.  14.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Council  at  Officers  of  elec* 
its  regular  session,  and  at  least  ten  days  previous  to  the  day tlon' 
of  holding  any  municipal  election,    to    appoint    for    each 
precinct    from    the  qualified  electors,  of  said  precinct,  one 
inspector  and  two  judges,   who  shall  constitute  a  Board  of  Board  of 
Judges  of  Election,  but  not  more   than  a  majority  of  suchJud&es* 
Board   shall  be  appointed   from    any    one    political    party 
for  each  precinct.     In  case  those  appointed  in  accordance 
with  this  section  shall  not  be  present  at  tire  place  designated 
by  the  City  Council,  at  the  hour  to  open  the  polls,  the  elec- 
tors present  may  appoint  a  Board   of  Judges  for  such   pre- 
cinct. 

SEC.  15.  The  Inspector  and  Judges  of  election  for  Clerks, 
each  precinct  shall  before  the  time  for  opening  the  polls 
appoint  two  suitable  persons  to  act  as  Clerks,  who  shall  be 
qualified  voters.  Each  Clerk  shall  write  down  each  office  to 
be  filled  and  the  name  of  each  person  voted  for  for  such 
office,  and  shall  keep  the  number  of  votes  by  tallies,  as  they 
are  read  aloud  by  the  Inspector  or  Judge. 

SEC.  16.     The   Inspector,    Judges    and    Clerks    aforer- Oath  of  officers, 
said  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties   of  their   offices 
severally,  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  or  affirmation  herein- 
after directed. 

SEC.  17.  The  following  shall  be  the  form  of  the  oath  Oath  of  inspec* 
or  affirmation  to  be  taken  by  each  Inspector:  "I,  A.  B., tor' 
do  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  duly  'attend  to  the  ensuing 
election,  during  the  continuance  thereof,  as  an  Inspector, 
and  that  I  will  not  receive  any  ticket  or  vote  from  any  per- 
son other  than  such  as  I  shall  firmly  believe  to  be,  according 
to  the  provisions,  of  the  laws  of  this  State,  entitled  to  vote 
at  such  election,  without  requiring  such  evidence  of  the 
right  to  vote  as  is  dircrted  by  law;  nor  will  I  vexatiously 
delay  or  refuse  to  receive  any  vote  from  any  person  whom  I 
shall  believe  to  be  entitled  to  vote  as  aforesaid;  but  that  I 
will  iu  all  things  truly,  impartially  and  faithfully  preform 
my  duty  therein  to  tlie  best  of  my  judgment  and  ability; 
and  that  I  am  not  directly  nor  indirectly  interested  in  any 
bet  or  wager  on  the  result  of  this  election. 

SEC.  18.     The  following  shall  be  the   oath  or   affirma-  Oath  of  judge, 
tioii  of  each  Judge:  "I,   A.   B.,  do   swear   (or  affirm)  that  I 
will,  as  Judge,  duly  attend  the   ensuing  election  during   the 
continuance  thereof,  and   faithfully   assist  the    Inspector  in 


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REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


Oath  of  Clerk. 


Hours  of  elec- 
tion. 


Powers  of  in- 
spector. 


Returns  by  in- 
spector. 

Canvass  of  re- 
turns. 


Certificates  of 
election. 

Tie  vote. 


Special  elec- 
tion. 


carrying  on  the  same;  that  I  will  not  give  my  consent,  that* 
any  vote  or  ticket  shall  be  received  from  any  person  other 
than  such  as  I  firmly  believe  to  be  according  to  the  law  of 
the  State  entitled  to  vote  at  such  election;  and  that  I  will 
make  a  true  and  perfect  return  of  the  said  election  and  will 
in  all  things  truly,  impartially  and  faithfully  perform  my 
duty  respecting  the  same  to  the  best  of  my  judgment  and 
ability;  and  that  I  am  not  directly,  nor  indirectly  interested 
in  any  bet  or  wager  on  the  result  of  this  election." 

SEC.  19.  The  following  shall  be  the  form  of  oath  or 
affirmation  to  be  taken  by  Clerks:  "I,  A.  B.,  do  swear  (or  af- 
firm) that  I  will  impartially  and  truly  write  down  the  name 
of  each  elector  who  shall  vote  at  the  ensuing  election,  and 
also  the  name  of  the  ward  and  precinct  wherein  such  elector 
resides,  and  carefully  and  truly  write  down  the  number  of 
votes  that  shall  be  given  for  each  candidate  at  the  election 
as  often  as  his  name  shall  be  read  to  me  by  the  Inspector 
thereof,  and  in  all  things  truly  and  faithfully  perform  my 
duty  respecting  the  same  to  the  best  of  my  judgment  and 
ability;  and  that  I  am  not  directly  nor  indirectly  interested 
in  any  bet  or  wager  on  the  result  of  this  election." 

SEC.  20.  At  all  elections  held  under  the  provisions 
of  this  Charter,  the  polls  shall  be  opened  at  nine  o'clock  A.  M. 
and  closed  at  seven  o'clock  p.  M. 

SEC.  21.  The  Inspector  shall  be  Chairman  of  the 
Board,  and  after  its  organization,  shall  have  power  to  admin- 
ister all  necessary  oaths  which  may  be  required  in  the 
progress  of  the  election.  He  shall  also  have  power  to  fill 
any  vacancy  that  may  occur  in  the  Beard  of  Judges,  or  by 
absence  or  refusal  to  serve  of  either  of  the  Clerks,  after  the 
polls  shall  have  been  opened. 

SEC.  22.  The  Inspector  shall  deliver  the  returns  of  all 
municipal  elections  to  the  City  Clerk. 

SEC.  23.  On  the  Tuesday  following  any  municipal 
election,  the  City  Council  shall  convene  and  publicly  can- 
vass the  return  of  said  election,  and  in  the  case  of  the  elec- 
tion of  officers,  shall  issue  certificates  of  election  to  each  per- 
son elected.  When  two  or  more  persons  have  received  an 
equal  and  highest  number  of  votes  for  any  office,  neither 
shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  elected,  and  the  City  Council 
shall,  at  its  first  regular  meeting  thereafter,  provide  for  an 
election  to  be  held  within  thirty  days  thereafter  to  fill  such 
office.  If  the  City  Council  from  any  cause,  fail  to  meet*  on 
the  day  named,  the  Mayor  shall  call  a  special  meeting  of 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  4** 

said  Council  within  five  days  thereafter,  and  in  addition  to  special  meet- 
the  notice  provided  for  calling  special  meetings,  shall  pub-  re?urnsCanVa8 
lish  the  same  on  two  successive  days   in  the  Qfficial  news- 
paper.    If  the  Mayor  fail   to  call  said  meeting  within  five 
days,  any  four   Councilmen    may  call  it.     At  such  special 
meeting  all  elections,  appointments  or   other  business  may 
be  transacted,  that  could   have   been  on  the  day  first  herein 
named. 

SEC.  24.     At  the  time  appointed  for  the  canvass  of  the  Canvass  of  re- 
returns,  the  City  Clerk  shall  deliver  the  same  to  the  Council, 
and  shall  make  the  following  oath  or  affirmation,  which  may 

be  administered  to  him  by  the  presiding  officer  :     "I, ,  Oath  of  Clerk. 

do  hereby  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  the  returns  pur- 
porting to  be  the  election  returns  of  the  several  wards  (or  the 
....  ward)  of  this  City,  have  been  in  nowise  altered,  and  that 
they  are  the  same  as  when  I  received  them.  So  help  me 
God." 

SEC.  25.  The  envelope  containing  the  ballots  when  Delivery  of 
sealed  up  shall  be  endorsed,  "Ballots  of  ....  precinct,  ....  ballots- 
ward,  Tacoma,  of  election  held  this. .  . .  day  of  . .  . .,  18. . ," 
and  shall  be  delivered  by  the  Inspector  to  the  City  Clerk, 
who  shall  keep  said  sealed  envelope  unopened  until  the  time 
appointed  for  the  canvass  of  the  returns,  and  until  directed 
by  the  City  Council  to  open  the  same  in  the  presence  of  the 
Council.  Said  envelope  shall  not  be  opened  as  aforesaid,  ex  lots, 
cept  for  the  purpose  of  counting  the  votes  cast  for  a  member 
or  members  of  the  Council.  If  opened  for  such  purpose, 
the  same  shall  be  opened  in  such  manner  as  to  preserve  the 
indorsement,  and  the  Council  shall  at  once  proceed  to  count 
the  votes  for  such  Councilman  or  Councilmen,  and  continue 
the  counting  thereof  without  adjournment  until  all  the  votes 
for  said  Councilman  or  Councilmen  shall  be  counted;  and  as 
soon  as  such  count  is  completed,  the  ballots,  together  with 
the  envelope  opened,  shall  be  placed  by  the  Clerk,  in  the 
presence  of  the  Council,  in  another  envelope,  which  shall 
then  be  sealed  and  endorsed  by  the  Clerk,  ''Ballots  of  Endorsement 

precinct,  ....  ward,  Tacoma,  '  of  election  held  . .  . .,  18  .  .  ;01 
original  envelope  opened  by  the  City  Clerk,  in  the  presence 
of  the  City  Council  (giving  date.)"  The  like  proceedings 
with  respect  to  the  same  ballots  may  be  had  from  time  to 
time,  all  envelopes  opened  being  placed  with  the  ballots  in  a 
new  envelope,  which  shall  be  sealed  and  endorsed  by  the 
Clerk,  with  a  copy  of  the  endorsement  of  the  original  en- 
velope and  the  date  of  the  opening  of  the  last  envelope 


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dence. 


Special  elec- 
tion . 


<>[>ened;  and  said  ballots  shall  have  the  same  effect  as  evi- 
dence in  any  contest  concerning  an  election  to  an  office  other 
than  a  member  of  the  Council,  as  if  the  original  envelope  had 
never  been  opened  by  the  Council.  Said  ballots  may  be  de- 
baUots!*  "fjstroyedby  the  Clerk  whenever  ordered  by  the  Council,  at 
any  time  after  the  expiration  of  six  months  after  the  elec- 
tion. 

-Certificate  evi-  SEC.  26.  A  certificate  of  election  is  prima  facie  evi- 
dence of  the  facts  therein  stated,  but  the  Council  is  the  final 
judge  of  the  election  and  qualifications  of  its  own  members. 
A  contested  election  for  any  other  office  must  be  determined 
according  to  the  laws  of  the  State  regulating  proceedings  in 
contested  elections  for  County  offices. 

SEC.  27.  A  special  election  may  be  ordered  by  the 
Council  at  any  time,  and  held  in  the  several  polling  pre- 
cincts of  the  City,  by  giving  ten  days  notice  thereof  in  one 
or  more  daily  newspapers  published  in  the  City,  and  such 
election  shall  be  conducted  and  the  returns  thereof  canvassed 
in  like  manner  as  general  municipal  elections  in  the  City. 

SEC.  28.  All  matters  pertaining  to  elections  and  not 
provided  for  by  general  laws  and  not  herein  provided  for 
shall  be  as  provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  29.  Before  any  officer 'of  the  City  enters  upon  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  he  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  fol- 
lowing oath  :  "I, ,  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that 

I  will  support  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  the 
Constitution  of  the  State  of  Washington,  and  that  I  will  faith- 
fully and  impartially  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of . . 
according  to  law,  and  to  the  best  of  mv  ability.     So  help  me 
God." 

'Constitutional  SEC.  30.     Every    officer   of  this    City,   before  entering 

Where  tiled  uPon  tne  duties  of  his  office,  shall  take  and  file  with  the 
Controller  the  constitutional  oath  of  office,  except  the  oath 
of  the  Controller,  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk. 

Official  bonds.  .  SEC.  31.  Every  officer  of  this  City,  elected  or  ap- 
pointed, who,  under  the  provisions  of  this  Charter,  or  of 
any  ordinance,  is  required  to  give  bonds,  shall  within  ten 
days  after  the  City  Council  declares  the  result  of  the  election, 
or  within  ten  days  after  his  appointment,  and  before  en- 
tering upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute  a  bond  with 
sufficient  sureties  to  the  City,  in  such  penal  sum  as  re- 
quired by  this  Charter  or  by  any  ordinance  or  resolution 
of  the  City  Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  perform- 


Oath  of  office 
of  all  city  offi- 
ces. 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


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ance  of  his  duties  or  trust;  such  bond  shall  be  approved  by 
the  City  Council; 

(As  amended  by  Amendment   No.  2.     See    Ordinance 
No.  1061,  supra.) 

Provided  that  the  City  Council  may  accept  bonds  made  by  responsi-  Approved  by 
ble  Surety,  Guaranty  or  Insurance  Company,  organized  for   that   pur-  Council, 
pose  and  authorized  to  do  business  in  this  State;  and,  provided  further,  Bonds  by  surety 
that  a  voluntary  bond  given  by  any  officer  shall  bind  said   officer   and  company 
the  sureties  therein  as  fully  as  a  bond   given   in   accordance   with   the       ,  p     ** 
provisions  of  this  Charter  or  of  an  ordinance ;  and  no  bond  required  by  ^ olunt 
this  Charter  or  by  any  ordinance,  and  intended  as  such  bond,    shall   be  Dond* 
void  for  want  of  form  or  substance,  recital  or  condition,  ner   shall  the  No  bond  void. 
principal  or  surety  on  such  account  be  discharged;  but   all   the   parties 
thereto  shall  be  held  and  bound  to  the  full  extent  contemplated   by   the 
Charter  or  ordinance  requiring  the  same,    to   the    amount   specified   in          , 
such  bond ;  and  any  officer  required  by  this  Charter  or  by  ordinance  to 
give  a  bond,  shall  by  the  acceptance  of  the  office  to  which  he  is   elected 
or  appointed  be  deemed  bound  in  the  penal  sum  provided  by  this   Char- 
ter or  by  any  ordinance  or  resolution,  for  the  faithful   performance   of 
liis  duties. 

All  bonds,  when  approved,   shall  be  filed  with  the  Con-  Filing  bonds, 
troller,  except  the  bond  of  the  Controller,  which  shall  be  filed 
with  the  Mayor. 

SEC.  32.  An  office  becomes  vacant  upon  the  death  or 
resignation  of  the  incumbent,  or  upon  the  failure  of  any 
person  elected  or  appointed  to  qualify  and  enter  upon  the 
•discharge  of  his  duties  within  ten  days  after  such  election  or 
appointment.  Or  if  any  officer  absent  himself  from  the  City 
continuously  for  thirty  days,  without  the  consent  of  the  City 
Council,  or  openly  neglect  or  refuse  to  discharge  his  duties, 
his  office  may  be  by  the  City  Council  declared  vacant. 
the  bond  or  security  of  any  officer  shall  be  or  become  insuf- 
ficient, additional  security  may  be  required,  and  if  not  given, 
the  City  Council  may,  after  ten  days,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds 
of  all  the  members  declare  the  office  vacant.  An  office  be- 
comes vacant  upon  the  removal  of  the  officer  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  the  members  elect  of  the  Council.  The  office  of 
Councilman  also  becomes  vacant  upon  his  removal  from  the 
ward  from  which  he  was  elected. 

SEC.  33.     When,  and  so  long  as  the   Mayor  is  tempora- 
rily unable  to  perform  his  official  duties,  the  President  of  the  Mayor! 
City  Council   shall    act   as    Mayor  pro   tempore.     When  a 
vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  Mayor,  it  shall  be  filled  until  Vacancy  in  of- 
the  next  annual  election  by  the  City  Council,  assembled  for  fice  "f  Mayor, 
that  purpose.     Any  person   possessing  the   qualifications  of 

an  elector  may  be  chosen  Ma\ror  at  such   election.     When  a  „ 

•'•'.  " ,  T       /-,-       ^,  -i  Vacancy  in 

vacancy  occurs  in  any  other  elective  office,  the  City  Council  elective  office. 


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REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


may  fill  the  same  until  the  next  regular  election,  at  which 
time  a  person  shall  be  elected  to  serve  for  the  remainder  of 
such  unexpired  term.  In  case  the  office  of  any  appointive 
officer  becomes  vacant  during  his  term,  the  Mayor  .shallr 

within   ten  days  thereafter,  appoint 

a  person  to  fill  such  vacancy  during  said  unexpired  term. 
(As  amended  by  Amendment  No.  23,  supra.) 

Removal  of  SEC.  34.     Any   officer   elected         *         may  at  any  time 

elective  officer.  be    remove(j    from   office  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the 

members  of  the  City  Council  for  incompetency,  inefficiency, 

neglect  of  duty  or  misconduct  in  office,  and  the  proceedings 

in  that  behalf  shall  be  entered  in  full  in  the  Journal  of  the 

Council;    provided  that  the  Council  shall  previously  cause  a 

Charges  to  be    COP7  °f  tne  charges  preferred  against  such  person  sought  to 

preferred.          be  removed,  and  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  hearing  the 

same  to  be  served  on  him   at  least  ten   days  previous  to  the 

time  so  assigned,  and  opportunity  be  given  to  him  to  make 

his  defense. 

(As  amended  by  Sec.  2  of  Amendment  No.  23,  supra.) 

ARTICLE  III. 


legislative 
power. 

Counciimen. 


LEGISLATIVE    DEPARTMENT. 

SEC.  35.  All  legislative  power  of  the  City  of  Tacoma, 
shall  be  vested  in  the  Mayor  and  the  City  Council. 

SEC.  36.  One  of  the  Councilmen  elected  in  each  ward 
at  the  annual  election  in  1892,  shall  hold  office  one  year  only, 
and  the  ballots  shall  designate  the  name  of  the  one  who  is  to 
be  voted  for  to  serve  for  the  short  term  ;  at  each  annual  elec- 
tion thereafter,  one  Councilman  shall  be  elected  in  each  ward 
who  shall  hold  office  two  years. 


^EC*  ^  '  ^°  om>cer  °f  ^ne  City  shall  be  directly  or  in- 
terested in  con-  directly  interested  in  any  contract  with  the  City,  or  with  any 
tracts.  department,  board,  officer  or  employe  thereof,  nor  become 

security  for  the  performance  of  any  contracts  made  with  or 
for  the  City,  or  upon  any  bonds  given  to  the  City. 

SEC.  38.  The  City  Council  shall  elect  one  of  its  num- 
ber President  thereof,  who  shall  perform  the  duties  usual  to  a 
presiding  officer,  and  shall  have  the  same  right  to  vote  and 
participate  in  the  arguments  and  deliberations  as  other  mem- 
bers of  the  City  Council.  A  majority  of  all  members  of  the 
City  Council  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  but  a  less  number 


Officer*  not  in- 


President  of 
Council. 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  49 

may  adjourn    from   day  to  day,  or   until    the   next  regular 

meeting,  and  may  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  members 

in  such  manner  as  said  Council  may  by  ordinance  or  resolu- Removal  of 

tion   provide.     The   President  may  be  removed  at  any  time  President. 

by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the  Council.     In 

the  absence  of  the  President  any  member  of  the  City  Coun- 

<eil  may  be  called  upon  to  act  as  President  pro  tern. 

SEC.  39.     The  City  Council  shall  establish  rules  for  itsRules> 
government,  keep  a  journal  of  its  proceedings  and  permit  the 
publication  .of  the  same.     The  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  called  Ye&g 
npon  any  question  upon  the  demand  of  any  member,  and 
the  vote  so  taken  shall  be  entered  in  full  upon  the  Journal. 

SEC.  40.     The  City  Council  shall  have  the  power  to  pun-  Punishment  of 
ish   its  members  for  contempt,  for  non-attendance  and  for  Councilmen. 
disorderly  conduct,  or  conduct  unbecoming  a  member  of  the 
City   Council,  and  to  expel  any  member  by  a  two-thirds  vote 
of  the  whole  Council.     The  President  of  the  City  Council  Committees- 
shall  appoint  such  committees  from  the  Council  as  may  be 
provided  by  the  City  Council,  one  of  which  shall  be  denomi- 
nated the    Finance    Committee,  and    each    committee  so  ap- 
pointed shall  have  power  to  perform  the  duties  and  functions 
allotted  to  it. 

SEC.  41.     The  City  Council  shall  have  power  to  compel  Compel  attend- 
the  attendance   of  witnesses   before  it,  or  before  any  of  its  nesses   W1J 
committees,  on  process  issued  by  the  President  or  Chairman 
of  any  committee;  any  police  officer  may  serve  such  process. 

SEC.  42.  The  Finance  Committee  shall  have  power,  Duties  of  Fi- 
and  it  shall  be  its  duty  to  investigate  the  transactions  and  jjfence 
accounts  of  all  officers  of  the  City,  and  shall  at  least,  once  a 
year,  investigate  the  books  of  the  City  Treasurer,  and  report 
the  condition  of  the  same  to  the  City  Council.  Such  com- 
mittee shall  have  free  access  to  all  books,  papers  and  ac- 
counts, of  any  or  all  officers  of  the  City  at  any  time,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  committee  to  examine  all  books, 
official  or  otherwise,  in  the  office  of  the  Controller,  and  to  re- 
port to  the  City  Council  any  insufficiency  of  security  on  any 
bonds  by  reason  of  removal,  death  or  insolvency  of  such 
surety,  or  any  other  fact  relating  to  the  finances  of  the  City.  • 

SEC.  43.     The   City    Council   shall    have    power    and  Ration  of 
authority  to  create  any  office,  board  or  commission  that  may  ° 
be  deemed  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  Char- 
ter or  ordinances  of  the  City. 

SEC.  44.     Atjten  oclock  A.  M,  of  the  second  Tuesday  fol-  oilmen  begins* 


50 


REVISED   CITY    CHARTER. 


Ordinances. 


Veto. 


lowing  the  annual  municipal  election  the  Ciiy  Council  shall 
meet,  at  which  time  the  newly  elected  Councilmen  shall 
assume  the  duties  of  their  office.  The  City  Council  shall 
meet  at  such  other  times  as  it  may  by  ordinance  or  resolu- 
tion determine;  provided  it  shall  meet  at  least  semi-monthly. 
All  meetings  of  the  City  Council  shall  be  public. 

SEC.  45.  All  legislative  acts  of  the  City  Council  shall 
be  by  ordinance,  the  subject  of  which  shall  be  clearly  set 
out  in  its  title;  and  no  ordinance  shall  contain  more  than 
one  subject.  The  enacting  clause  shall  be  :  "Be  it  ordained 
by  the  (Jity  of  Tacoma,"  and  no  ordinance  shall  become  a 
law  unless  a  majority  of  all  members  of  the  City  Council 
shall  have  voted  therefor.  Every  ordinance  after  the  passage 
thereof  shall  be  signed  by  the  president  of  the  Council  and 
attested  by  the  Clerk,  and  shall  forthwith  be  transmitted  to 
the  Mayor  for  his  approval.  If  he  approves  he  shall  sign  it; 
if  not,  he  shall  return  it  with  his  objections  in  writing  to  the 
City  Council,  by  depositing  the  same  with  the  City  Clerk 
who  shall  present  the  same  to  the  City  Council  at  its  next 
regular  meeting  thereafter.  The  Council  shall  cause  said 
objections  to  be  entered  upon  the  Journal  of  its  proceedings, 
and  shall  then  consider  said  objections  ;  if  after  such  consid- 
eration two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  City  Council  shall 
agree  to  pass  the  ordinance,  notwithstanding  such  objections, 
it  shall  become  a  law.  If  any  ordinance  presented  to  the 
Mayor  contain  several  sections  or  items,  he  may  object  to 
one  or  more  sections  or  items,  while  approving  other  portions 
of  the  ordinance.  In  such  case  the  sections  or  items  so  ob- 
jected to  shall  not  take  effect  unless  passed  over  the  Mayor's 
objections,  as  hereinbefore  provided  for  the  passage  of  ordi- 
nances notwithstanding  the  Mayor's  objections.  If  any  ordi- 
nance shall  not  be  returned  by  the  Mayor  within  five  days, 
exclusive  of  Sundays  or  legal  holidays,  after  it  shall  have 
been  presented  to  him,  the  same  shall  become  a  law  in  like 
manner  as  if  he  had  approved  the  same. 

SEC.  46.  No  ordinance  or  section  thereof  shall  be  re- 
v^sec^  or  amended  except  by  an  ordinance,  which  new  ordi- 
nance shall  contain  the  entire  ordinance  or  section  so 
amended,  and  the  ordinance  or  section  so  amended  be  re- 
pealed ;  nor  shall  the  City  Council  by  resolution  or  motion 
exempt  any  person  or  corporation  from  the  provisions  or 
requirements  of  any  ordinance,  nor  suspend  any  ordinance 
or  portion  thereof  except  by  another  ordinance  repealing  the 
same. 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER-  51 

SEC.  47.     Every  ordinance  after  its  passage  shall.be  re-  Record  of 
corded  in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose,   which    record  shall01 
be  authenticated  by  the   signature   of  the   President  of-  the 
City  Council,  and  attested   by    the   City   Clerk,  and   in  case 
said  ordinance  is  approved  by  the  Mayor  he  shall  also  sign 
said  record.     Every    ordinance   shall   take    effect   and  be  in 
force   at   the    expiration    of  publication.     Every    ordinance 
shall,  within   ten  days  after  its  passage,  be  published  in  thep  blicatio 
official  newspaper  of  the  City  for  three  days  consecutively. 
No    ordinance  shall  take   effect   unless  published  as  herein 
provided. 

SEC.  48.     The  City  Council  shall  annually  let  the  pub-  Public 
lie  printing  to  the  lowest  and  best  bidder,  who  shall  give  a  Pointing. 
bond  to  the  City  in  such  sum  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Coun- 
cil, to  well  and  faithfully  perform  the  contract,  should  he  re- 
eeive  the  contract  for  doing  the  City   printing;  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  City  Council,  after  having  let  the  contract 
for  the  City  printing  to  designate  the  newspaper  published 
by  the  party  receiving  said  contract  as  the  official  newspaper 
of  said   City.     All  ordinances,  resolutions,  notices,  tax  and  Official 
assessment  sales,  and  other  proceedings,  statements,  doings,  newspaper. 
or  matters  of  the  City  required  to  be  printed   shall  be  pub- 
lished therein. 

SEC.  49.  No  ordinance  obligating  the  City  for  the  pay- 
ment  of  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  vacating  any 
street,  highway  or  alley,  or  granting  any  franchise  or  priv-  tions,  vaca- 
ilege,  shall  be  passed  before  the  second  regular  meeting  o 
the  City  Council  after  its  introduction,  nor  until  read  in  full  passed. 
at  two  regular  meetings  of  the  Council,  and  no  ordinance 
granting  a  franchise  shall  be  passed  within  thirty  days  from 
its  introduction.  • 


SEC,  50.     All   appropriations  of  money  shall  be  by  or- 
dinance,  and    no    money    shall  be  drawn  from   the  Treas-  ordinance. 
ury  except  in  pursuance  of  an  appropriation  ;  provided  al- 
ways, that  where  a  fund  has  been  created  to  be  expended  for  Specific  fund. 
a  specific  purpose,  the  same  may  be  paid  as  therein  provided 
by  order  of  the  Council  or  proper  board  or  officer  having 
charge  of  such  specific  fund. 

SEC.  51.     The  City  Council  shall  not  allow  nor  permit  Structures  in. 
the  erection  of  any  house,  building,  booth   or  stand,  or  like  st 
structure,  in  any  street,  avenue  or  alley,  within  the  limits  of 
the  City;  provided  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  drinking 
fountains. 


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REVISED  CITY   CHARTER. 


Powers* 


Elections. 


Levying  taxes. 


Debts. 


Finances  and 
property. 


Borrow  money. 
Bonds. 


Issue  bonds, 


Appropriate 
private  pro- 
perty. 


Streets,  parks, 
etc. 


Electricity. 


52.     The  City  Government  of  Tacoma  shall 
have  power,  by  ordinance  and  not  otherwise  — 

First.  To  provide  for  general  and  special  elections 
for  questions  to  be  voted  upon,  and  for  the  election  of 
officers; 

Second.  To  provide  for  levying-  *  *  (See  Laws 
1895,  Chapter  160,  Sec.  9,  repealing-  "and  collecting.") 
taxes  on  real  and  personal  property,  for  corporate  uses 
and  purposes,  and  to  provide  for  the  payment  oC  the 
debts  and  expenses  of  the  corporation;  provided,,  that 
all  taxes,  whether  g-eneral  or  special,  exclusive  of 
assessments  for  street  improvements  and  construction  of 
sewers,  shall  not  exceed  one  and  five-tenths  per  centum 
in  any  one  year  on  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  property 
of  said  City; 

("One  and  five-tenths"  inserted  in  place  of  "two" 
by  Amendment  No.  21.  See  Ordinance  No.  1061, 
supra.) 

Third.  To  control  the  finances  and  property  of  the 
corporation,  and  to  acquire,  by  purchase  or  otherwise, 
such  lands  and  other  property  as  may  be  necessary  for 
corporate  uses,  and  to  dispose  of  any  such  property  as 
the  interests  of  the  corporation  may  from  time  to  time 
require; 

Fourth.  To  borrow  money  for  corporate  purposes 
on  the  credit  of  the  corporation,  and  to  issue  neg-otiable 
bonds  therefor,  on  such  conditions  and  in  such  manner  as 
prescribed  in  this  Charter; 

Fifth.  To  issue  bonds  in  place  of,  or  to  supply 
means  to  meet,  maturing-  bonds  or  other  indebtedness,  or 
for  the  consolidaton  or  funding-  of  the  same. 

Sixth.  To  purchase  or  appropriate  private  property 
within  or  without  the  corporate  limits  for  corporate 
uses,  upon  making-  just  compensation  to  the  owners 
thereof,  and  to  institute  and  maintain  such  proceeding's 
as  may  be  authorized  by  the  g-eneral  laws  of  the  State 
for  the  appropriation  of  private  property  for  public  use. 

Seventh.  To  lay  out,  establish,  open,  alter,  widen, 
extend,  grade,  pave,  plank,  establish  grades,  or  other- 
wise improve  streets,  avenues,  alleys,  sidewalks, 
wharves,  parks  and  other  public  grounds,  and  to  regu- 
late and  control  the  use  thereof,  and  to  vacate  the  same, 
and  to  authorize  or  prohibit  the  use  of  electricity  at,  in 
or  upon  any  of  the  said  streets,  or  for  other  purposes  and 


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to  prescribe   the  terms  and  conditions  upon   which  the 
same  may  be  so  used,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof. 

Eighth.     To  change  the  grade  of  any  street,  high -Change  of 
way  or  alley,  within  its  corporate  limits,  and  to  provide  gr 
for  the  payment  of  damages  to  any  abutting  owner  or 
owners    who   shall   have  built  or   made  other  improve- 
ments such  street,   highway  or  alley  at  any  point  op- 
posite to  the  point    where    such  change  shall  be  made 
with  reference  to  the  grade  of  such  street,  highway  or 
alley  as  the  same  existed  prior  to  such  change; 

t  Ninth.  To  authorize  or  prohibit  the  locating-  and  Railroads, 
constructing-"  of  any  railroad  or  street  railroad  in  any 
street,  alley  or  public  place  in  the  City,  and  to  prescribe 
the  terms  and  conditions  upon  which  any  such  railroad 
or  street  railroad  shall  be  located  or  constructed;  pro- 
vided that  no  franchise  shall  be  g'ranted  to  any  street 
railway  company  or  other  railway  company  except  the 
same  contain  a  condition  that  such  company  or  corpora- 
tion shall  pave  and  improve  the  street  over  which  said 
street  railway  company  or  other  railway  company  lays 
or  has  laid  its  track  or  tracks,  between  the  two  outer 
rails  of  said  track  or  tracks,  in  the  same  manner  (and  at 
their  own  expense),  as  the  street  shall  be  improved  by 
the  City,  and  within  thirty  days  from  its  improvement 
by  the  City;  and  provided  further,  that  no  franchies 
shall  be  granted  to  any  person,  company  or  corporation 
unless  the  same  contain  provision  providing  for  a  revenue 
to  the  City  from  the  person,  company  or  corporation 
holding  said  franchise,  and  also  providing  that  the  City  city 
shall  at  any  time  have  the  right  to  appropriate  by  to  purchase, 
purchase,  at  reasonable  price,  the  property  of  said 
person,  company  or  corporation;  to  provide  for  the 
alteration,  change  of  grade  or  removal  thereof;  to 
regulate  the  moving  and  operation  of  railroad  and  Regulate 
street  railroad  trains,  cars  and  locomotives  within  operation, 
the  corporate  limits,  and  to  provide  for  the  protection 
of  persons  and  property  against  injury  in  the  use  of 
such  railroads  or  street  railroads,  and  to  fix  the  rate  of 
fare; 

Tenth.     To  provide  for  making  local  improvements  Local 
and  to  levy  and  collect  special  assessments  on  property lmprovementa* 
benefited  thereby,    and  paying  the  same    or    any  por- 
tion thereof; 

Eleventh.     To    acquire    by   purchase  or  otherwise  Parks. 


54 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


Bridges. 


Improvements 
at  expense  of 
those  benefited, 


Assessments 
therefor. 


Acquiring 
water  and  light 
plants. 


Works  for 
lighting  pur- 
poses. 


Markets. 


Weights  and 
measures. 


Hospitals. 
Jails. 


Reform 
schools. 

Public 
libraries. 


lands  for  public  parks  within  or  without  the  limits  of 
the  City,  and  to  improve  the  same; 

Twelfth.  To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  bridges, 
viaducts,  and  tunnels,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof; 

Thirteenth.  To  determine  what  work  shall  be  done 
or  improvements  made  at  the  expense,  in  whole  or  in 
part,  of  the  owners  of  the  adjoining1,  contiguous  or  prox- 
imate property,  or  others  specially  benefited  thereby; 
and  to  provided  the  manner  of  making  and  collecting 
assessments  therefor  shall  be  as  prescribed  in  this 
Charter; 

Fourteenth.  To  provide  for  erecting,  purchasing, 
appropriating  or  otherwise  acquiring  water  works,  gas 
works  or  electric  light  plants  within  or  without  the 
corporate  limits  of  said  City,  to  supply  said  City  and  its 
inhabitants  with  water  and  light,  or  to  authorize  the 
construction  of  same  by  others,  and  to  regulate  and  con- 
trol the  use  and  price  of  the  water  or  light  so  supplied; 

Fifteenth.  To  provide  for  lighting  the  streets  and 
all  public  places,  and  for  furnishing  the  inhabitants 
of  the  city  with  gas  or  other  lights,  and  to  erect  or  other- 
wise acquire,  and  to  maintain  the  same,  or  to  authorize 
the  erection  and  maintenance  of  such  works  as  may  be 
necessary  and  convenient  therefor,  and  to  regulate  and 
control  the  use  thereof; 

Sixteenth.  To  establish  and  regulate  markets,  and 
to  provide  for  the  weighing,  measuring,  and  inspection 
of  all  articles  of  food  and  drink  offered  for  sale  thereat, 
or  at  any  other  place  within  its  limits,  by  proper  penal- 
ties, and  to  enforce  the  keeping  ot  proper  legal  weights 
and  measures  by  all  venders  in  the  City,  and  to  provide 
for  the  inspection  thereof; 

Seventeenth.  To  erect  and  establish  hospitals  and 
pest-houses  and  to  control  and  regulate  the  same; 

Eighteenth.  To  erect  and  establish  work-houses 
and  jails,  and  to  control  and  regulate  the  same,  and  to 
provide  for  the  working  of  prisoners  confined  therein; 

Nineteenth.  To  provide  for  establishing  and  main- 
taining reform  schools  for  juvenile  offenders; 

Twentieth.  To  provide  for  the  establishment  and 
maintenance  of  public  libraries,  and  to  appropriate  an- 
nually, not  exceeding  ten  per  centum  of  all  moneys  col- 
lected for  fines,  penalties  and  licenses,  for  the  support 
of  a  City  library,  which  shall,  under  such  regulations  as 


.  UNIVERSITY 
REVISED   CITY    CHARTER.  V  55 

Ssy 

shall  be  prescribed  ordinance, be  open  for  use  by  the  public. 

Twenty-first.     To  regulate  the  burial  of   the  dead  Burial  of  dead, 
and  to  establish  and  regulate  cemeteries  within  or  without 
the  corporate  limits  and  to  acquire  land  therefor  by  pur- 
chase or   otherwise;  to  cause   cemeteries  to  be  removed  Cemeteries, 
beyond   the    limits    of  the    corporation,  and   to   prohibit 
their  establishment  within  two  miles  of  the  boundaries 
thereof; 

Twenty-second,  To  direct  the  location  and  con- Nuisances, 
struction  of  all  buildings  in  which  any  trade  or  occupa- 
tion offensive  to  the  senses  or  deleterious  to  public  health 
or  safety  shall  be  carried  on,  and  to  regulate  the  man- 
agement thereof,  and  to  prohibit  the  erection  or  mainte- 
nance of  such  buildings  or  structures,  or  the  carrying  on 
of  such  trades  or  occupations  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  or  within  the  distance  of  two  miles  beyond  the 
boundaries  thereof; 

Twenty-third.     To  provide  for   the  prevention  and  Fires, 
extinguishment  of  fires,  and  to  regulate  or  prohibit  the 
transportation,  keeping  or  storage  of  all  combustible  or 
explosive  materials   within  its   corporate   limits,  and  to  Explosives, 
regulate  and  restrain  the  use  of  fireworks;  Fireworks. 

Twenty-fourth.  To  establish  fire  limits  and  to  Fire  limits, 
make  all  such  regulations  for  the  erection  and  mainte- 
nance of  buildings  or  other  structures  within  its  cor- 
porate limits,  as  the  safety  of  persons  or  property  may 
require,  and  to  cause  all  such  buildings  and  places  as 
may  from  any  cause  be  in  a  dangerous  state,  to  be  put  in 
safe  condition; 

Twenty-fifth.     To    regulate    the   manner   in   which  Construction  of 
stone,  brick  and  other  buildings,  party  walls  and  purti- 
tion  fences  shall  be  constructed  and  maintained; 

Twenty-sixth.  To  deepen,  widen,  dock,  cover,  wall,  Waterways, 
alter  or  change  the  channels  of  waterways  and  courses; 
and  to  provide  for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of 
all  such  works  as  may  be  required  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  commerce,  including  canals,  ferries,  slips,  public 
landing  places,  wharves,  docks  and  levees,  and  to  control 
and  regulate  the  use  thereof; 

Twenty-seventh.     To  control,  regulate  or  prohibit  Anchorage, 
the   anchorage,     moorage    and    landing   of    all     water- 
crafts  and   their  cargoes,  within   the  jurisdiction  of  the 
corporation; 

Twenty-eighth.     To  fix  the  rates  of  wharfage  and  Wharfage. 


'•-  REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 

dockaag-e,  and  to  provide   for  the  collection  thereof,  and 
;  to  provide  for  the  imposition  and  collection  of  such  har- 

bor fees  as  may  be  consistent  with  the  laws  of  the  United 

States; 

License  tugs.  Twenty-ninth.     To  license,  regulate,  control  or  re- 

etc-  strain  wharboats,  tugs  and  other  boats   used  about  the 

harbor  or  within  its  jurisdiction; 

Exit  from  pub-  Thirtieth.  To  require  the  owners  of  public  halls  or 
He  buildings.  other  buildings  to  provide  suitable  means  of  exit;  to  pro- 
Nuisances,  vide  for  the  prevention  and  abatement  of  nuisances,  for 
Water  courses,  the  cleaning  and  purification  of  water  courses  and  canals, 
pondg  for  the  drainage  and  filling  up  of  ponds  on  private  prop- 

erty within  its  limits,  when  the  same  shall  be  offensive 
to  the  senses  or  dangerous  to  health;  to  regulate  and 
control  and  to  prevent  and  punish  the  defilement,  or  pol- 
Streams.  lution  of  all  streams  running  through  or  into  its  corpor- 

ate limits,  and  for  a  distance  of  five  miles  beyond  its  cor- 
porate limits,  and  on  any  stream  or  lake  from  which  the 
water  supply  of  said  City  is  taken,  for  a  distance  of  five 
miles  beyond  its  source  of  supply;  to  provide  for  the 
cleaning  cleaning  of  areas,  vaults,  and  other  places  within  its 

vaults,  etc.  corporate  limits  which  may  be  so  kept  as  to  become 
offensive  to  the  senses  or  dangerous  to  the  health,  and  to 
Quarantine.  make  all  such  quarantine  or  other  regulations  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  the  public  health, 
and  to  remove  all  persons  afflicted  with  any  infectious  or 
contagious  disease  to  some  suitable  place  to  be  provided 
for  that  purpose; 

Nuisance.  Thirty-first.     To  declare  what  shall  be  a  nuisance 

and  to  abate  the  same,  and  to  impose  fines  upon  parties 
who  may  create,  continue  or  suffer  nuisances  to  exist; 
Liquor  license.  Thirty- secohd.  To  license,  regulate  and  restrain 
the  selling  or  giving  away  of  malt,  vinous,  fermented, 
intoxicating  or  mixed  liquors,  and  to  revoke  a  license  or 
refuse  to  issue  a  license  to  any  person  to  deal  in  the  same, 
and  to  describe  limits  within  which  no  license  for  the  sale 
of  such  liquors  shall  be  granted; 

Licenses.  Thirty-third.     To  grant  licenses  for  any  lawful  pur- 

pose, and  to  fix  the  amount  to  be  paid  therefor,  and  to 
provide  for  revoking  the  same.  Provided,  That  no  license 
shall  be  granted  to  continue  for  longer  than  one  year 
from  the  date  thereof; 

affect^heaith          Thirty-fourth.     To  regulate  the  carrying  on  within 
aWgood  order,  its  corporate  limits  of  occupations  which    are    of    such 


REVISED    CITY   CHARTER.  57 

a  nature  as  to  affect  the  public  health  or  the  good 
order  of  said  City,  or  to  disturb  the  public  peace,  and 
which  are  not  prohibited  by  law,  and  to  provide  for 
the  punishment  of  all  persons  violating1  such  regulations, 
and  of  all  persons  who  knowingly  permit  the  same  to  be 
violated  in  any  building  or  upon  any  premises  owned  or 
controlled  by  them; 

Thirty-fifth.     To  restrain  and  provide  for  the  pun- Disorderly 
ishment  of  vagrants,  mendicants,  prostitutes,  and  other persons< 
disorderly  persons; 

Thirty-sixth.   To  provide  for  the  punishment  of  per- Disorderly 
sons  guilty  of  disorderly  conduct  and  of  practices  danger-  cond«ct. 
ous  to  the  public  health  or  safety,  and  to  make  all  regula- 
tions necessary  for  the  preservation  of  public  morality,  Public 
health,  peace  and  good  order  within  its   limits,   and   tomorality- 
provide  for  the  arrest,  trial  and  punishment  of  all   per- 
sons charged    with    violating    any  of  the  ordinances  of 
said  City;  but  such  punishment  shall  in   no  case   exceed  violation  of 
the  punishment  provided  by   the  laws  of  the   State  for  ordinances, 
misdemeanors; 

Thirty-seventh.     To   project  or  extend  its  streets  Extend  streets 
over  and  across  any  tide-lands  within  its  corporate  lim-over  tide  lands, 
its,  and  along  or  across  the  harbor  areas  of  such  City,  in 
such  manner  as  will  best  promote  the  interests  of  com- 
merce; 

Thirty-eighth.     To  suppress  and  prohibit  the  smok-  Opium, 
ing  of  opium. 

Thirty-ninth.     To  regulate  and    prevent  domestic  A.nimals  run" 
and  other  animals  from  running  at  large;  to  license,  tax,  nin»atlar^e- 
regulate  and   restrain   the    keeping   of  dogs   within  the  Keeping  of 
City  limits,  and  to  authorize  the  distraining,  impound-  d°£s- 
ing  and  sale  of  the  same   for  the  penalty  incurred  and 
the  costs  of  the  proceedings,  or  to  authorize   their  de- 
struction. 

Fortieth.     To   grant    franchises,   but    which    in  no  Franchises  and 
event  shall   be   exclusive,  for  a  term  of  not   more  thantermsof  same- 
twenty-five  years,    and   under  such   proper   restrictions 
and  reservations  as  the  interests  of  the  City  may  require. 

Forty-first.     To  create  such  offices  not  herein  pro-  anre 
vided  for  as  the  needs  of  the  City  require;  to  establish  salaries. 
and  regulate  the  salary  of  all   its  officers,  except  when 
otherwise  provided  for;  and  such  other  powers  and  priv-  General 
ileges  not  herein  specifically  enumerated  as  are  incident  powers. 
to  municipal  corporations  of  like  character  and  degree 


58  REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 

not  inconsistent  with  the  constitution  and  the  general 
laws. 

Hacks.  Forty-second.     To   establish  stands  for  hacks  and 

other  vehicles  for  hire,  and  regulate  the  charges  of  hacks 
and  other  vehicles  carrying  passengers  for  hire,  and  re- 
quire a  schedule  of  such  charges  to  be  posted  in  every 
such  hack  or  other  passenger  vehicle. 

Naming  streets.  Forty-third.  To  provide  for  naming  streets  and 
Numbering  numbering  houses;  for  regulating  and  preventing  the  ex- 
houses,  hibition  of  banners,  flags  and  placards  across  streets  or 
Public  criers,  sidewalks,  and  for  regula/ing  or  suppressing  public 

criers,  advertising,  ringing  of  bells  and  other  noises. 
Parades.  Forty-fourth.     To  regulate  all  parades  and  proces- 

sions, and  to  determine  what  parades  or  processions  upon 
ihe  streets  shall  be  unlawful,  and  to  declare  the  same 
a  nuisance. 

Water  and  Forty-fifth.     To  fix  the  price  of  water  and    light 

light  rates.        furnished  to  inhabitants  of  the  City   by  any   person  or 
corporation    other    than    the    City,  and    to    regulate  the 
Regulate  use  of  supply  and  use  thereof,  whether  by  persons  or  corpora- 
same,  tions  now  holding  franchises  or  hereafter  obtaining  fran- 
chises. 

Ceneup.  Forty. sixth.     To  order   an  enumeration  of  the    in- 

habitants of  the  City,  and  provide  the  manner  of  taking 
said  enumeration. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  MAYOR. 

Chief  SEC.  53.     The  Mayor  shall   be   the  chief   executive 

executive.         officer  of  the  City,  but  shall  not  be  entitled    to  vote   nor 

to  participate  in  the  deliberations  of  the  City  Council. 
(As  amended  b}7  Sec.  5  of  Amendment   No.  1.     See 

Ordinance  No.  1061  supra.) 

M          r.,1  The  Mayor  may,  with  the  consent  of  the  City  Council,    perform  the 

pointive  offi  -es  duties  °t  any  appointive  officer  within  the  City  of  Tacoma,  but  he  shall 
' '  not  receive  any  salary  or  fees  therefor,    except   his   regular   salary   as 
Mayor. 

Duties.  SEC.  54.     He    shall  vigilantly    observe    the    official 

conduct  of  all  public  officers,  and  take  note  of  the  fidelity 
and  exactness,  or  the  want  thereof,  with  which  they  exe- 
cute their  duties  and  obligations,  especially  in  the  col- 
lection, custody,  administration  and  disbursement  of  the 
public  funds  and  property:  and  the  books,  records  and 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  59 

official  papers  of  all  departments,  boards,  officers  and 
persons  in  the  employ  or  service  of  the  City  shall  at  all 
times  be  open  to  his  inspection  and  examination.  He 
shall  take  special  care  to  see  that  the  books  and  records 
of  said  departments,  boards,  officers  and  persons  are 
kept  in  legal  and  proper  form;  and  any  official  defalca- 
tion or  wilful  neglect  of  duty  or  official  misconduct 
which  he  may  discover,  or  which  shall  be  reported  to 
him,  shall  be  laid  by  him  before  the  City  Council,  and 
the  Grand  Jury  or  Prosecuting*  Attorney  of  Pierce 
County,  in  order  that  the  public  interests  shall  be  pro- 
tected, and  the  person  in  default  be  proceeded  against 
according-  to  law.  He  shall  from  time  to  time  give  the 
City  Council  information  in  writing-  relative  to  the  state 
of  the  City,  and  shall  recommend  such  measures  as  he 
may  deem  beneficial  to  its  interests.  He  shall  see  that 
the  ordinances  of  the  City  are  observed  and  enforced. 
He  shall  have  a  g-eneral  supervision  over  all  the  depart- 
ments and  public  institutions  of  the  City,  and  see  that 
they  are  honestly,  economically  and  lawfully  conducted, 
he  shall  take  all  proper  measures  for  the  preservation  of  Preservation  of 
public  order  and  the  suppression  of  all  riots  and  tumults,  order- 
for  which  purpose  he  is  authorized  and  empowered  to  use 
and  command  the  police  force. 

SEC.  55.     He  shall  see  that  all  contracts  and  agree- Contracts, 
ments  with  the    City   are    faithfully  kept  and  fully  per- 
formed; and  to  that  end  shall   cause    legal    proceedings  L,egal 
to  be  commenced  and  prosecuted  in  the  name  of  the  City  proceedings, 
against  all  persons  or  corporations  failing  to  fulfill  their 
agreements  or  contracts,  either  in  whole  or  in  part.     He 
shall  sign  all  complaints,  answers  and  replies  in  any  suit 
in  which  the  City  is  made  a  party. 

SEC.  56.     The  Mayor  shall  appoint  all  officers  whose  Appoint 
election  or  appointment  is  not   otherwise   specially  pro-officers- 
vided  for.      (As  amended  by  Amendment  No.  23.) 

SEC.  57.     The  Mayor  may  call  extra  sessions  of  the  Ejxtra  sessions. 
City  Council,  and  shall  communicate  to  them  in  writing 
when  assembled,  the  objects  for   which   they   have  been 
convened;  and  their  actions  at  such  sessions  shall  be  con- 
fined to  such  objects. 

SEC.  58.     (Repealed  by  Amendment  No.  9.     See  Or- Compensation 
dinance  No.  1061  supra,  and  Sec.  216  of  the  Charter.)       of  Mayor. 

SEC.  50.     The  Mayor  shall  approve  all  official  and  Approval  of 
other  bonds,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter. 


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ARTICLE  V. 

LEGAL  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  ClTY  ATTORNEY. 


Duties.  £EC   60      The  Qitv  Attorney  shall  bring-  and  prose- 

cute all  actions  at  law  and  equity,  and  all  special  pro- 
ceeding's which  may  be  directed  by  the  Mayor  or  City 
Council,  and  shall  defend  all  actions  or  proceedings  to 
which  the  City,  or  any  Officer,  Board  or  Department 
thereof,  is  a  party,  and  all  other  actions  and  proceedings 
in  which  the  rights  and  interests  of  the  City  are  in- 
volved. He  shall  give  legal  advice  in  writing  to  the  City 
Council  and  to  all  Boards  and  Departments  when  re- 
quested by  them  in  writing,  and  to  any  officer  when  di- 
rected by  the  Mayor  or  City  Council.  He  shall  perform 
such  other  duties  pertaining  to  his  office  as  the  City 
Council  may  by  ordinance  prescribe. 

SEC.  61.  He  shall  keep  bound  books  of  record  and 
registry,  and  all  briefs  used  in  causes  wherein  he  ap- 
pears, and  shall  keep  a  register  of  all  actions,  suits  and 
proceedings  in  his  charge  in  which  the  City  is  interested, 
and  all  official  written  communications  by  him  to  the  City 
Council  or  any  Officer,  Board  or  Department,  and  all 
opinions  given  by  him;  said  records  shall  be  property  of 
the  City,  and  shall  be  delivered  by  him  to  his  successor 
in  office. 

Assistants.  SEC.  62.     The  City  Council  may  provide  for  the  ap- 

pointment of  assistants  to  said  City  Attorney,  and  shall 
by  ordinance  fix  the  duties  and  compensation  of  said  as- 
sistants. 

ARTICLE  VI. 


Keep  records. 
Register  of 
cases,  etc. 


Head  of  police 
force. 


Appoint 
patrolmen. 


Power  to 
suspend. 


CHIEF   OF   POLICE. 

SEC.  63.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  be  the  head  of 
the  police  force  of  this  City,  and  all  policemen  shall  be 
under  his  immediate  direction  and  command.  He  shall 
appoint  and  commission  such  number  of  policemen  as  may 
be  provided  for  by  the  City  Council,  and  all  such  ap- 
pointments shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City 
Council,  and  his  appointments  shall  not  go  into  effect 
until  such  approval  is  obtained.  He  may  at  any  time 
suspend  a  policemen  from  office  until  the  next  regular 


REVISED  CITY   CHARTER.  61 

meeting  of  the  City  Council,  and  may,  with  the  consent 
of  the  City  Council,  remove  any  policeman  from  office; 
provided  the  City  Council  may  at  its  own  motion  remove 
or  suspend  any  policemen  from  office.  All  policemen  Deputies, 
shall,  while  in  office,  be  considered  the  deputies  of  the 
Chief  of  Police,  and  shall  have  the  same  power  as  the 
Chief  in  regard  to  the  execution  and  service  of  process 
and  arresting*  offenders  with  or  without  warrant  within 
the  City  limits.  The  Chief  of  Police  must  execute  all 
process  issued  by  any  committing'  magistrate  of  Process, 

the  City;  he  must  attend  regularly  upon  the  Courts  of 
the  City  and  the  meetings  of  the  City  Council;  he  shall 
make  arrests  for  breach  of  the  peace,    for  commission  of  Arrests, 
crime  or  misdemeanor  with  or  without   warrant,   as  a 
peace  officer  may  do  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Wash- 
ington; he  shall  exercise  vigilant  control  over  the  peace 
and  quiet  of  the  City;    he  shall  be  keeper  of  the  City  Keeper  of  City 
Jail  *     unless  otherwise  provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  64.     He    shall    appoint   and    commission,  with  Appoint 
the   approval    of    the   City  Council,   such    captains,  ser-( 
geants  and  other  sub-officers  as  the   proper  organization 
of  the  police  force  may  require. 

SEC.  65.     The  Chief  of  Police  shall   keep  a  correct  Record  of 
record  of  all  arrests  made  by  him  or  any  policeman,  show- arre 
ing  the  time,  and    cause    of   complaint    upon  which  such 
arrest  was  made;  and  shall  submit  at   the    first    regular 
meeting  of  the  Council  in  each   month,  in   writing*  a  full 
report;  he  shall  perform  such  other  duties  and  have  such 
other  powers  as  shall  be  provided  by  ordinance. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

FIRE    DEPARTMENT. 

SEC.  66.      The  Chief  of   the  Fire  Department  shall.  Appointments* 
with  the  consent  of  the  Council,  appoint  and  employ  all 
members  of  the  Fire   Department,  and  may  suspend  any  Suspeilwion  Q:f 
member    or    employe    for    misconduct    or    inattention  to  members, 
duties,  which  suspension   shall   remain  in  force  until  the 
next  meeting  of  the  City  Council,  and  with   the  approval 
of  the  City  Council   may  expel  any  such   member  or  em- 
ploye. 

SEC.  67.     The   Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  shall 
have  p  nver  to  appoint  such  officers  as  the  proper  organ- 


62  REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 

ization  of  the  Department  may  require,  all  of  which  ap- 

S ointments  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City 
ouncil. 

Powers.  SEC.  68.  The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  shall 

have  immediate  control  and  management  of  all  fire  en- 
gines and  fire  apparatus  belonging  to  the  City,  and  all 
members  and  employes  of  the  Fire  Department  shall  be 

Reports.  under  his  immediate  control  and  command.  He  shall  re- 

port to  the  City  Council  at  the  first  meeting  in  each 
month  a  statement  in  writing  of  the  number  of  men  em- 
ployed, their  compensation,  condition  of  his  department, 
and  such  other  things  as  may  be  necessary  to  apprise 
them  of  the  condition  of  the  Fire  and  Water  Department. 
He  shall  have  such  other  powers  and,  and  perform  such 
other  duties  as  shall  be  provided  by  ordinance. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

POLICE   COURT. 

This  Article,  which  comprises  from  Sec.  69  to  Sec. 
80  inclusive,  of  the  Charter  of  1890,  was  declared  uncon- 
stitutional by  the  Supreme  Court,  February  20th,  1891, 
in  the  case  entitled,  "  In  the  matter  of  the  application  of 
Joseph  Cloherty,  alias  Charles  Malone,  for  a  Writ  of 
Habeas  Corpus."  See  Washington  Reports,  Vol.  2 
(Kreider),  page  137. 

ARTICLE  IX. 


Revenue. 


Orders,  how 
drawn. 


TREASURY   DEPARTMENT. 

SEC.  81.  (As  originally  provided  in  the  Charter  of 
1890.) 

All  revenue  accruing  to  or  belonging  to  the 
City  of  Tacoma,  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the 
City  Council,  and  shall  be  paid  out  when  authorized  by 
orders  drawn  on  the  City  Treasurer,  signed  by  the  Pres- 
ident of  the  Council,  attested  by  the  Clerk  and  counter- 
signed by  the  Controller.  All  orders  shall  specify  the 
purpose  for  which  they  are  drawn. 

For  judicial  construction  of  this  section,  see  the  case 
of  Fred.  Eidemiller  against  the  City  of  Tacoma.  Wash- 
ington Reports,  Vol.  14,  page  376. 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  63 

This  Section  was  amended  by  Amendment  No.  8. 
See  Ordinance  No.  1061  supra,  as  follows: 

All  revenue  accruing"  to  or  belonging  to  the  City  of  Revenue,  how 
Tacoma  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  City  Council  controlled, 
and  shall  be  paid  out  when  authorized  by  the  Charter, 
or  by  ordinance,  by  orders  drawn  by  the  City 

Controller    on    the    City    Treasurer   and   signed   by   the   Mayor.     No  How  paid  out. 
warrant  or  order  for  the  payment  of  money  shall  be  drawn  against  any 
of  the  funds  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  until  there  shall  be  money  sufficient 
to  the  credit  of  such  fund  to  pay  the  same,  together  with  orders  against 
the  said  fund  then  outstanding;  provided,  that  the  City  may,    for   the  Payment  of 
purpose  of  paying  current  running  expenses   of   any  fiscal   year,    pro-  current  ex- 
vide,  by  ordinance,  that  orders  may  be  drawn    in   payment    thereof   as  penses. 
the  same  accrues,  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  eighty   per   cent   of   the 
tax  levy  for  that  year ;  and  any  person  accepting   an   order   upon    any 
such  fund  shall  be  deemed  to  have  waived  all  claim  against  the  City   of 
Tacoma  for  the  payment  thereof,  and  to  have  accepted  the  same  as   an  Assignment  of 
assignment  of  that  amount  of  the  tax  levy  of  that  year,  and  said  order  tax  levy, 
shall  be  paid  from  the  tax  levy  of  that  year   as   the   same   is   collected, 
with  seven  per  cent  interest  per  annum  and  in  the  order   in   which   the 
said  order  or  warrant  is  drawn. 

SEC.  82.     The  Mayor,  Controller  and  Treasurer  of  Silking  f und 
the  City,  and  the  President  of  the  City  Council,  shall  con- 
stitute and  be  denominated  a  Sinking*  Fund  Commission. 

SEC.  83.     Any  three  of  the  officers  named,  of  whom  Quorum, 
the   Controller   shall    be  one,  shall  be,    and  are   hereby 
authorized  and  required  to  discharg-e  the  duties  and  trust 
hereby  vested    in  them,  but  shall  not    receive  any  addi- 
tional compensation  or  salary  for  such  services. 

SEC.  84.     The  said  Commission  shall  negotiate  theDuties- 
sale  of  all  bonds  of  the  City,  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  ordinance  under  which   such  bonds  may 
issue,  and  shall    from    time  to  time  invest    the  moneys 
which  shall  constitute  the  Sinking-  Fund  for  the  redemp-  Sinking  fund, 
tion  of  the  City  debt,    or  any  surplus   of  interest   to  the 
credit   of   the  Interest  Fund,  in    the  purchase  of  bonds11 
issued  by  the  City,  or  in  City  orders  at  the  market  price, 
not  exceeding  the  par  value  thereof.    If  at  any  time  such 
investments  cannot  be  made,  then  the  said  Commissioners 
may  invest  such  funds  in  interest-bearing  securities  of  the 
County  of  Pierce,  or  the  State  of  Washington.   No  money 
belonging-  to  the  Sinking  Fund  or  Interest  Fund,  shall  be  Loan  of  money, 
loaned  to  any  person  or  corporation. 

SEC.  85.     Whenever  any  of  the  moneys  constituting- Illvestment- 
the   Sinking   Fund  for  the  redemption  of  the  City  debt, 
shall  be  required  for   investment  as  above  mentioned,   or 
for  the  redemption  of  any  City  bonds  at  their  maturity, 


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Report  to 
Controller. 


How  paid. 

Controller  to 
keep  journal  of 
Commissioners'. 


Vacancy  in 

commission. 


Bonds  pur- 
chased, how 
kept. 


Protect  credit 
Of  City, 


Borrowing. 


Limit  of  in- 
debtedness. 


the  said  Commissioners  shall  report  the  amount  of  money 
so  required  to  the  City  Controller,  who  shall  certify  the 
same  to  the  City  Council,  and  thereupon  the  City  Council 
shall  authorize  an  order  to  be  drawn  on  the  City  Treas- 
urer, payable  to  the  Sinking"  Fund  Commission  for  such 
purpose. 

SEC.  86.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Controller  to 
keep  a  correct  journal  of  the  proceedings  of  the  said 
Commissioners,  to  be  verified  bv  any  three  of  them,  him- 
self being*  one,  and  once  in  each  year,  or  oftener  if  re- 
quired, to  render  to  the  City  Council  a  full  and  detailed 
report  of  the  proceedings  of  the  said  Commissioners. 
All  acts  of  said  Commissioners  shall  be  based  on  resolu- 
tions duly  entered  in  said  journal. 

SEC.  87.  In  the  case  of  a  vacancy  in  office,  or  ina- 
bility of  any  of  said  Commissioners  to  attend  to  the  duties 
hereby  imposed,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Council 
to  designate  by  resolution,  one  or  more  of  their  number 
to  supply  the  place  of  said  Commissioner  or  Commis- 
sioners for  the  time  being. 

SEC.  88.  All  bonds  and  securities  purchased  by  said 
Commissioners,  shall  be  held  for  safe  keeping  by  the 
Cit}7  Treasurer.  Whenever  City  bonds  are  paid,  a  re- 
cord thereof  shall  be  made  in  the  journal  of  the  Com- 
mission, and  the  bonds  shall  be  cancelled  and  burned  in 
the  office  of  the  Controller,  under  the  direction  and  su- 
pervision of  said  Commissioners. 

SEC.  89.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Commis- 
sioners, to  protect  the  credit  of  the  City  and  direct  and 
superintend  the  payment  of  interest  and  the  bonded  in- 
debtedness of  the  City  whenever  said  interest  and  bonds 
may  be  payable. 

SEC.  90.  The  City  may  borrow  money  to  be  used 
for  strictly  municipal  purposes,  and  may  incur  indebted- 
ness in  other  ways  for  said  purposes,  but  it  shall  not 
for  an\T  purpose  become  indebted  in  any  manner  to  an 
amount  exceeding  one  and  one-half  per  centum  of  the 
taxable  property  in  the  City,  without  the  assent  of 
three-fifths  of  the  voters  in  the  City  voting  at  an  election 
to  be  held  for  that  purpose,  nor  in  cases  requiring  such 
assent  shall  the  total  indebtedness  of  the  City  at  any 
time  exceed  five  per  centum  on  the  value  of  the  taxable 
proper ty  in  the  City,  to  be  ascertained  by  the  last  as- 
sessment made  for  City  purposes;  provided,  that  the 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  65 


City  with  such  assent,  may  become  indebted  in  a  larger 
amount,  not  exceeding*  five  per  centum  additional,  for 
the  purpose  of  supplying"  the  City  and  its  inhabitants 
with  water,  artificial  light  and  sewers,  when  the  works 
for  supplying"  such  water,  light  and  sewers,  are  owned 
and  controlled  by  the  City. 

SEC.  91.     To  secure  any  existing-    indebtedness  of  Bonds  for  City 
the  City,  or  any  indebtedness  about  to  be  incurred,  the1"  'ss' 

City  may,  by  ordinance,  authorize  the  issuance  of  the 
bonds  of  the  City  therefor,  and  pledge  the  faith  and  pro- 
perty of  the  City  for  the  payment  of  such  bonds,  and  di- 
rect the  time  and  manner  of  the  issuance  of  the  same  and 
the  time  and  manner  of  the  payment  of  both  principal 
and  interest  thereof,  and  may  from  time  to  time  authorize 
the  refunding-  of  any  indebtedness  of  the  City.  No  bonds 
shall  be  sold  until  they  have  been  advertised  for  sale  Sale  of  bonds, 
at  least  thirty  days  preceding*  the  day  of  sale,  nor  shall 
any  bonds  of  the  City  be  sold  for  less  than  par  and  ac- 
crued interest,  or  for  a  long'er  time  than  twenty  years. 

SEC.  92.  Depositories  for  City  Funds.  (Repealed 
by  Sec.  2  of  Amendment  No.  18.  See  Ordinance  No. 
1061  supra.) 

TREASURER. 

SEC.  93.     The  City  Treasurer,  before  entering- upon  Bond, 
his  duties,  shall  execute  to  the  City  a  bond,  with  at  least 
two  sureties  residing-  in   the    City,    in   an   amount  to  be 
fixed  by  the  City  Council,  which  bond  shall  be  approved 
by  the  City  Council  by  resolution. 

SEC.  94.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  moneys  Duties 
belonging  to  the  Cit\r,  including-  taxes,  license  money, 
fines  and  all  other  revenues  of  the  City,  and  shall  keep 
an  accurate  and  detailed  account  thereof,  in  such  man- 
ner as  to  show  the  exact  financial  condition  of  the  City. 
He  shall  report  to  the  City  Council  at  the  first  meeting 
in  each  month,  the  amount  of  City  funds  under  his  con- 
trol, and  where  the  same  are  placed  or  deposited,  and 
fifteen  days  before  the  annual  election  shall  make  a  re- 
port to  the  Council,  giving-  a  full  and  detailed  account  of 
all  receipts  and  expenditures  since  his  last  annual  re- 
port. 

Amended  by  Amendment  No.  6.  See  Ordinance  No. 
1061  supra,  as  follows: 


66 


REVISED    CITY    CHARTER. 


Keep  lint  of  The  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  shall  keep  a  list  of  every  war- 

warrants,  etc.     rant  presented  to  him  for  payment.  ;  the  list  -shall  show  the  number   of 
the  warrant,  the  amount  tnereof,  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom  it  is 
drawn,  the  name  of  the  person  presenting    it  lor  payment  and  the  date 
Warrants  not      of  the  payment ;  if  the   warrant    is    not   paid    for   want  of   funds   the 
paid.  Treasurer  shall  add  to  the  statement  the  date  of  its   presentation    and 

the  name  of  the  person  presenting-  it. 

Notloanfunds.  $EC>  95.  He  shall  not  loan  anv  of  the  funds  of  the 
City  to  any  person,  or  otherwise  dispose  of  the  same, 
except  in  accordance  with  law. 


No  deposits. 


Special  funds. 


He  shall  keep  such  funds  in  his  possession  and  be  responsible 
therefor.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  place  the  same  or  any  portion  thereof 
in  any  bank,  or  with  any  person  or  corporation  as  a  general  deposit. 

(As  amended  by  Sec.  1,  Amendment  No.  18.     See  Or- 
dinance No.  1061 ,  supra. 


SE<-\  96.  Immediately  after  the  annual  tax  levy  the 
City  Treasurer  shall  open  and  keep  separate  and  distinct 
accounts  with  t^ach  special  fund  made  necessary  by  /«zu>, 
and  whenever  any  taxes  shall  be  collected  and  paid  into  the 
treasury  he  shall  credit  each  fund  with  its  proportionate 
amount  of  such  tax,  and  the  same  shall  remain  so  cred- 
ited and  shall  be  paid  out  only  in  payments  of  orders 
drawn  against  said  fund.  All  funds  raised  by  a  -vote  of 
the  people  or  by  special  taxation,  or  any  other  manner 

No  diversion  of  for  a  special  purpose,  shall  be  used  for  that  purpose,  and 

funds.  none  other.     No  fund  shall  be  diverted  from  the  purpose 

for  which  it  ^uas  originally  assessed  or  collected  or  votea 
by  the  people,  without  the  proposition  therefor  is  submit- 
ted to  a  vote  of  the  people  and  authorized  by  at  least  a 
majority  vote  at  either  a  special  or  general  election. 

Other  duties.  The  Treasurer  shall  keep  such  accounts  and  make  such 
other  reports  and  perform  such  other  duties  incident  to 
his  office  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

(A-s  amended  by  Amendment  No.  7.  See  Ordinance 
No.  1061,  supra.) 

Terms  of  office.  SEC<   97       The   City  Treasurer  shall  not  be  eligible 

to  more  than  two  successive  terms. 

Amended  by  Sec.  4  of  Amendment  No.  1.  See  Or- 
dinance No.  1061,  supra.,  as  follows: 

He  shall  have  such  deputies  and  clerical  assistance  as  may  be  pro- 
vided by  ordinance ;  provided,  that  the  deputies  and  assistants  shall, 
when  provided  for  by  ordinance,  be  appointed  by  the  head  of  the  de- 
partment. 

Bonds  of  depu-      He  may  take  from   them  bonds  with  sureties;  he  shall 
ties-  have  power    to   remove   his  deputies  at  pleasure.     Said 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER-  67 

deputies  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  said  Council 
may  by  ordinance  prescribe. 

CITY   CONTROLLER. 

SEC.  98.     The  City  Controller,  within  ten  days  from  Bond. 
the  time  of  notice  of  his  election,  and  before   entering 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  shall  take  and  subscribe  the 
oath  of  office  and  give  to  the  City  of  Tacoma  a  bond  in 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand   dollars,  with  not  less  $25,000, 
than  two  responsible  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  City 
Council,  conditioned   for  the   faithful    discharge  of  the 
duties  of  his  office. 

He  shall  have  such  deputies  and  clerical  assistance  as  may    be   pro- 
vided  by  ordinance  ;  provided,  that  the  deputies   and    assistants   shall,  Deputies,. 
when  provided  for  by  ordinance,  be  appointed  by  the   head   of    the   de- 
partment. 

(As  amended  by  Sec.  4  of    Amendment   No.    1.     See 
Ordinance  No.  1061  supra.) 

SEC.  99.  He  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  Duties, 
over  the  fiscal  affairs  of  the  City,  the  collection  and 
return  into  the  Treasury,  and  the  disbursement  of  all 
revenue  and  moneys  of  the  City;  of  all  property,  assets 
and  claims,  and  the  sale  or  other  disposition  thereof; 
and  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Mayor, 
shall  see  that  all  necessary  official  and  legal  proceedings 
are  had  for  the  protection  of  the  City's  interests  in  all 
such  property,  assets  and  claims;  that  proper  rules  and 
regulations  are  prescribed  and  observed  in  relation  to 
all  accounts,  settlements  and  reports  connected  with 
the  fiscal  affairs  of  the  City;  that  no  liability  is  incurred 
or  expenditure  made  from  the  Treasury  without  due 
authority  of  law,  and  that  appropriations  are  not  over- 
drawn. 


SEC.   100.     He  shall  have  access   to   the   books  and  to 

other  records  of  all  officers  and  departments  of  the  City 
government  whenever  he  so  desires,  and  may  make  tran- 
scripts thereof;  see  that  the  accounts  of  the  City  are 
kept  in  a  plain,  methodical  manner. 

SEC.   101.     He  shall  audit  and  adjust  all  claims  and  Audit  claims. 
demands  against  the  City,    before  they  are  allowed  by 
the  City  Council,  draw  all  warrants  or  orders  on  the  City  Draw  warrants 
Treasurer,  before  they  are  delivered  by  the  City  Clerk. 
(See  Section  81  supra.) 


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Designate 
fund. 


Auditing 
claims. 


Keep  records, 
books  of  ac- 
count, etc. 

Record  of 
bonds,  war- 
rants, etc. 


List  of 
warrants. 


Assignment  of 
warrants. 


102.  He  shall  in  auditing-  and  adjusting- 
claims  and  accounts  ag-ainst  the  City,  desig-nate  and 
specify  upon  each  claim  so  audited  and  adjusted  the 
particular  fund  out  of  which  the  same  shall  be  paid,  and 
no  claim  or  account  shall  be  audited  or  adjusted  or  con- 
tract countersig-ned  by  him  if  the  amount  thereof, 
tog-ether  with  the  existing-  indebtedness,  exceeds  the 
authorized  indebtedness  of  the  City. 

SEC.  103.  He  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  his  acts  and 
doings,  keep  reg-ular  books  of  accounts,  which  shall  at 
all  times  show  the  precise  financial  condition  of  the  City; 
the  amount  of  bonds,  orders,  warrants,  or  other  evi- 
dences of  indebtedness  issued  by  the  City  Council,  stat- 
ing to  whom  and  for  what  purpose  issued,  the  amount  of 
all  bonds,  orders,  warrants,  etc.,  which  have  been  re- 
deemed, and  the  amount  of  each  outstanding-;  keep  ac- 
counts with  all  the  receiving-  and  disbursing-  officers  of 
the  City,  showing*  the  amount  which  they  have  received 
from  all  sources  and  the  amount  which  they  have  dis- 
bursed under  the  direction  of  the  City  Council. 

(Amended  by  Amendment  No.  6.  See  Ordinance  No. 
1061  supra,  as  follows:) 

He  shall  keep  a  list  of  each  and  every  warrant  drawn  by  him  ;  the 
list  shall  show  the  number  of  the  warrant,  the  fund  against  which  it  is 
drawn,  the  person  in  whose  favor  it  is  drawn  and  the  date  thereof; 
neither  the  City  of  Tacoma  nor  any  of  its  officers  shall  recognize  any 
assignment  of  any  warrant  drawn' against  any  of  its  funds  without  the 
assignment  has  been  noted  and  registered  in  the  office  of  the  City  Con- 
troller, and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Cit>  Controller  to  add  to  the  list 
required  to  be  kept  by  him,  a  statement  showing  the  assignment,  if 
any,  of  each  warrant  drawn. 


Countersign 
contracts. 


SEC.  104.  He  shall  countersig-n  all  contracts  made 
in  behalf  of  the  City  and  certificates  of  work  by  any  com- 
mittee of  the  Council,  Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  or 
other  City  officer  or  person  authorized  by  the  City  Coun- 
cil to  make  such  certificates,  keep  a  book  in  which  he 
shall  enter  all  contracts,  with  an  index  thereto,  which 
shall  be  open  to  public  inspection. 

Annual  report.  Spc.  105.  He  shall  annually  submit  to  the  City 
Council,  at  its  first  stated  meeting-  in  March,  an  itemized 
report  of  the  financial  condition  and  requirements  of  the 
City  and  make  such  report  of  the  finances  of  the  City 
from  time  to  time  as  the  Mayor  or  City  Council  may  re- 
quire. 

Amended  by  Amendment  No.  17.  See  Ordinance 
No.  1061  supra,  as  follows: 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  69 

The  City  Controller  shall,  on  or  before  the   15th  of  each  and  every  Monthly 
month  send  to  the  City  Council  a  complete   statement  of  all  the  receipts  report, 
and    expenditures    of   the   City  in    all   departments   for  the   preceding 
month,  and  said  statement  shall   show  all    and   every  purchase  made  by 
the  City  or  hill  or  account  that   accrued  against  the  City  for  that  month, 
and  every   officer,  employe   or   agent  of   the  City   who  is  or  may  be  em- 
powered by  the  Charter  or  by  ordinance  or  resolution  of  the  Council  to 
make  or  incur  any  account,  debt  or   claim    against  the  City,  shall  file  a  File  claims 
ruil  report    or  copy   of   said   account,  debt   or  claim  with  the  Controller  against  City. 
on  or  before  the  10th  day   of  the    month    next  succeeding-  that  in  which 
said  account,  debt  or  claim  was  made  or  incurred. 

SEC.    106.     He  shall   report  annually  on   or  before  Estimates  of 
the  first   day  of   April,  to  the  City  Council,  an   estimate expei 
of   the  expenses  of  the  City,  and    likewise  the  revenue  Revenue, 
necessary  to  be  raised  for  the  current  year. 

SEC.  107.     He  shall  be  entitled  to  be  heard  before  General  duties, 
the   City  Council  on  any  question   pertaining  to  his  de- 
partment, but  he  shall  have  no  vote.     He  shall  perform 
such  duties  as  may  be  provided  by  this  Charter  or  any 
ordinance  enacted  thereunder. 

ARTICLE  X. 

ASSESSMENT   AND   COLLECTION   OF    TAXES. 

This  article,  which  comprises  from  Sec.  108  to  Sec. 
121  inclusive,  has  been  superseded  by  an  act  of  the  Leg-- 
islature  entitled,  "  An  Act  providing-  for  the  assessment 
and  collection  of  taxes  of  cities  of  the  first  class,  and 
specifying  the  duties  of  certain  County  officers  in  reg-ard 
thereto,  and  declaring-  an  emerg-ency,"  approved  March 
9,  1893. 

Session  Laws  of  1893,  Chapter  71,  pag-e  167. 
Said  Act  is  as  follows: 

Be  it  enacted   by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Wash- 
ing-ton : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  As- Duty  of  county 
sessor  in  each  County  in  which  there  is  a  City  of  the  first  assessor  as  to 
class,  as  soon  as  the  County  and  State  Boards  of  equali- 
zation have  finally  fixed  the  valuation  of  the  property  in 
such  County,  for  State  and  County  taxation  in  each  year, 
to  certify  to  the  City  Comptroller  of  each  City  of  the 
first  class  in  such  County  a  summary  of  the  valuation  of 
real  estate  and  personal  property  in  such  City,  or  subject 
to  taxation  herein,  as  shown  by  the  assessment  roll  of 
such  County,  as  finally  fixed  by  the  said  Boards,  and 
also  a  list  of  all  residents  of  such  City  liable  to  pay  a 


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Extension  of 
City  taxes. 


Segregation 
districts. 


Council  to  fix 
rate  of  taxes. 


Fiscal  year. 


City  Clerk  to 

certify 

ordinance. 


Extension  of 
City  taxes. 


poll  tax.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Assessor 
in  making  up  his  assessment  roll  for  the  County  to  place 
the  property  within  the  limits  of  any  such  City  subject 
to  taxation  therein  in  as  compact  a  form  as  practicable 
on  said  roll,  so  that  the  City  taxes  maybe  extended  in  the 
same  manner  as  State  and  County  taxes  are  extended, 
and  that  portion  of  said  assessment  roll  embracing  per- 
sons and  property  subject  to  taxation  in  such  City 
shall  constitute  also  the  assessment  roll  of  such  City  of 
the  first  class  for  the  levy  and  collection  of  the  taxes 
thereof.  When  by  reason  of  a  change  in  the  boundaries 
bYof  any  such  City,  or  otherwise,  the  rate  of  taxation  is 
required  to  differ  in  different  districts  thereof,  the  real 
and  personal  property  in  each  district  shall  be  properly 
segregated  for  that  purpose,  and  such  segregation  shall 
duly  appear  in  the  summary  certified  as  aforesaid. 

SEC.  2.  The  City  Council  of  each  City  of  the  first 
class  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  receiving  the  certifi- 
cate of  the  County  Assessor,  as  provided  in  the  preced- 
ing section,  by  ordinance  in  each  year  fix  the  rate  of 
taxes  to  be  levied,  and  levy  the  taxes  upon  all  taxable 
property,  both  real  and  personal,  in  such  City,  or  sub- 
ject to  taxation  therein,  as  shown  by  said  roll,  needed  to 
raise  sufficient  revenue  to  carry  on  the  different  depart- 
ments of  the  municipal  government  thereof  for  one  year, 
which  year  shall  be  the  fiscal  year,  (to  be  designated  in 
the  ordinance) ,  fixed  by  the  Charter  of  such  City,  and 
shall  be  either  the  current  or  ensuing  fiscal  year  as  re- 
quired by  such  Charter,  or,  in  the  absence  of  a  Charter 
requirement,  as  such  ordinance  shall  provide.  Any 
other  general  taxes  authorized  by  the  Charter  of  such 
City  to  be  levied  with  the  annual  tax  levy  may  be  in- 
cluded in  such  levy. 

SEC.  3.  The  City  Council  shall  cause  the  City  Clerk 
to  certify  a  copy  of  the  ordinance  making  such  levy  to 
the  County  Auditor,  or  other  officer  authorized  to  extend 
State  and  County  taxes,  who  shall  extend  the  same  upon 
the  general  assessment  roll  of  such  County  in  the  same 
manner  and  at  the  same  time  that  he  extends  the  levy 
for  State  and  County  purposes,  and  shall  in  turn  certify 
the  same  to  the  County  Treasurer,  who  shall  proceed  to 
collect  such  taxes  in  the  same  manner,  and  at  the  same 
time,  and  with  the  same  power  to  enforce  payment  as  in 
the  case  of  State  and  County  taxes.  All  City  taxes  may 


REVISED  CITY  CHARTER-  71 

be  extended  in  one  column  without  distinguishing-  the 
various  funds  or  purposes  for  which  the  same  are  levied, 
and  a  copy  of  the  ordinance  making-  the  levy  for  such 
City  shall  be  recorded  in  full  in  each  book  making-  up  the 
assessment  roll. 

SEC.   4.     (As  amended   by   Session   Laws  of   1895,  Duties  of  Coun- 
chapter  160,  page  407.)     The  County  Treasurer  of  each  ^Treasurer. 
County,  in  which  there  is  or  shall  be  a  City  of  the  first 
class,  is   hereby  constituted  ex  officio  collector  of  City 
taxes  of  such  City,  and,  before  entering-  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office,  he  shall  execute   in   favor  of  such  City  and 
file  with  the  Clerk  thereof  a  g-ood  and  sufficient  bond,  Bond, 
the  penal  sum  to  be  fixed  by  the  City  Council,  such  bond 
to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  ©f  such  City,  or  other  au- 
thority thereof,  by  whom  the  bond  of  the  City  Treasurer 
is  required  to  be  approved.     All  special  assessments  and 
special  taxation    for    local    improvements,    assessed    on 
property  benefited  shall  be  collected  by  the  City  Treas-  city  Treasurer, 
urer  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  this  act. 

SEC.    5.     (As  amended  by   Session   Laws  of  1895,  County  Treas- 
chapter  160,  page  408.)     All   such  City   taxes  collected  ^reeerk{°  £aayke 
shall    belong-  to  such    City,  and  the  County  Treasnrer  ments. 
shall  turn  over  all  such  taxes  so  collected  to  the  City 
Treasurer  on  Monday  in  each  week,  and  take  a  receipt 
therefor  in  duplicate,  and  at  the  same  time  he  shall  cer- 
tify to  the  City  Comptroller  the  amounts  of  taxes  so  col- 
lected; and  turn  over   and   deliver   with  such  certificate 
one  copy  of  the  receipt  of   the   City  Treasurer  therefor. 
The    County    1  reasurer    shall  also  render  to  the  City  Report  to 
Comptroller,  on  each  Monday,  between  the  first  day  of  Comptroller- 
January   and   the  first  day  of  May,  a  statement  of  all 
taxes   collected    for    such    City    during-    the    preceding- 
week. 

SEC.  6.     All  taxes  of  any  such  City,  assessed  under  Collection  of 
the  provisions  of   this  act,  becoming-  delinquent,  shall 
collected   and    enforced  by  the  same  officers  and   in  the 
same  manner  as  delinquent  County  and  State  taxes  now 
are  or    may  hereafter   be    collected    and  enforced.     Any 
real  property  sold   to  the   County  for  State,  County  and 
City  taxes  shall   be  held   by  the   County  for  the  common 
benefit  of  the  County  and  City  in  proportion  to  the  equi- 
table interest  of  each  in  the  taxes,  costs  and  expenses  for 
which  the  same  were  sold.     All   provisions  of  law  relat-  n. 

•  ^  ,  -~-  ..      — -  _  -      .  J-JloCAMIIl  L  Oi 

ing-  to  discount  on  btate  and  County  taxes  and  penalties,  City  taxes. 


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Delinquent 

taxes. 

How  collected 


Assessment 
roll  of  count}7 
to  be  assess- 
ment roll  of 
City. 


Delinquent 

local 

assessments. 


Collection  of 
delinquent 
local 
assessments. 


Supersedes  all 

conflicting 

provisions. 


Board  of 
Equalization. 


Compensation 
cost. 


interests  and  costs  thereon  and  the  times  when  the  same 
become  due,  payable  or  delinquent  shall  apply  to  City  taxes 
levied  under  authority  of  this  act. 

SEC.  7.  All  delinquent  taxes  now  or  hereafter  owing  to 
any  City  not  levied  as  provided  in  this  act  shall  be  collected 
and  enforced  in  the  manner  provided  Dy  the  Charters  of  the 
respective  Cities  by  which  the  same  were  levied. 

SEC.  8.  The  assessment  roll  of  the  County  made  as 
herein  provided  shall  be  deemed  and  held  to  be  also  the  as- 
sessment roll  of  any  City  of  the  first  class  therein,  and  in 
cases  where  the  Charter  of  any  such  City  requires  delinquent 
assessments  for  local  improvements,  or  any  special  taxes  or 
assessments  whatever  to  be  entered  on  the  annual  tax  roll  of 
such  City,  the  City  Treasurer  shall,  from  time  to  time,  certify 
the  same,  together  with  the  accumulated  penalties  and  in- 
terest thereon,  to  the  County  Treasurer,  who  shall  enter  the 
same  on  the  general  County  assessment  roll  against  the  pro- 
perty so  taxed  or  assessed  in  a  separate  column  headed,  ^De- 
linquent local  assessments,  City  of ,"  in  the  manner 

directed  by  such  Charter,  and  the  same  shall  be  a  part  of  the 
tax  due  on  such  property  and  with  interest  shall  be  col- 
lected as  other  taxes,  separate  account  being  kept  thereof, 
and  if  not  paid  within  the  time  fixed  for  the  payment  of 
other  taxes,  shall  be  collected  as  other  taxes  are  collected,  to- 
gether with  the  additional  charges,  penalties  and  interests 
authorized  to  be  charged  and  collected  on  other  delinquent 
taxes;  and  all  other  proceedings  shall  be  taken  thereon,  as  if 
the  same  were  originally  a  part  of  the  general  tax  assessed 
against  such  property. 

SEC.  9.  This  Act  shall  supersede  all  conflicting  pro- 
visions of  law  or  Charters  of  Cities  of  the  first  class  relating 
to  the  assessment,  equalization  and  collection  of  general 
taxes  for  municipal  purposes:  Provided,  That  in  Counties 
having  Cities  of  the  first  class  the  City  Council  thereof  shall 
select  a  committee  of  three  members  of  such  Council  to  act 
with  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners  as  a  Board  of 
Equalization,  and  shall  have  the  powers  and  perform  the  du- 
ties concerning  the  equalization  of  assessments  in  their  re- 
spective Cities  that  are  given  to  the  County  Boards  of  Equali- 
zation by  the  general  revenue  laws  of  the  State.  The  City 
Council  may  provide  for  the  compensation  of  the  members 
of  the  committee  for  the  time  they  are  actually  engaged  as 
members  of  the  Board  of  Equalization. 


REVISED  CITY  CHARTER.  73 

(As  amended  by  Session  Laws  of  1895,  chapter  60, 
page  408.) 

SEC.  10.     Each  City  shall  pay  the  County  one  thousand  clerk  hire, 
dollars  per  annum  for  clerk  hire. 

(As  amended  by  Session  Laws  1895,  chapter  160,  page 
409.) 

ARTICLE  XL 

BOARD    OF    PUBLIC    WORKS. 

The  Board  of  Public  Works  was  abolished,  and  a  Com- 
missioner of  Public  Works  provided  for  by  Amendment  No. 
3.  See  Ordinance  No.  1061  supra. 

COMMISSIONER   OF   PUBLIC   WORKS. 

SEC.  122.     The  terms  of  office   of  the  present  members  of  the  Board  Board 
of   Public  Works  shall   cease   and   determine   on   the  third   Tuesday  of  abolished. 
April,    1896,    and    said   offices  shall   then   be   and   become   vacant ;  the 
Mayor  shall  appoint  one  person,  who  shall  be  known  and  designated  as  Commissioner 
the  Commissioner  of   Public  Works,  and    who   shall   hold   office   at   the  appointive, 
pleasure  of  the  appointive  power;  the  Commissioner  shall  have  all  the 
powers  and  shall  perform  all  the  duties  heretofore  devolving-  upon  and  Powers, 
performed  by  the  Board   of   Public  Works ;  he  shall  take  the  oath  of  Oath, 
office  and  give  a  bond  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council  in  the  sum  of  Bond, 
fifteen  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful   discharge  of  his 
duties. 

SEC.  123.     Oath  of  office  and  bond  of  each  member  of Oath  and  bond, 
the  Board  of  Public  Works.     (Repealed  by  Amendment  No. 
3.     See  Ordinance  No.  1061,  supra.) 

SEC.  124.     Officers    and    clerk   of  the  Board  of  Public  Officers  and 
Works.     (Repealed  by  Amendment  No.  3.     See  Ordinance clerks- 
No.  1061  supra.) 

SEC.  125.     Meetings  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works.   (Re-  Meetings, 
pealed   by    Amendment    No.    3.     See  Ordinance   No.    1061 
supra. ) 

SEC.    126.     (As    amended   by  Amendment   No.   3.     See  Punish 
Ordinance  No.  1061  supra.)     The  Clerk  of  the  Commissioner  notices- 
shall  cause  the  publication  of  all  notices  herein  authorized  to 
be  published,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  Com- 
missioner shall  prescribe. 

SEC.  127.  He  shall  *  *  take  possession  of  and  Duty, 
keep  all  maps,  surveys,  field  notes,  plans,  specifications,  con- 
tracts, all  documents,  books  and  papers,  all  machinery,  tools 
and  appliances,  and  all  property  belonging  to  the  City  not 
otherwise  provided  for  in  this  Charter.  He  shall  compile 
such  data  and  furnish  such  information  as  may  be  required 
by  the  Mayor  or  City  Council. 


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Employes. 
Salaries. 


Superinten- 
dent of  public 
works. 


Special  duties. 


Streets, 
bridges,  etc. 


Sewers,  etc. 


Public 
buildings. 


Parks,  etc. 


Moving 
buildings. 


Signs,  etc. 


Poles  and 
wires. 

Gas  and  water 
pipes. 


Protection  of 
streets. 


SEC.  128.  He  may  appoint  such  employees  as 

are  herein  provided  for  or  may  be  authorized  by  the  City 
Council.  The  salaries  of  all  officers,  clerks  or  employees  of 
the  Commissioner ',  except  so  far  as  the  same  are  designated 
by  this  Charter,  shall  be  fixed  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  129.  He  *  *  shall  have  charge  and  superin- 
tendence of  all  public  work  of  every  kind  where  not  other- 
wise provided  for  in  this  Charter,  and  also  the  furnishing  of 
all  material  and  supplies  for  said  City,  and  shall  recommend 
to  the  City  Council  such  work  as  he  shall  deem  necessary 
and  proper. 

SEC.  130.  He  *  *  shall  have  special  charge  and 
control,  subject  to  such  ordinances  as  the  City  Council  may 
adopt,  of  the  harbor  and  water  front,  and  of  all  streets,  side- 
walks, highways,  roads,  bridges,  wharves,  ferries  and  public 
places  belonging  to  the  City  or  dedicated  to  public  use,  and 
of  the  improvement  and  the  repair  thereof,  except  as  other- 
wise provided  in  this  Charter;  of  all  sewers,  drains,  cesspools, 
and  the  work  pertaining  thereto,  or  to  the  drainage  of  the 
City  ;  of  the  cleaning  and  sprinkling  of  streets  and  of  repairs 
upon  streets ;  of  the  construction  and  repair  of  public  build- 
ings and  the  making  of  public  improvements  for  the  City 
under  his  authority,  and  of  the  repair  of  such  improvements; 
of  all  lamps  and  lights  for  the  lighting  of  the  streets,  parks, 
public  places  and  public  buildings  of  the  City,  and  of  the 
erection  of  all  posts  for  such  lamps  and  lights;  and  of  all  pub- 
lic works  and  improvements  that  may  hereafter  be  made  by 
the  City.  He  *  *  shall  have  exclusive  authority  to  pre- 
scribe rules  and  grant  permits  in  conformity  with  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  City  for  the  moving  of  buildings  through  the 
streets,  the  building  or  placing  of  cellars  or  vaults  under  the 
streets  or  sidewalks,  and  the  construction  of  steps  or  other  ap- 
proaches to  buildings;  the  putting  up  of  signs  and  awnings,  the 
location  of  steam  boilers,  the  laying  down  and  construction 
of  railroad  tracks  in  the  streets  ;  the  erection  of  telegraph  and 
telephone  poles  and  wires,  and  poles  and  wires  for  electric 
lighting  and  other  purposes ;  the  construction  of  drains  and 
sewers;  the  laying  down  and  taking  up  of  gas,  steam  and 
water  pipes;  pneumatic  or  other  tubes  and  pipes  and  sewers 
and  drains,  andj  determining  the  location  thereof,  and  pre- 
scribe such  rules'as  shall  prevent  unnecessary  damage  to  the 
streets  by  reason  of  the  laying  of  said  pipes,  tubes  and  sewers, 
and  which  shall  prevent  interference  with  such  s}^stems;  the 
use  of  the  streets  or  any  portion  thereof  in  front  of  a  build- 


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REVISED    CITY  CHARTER.  75 


ng  during  its  construction  or  repair,  or  for  any  other  pur- 
pose than  such  as  ordinarily  and  properly  belongs  to  the 
public  from  the  dedication  thereof  to  public  use.  He  shall 
have  full  power  to  regulate  and  control,  subject  to  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  City  and  the  powers  delegated  by  this  Charter 
and  the  City  Council  to  the  various  Boards  having  peculiar 
and  special  charge  of  any  public  places;  the  anchorage  of  Anchorage, 
vessels  in  the  harbor  of  the  City;  the  manner  of  using  the 
streets,  sidewalks,  wharves,  harbors,  parks  and  public  plnces, 
and  to  prevent  and  remove  obstructions  therefrom,  and  to 
cause  the  prompt  repair  of  streets,  sidewalks  and  public  Repair  of 
places  when  the  same  may  be  taken  up  and  altered.  /$» fetreete,  etc. 

is  authorized    to  collect,  by  suit  or  otherwise,  in  the 
name  of  the  City,  the  expense  of  such  repairs  from   the  per-  Expense  of 
son  or  persons  by  whom  such  sidewalk  or  street  was  injured  Repairs, 
or  torn  up.     He     *     *     shall    regulate,    subject   to    the   re- 
quirements of  the  Board  of  Health  and  the  Ordinances  of  the 
City  Council,  the  construction  of  sinks,  gutters,  wells,  cess-  Sinks,  privy 
pools  and  privy  vaults,  and  compel  the  cleaning  and  empty-  vaults>  etc- 
ing  of  the  same,  and  regulate  the  time  and  manner  in  which 
such  work  shall  be  done. 

SEC.  131.     He     *     *     shall  appoint  a  Civil  Engineer  City  Engineer, 
who  shall  have  practical  experience,  and  who  shall  be  desig- 
nated City  Engineer,  and  shall  hold  his  office  at  the  pleasure 
of  said   Commissioner.     He  shall  do  all  civil   engineering  Duties, 
and  surveying  required  in  the   prosecution   of  public  works 
and  improvements  done  under  the  direction  of  the  Commis- 
sioner >  and  shall  certify  to  the  progress  and   the  completion 
of  the  same,  and  do  such  other  work  as  he  may  be   directed 
to  do.  He  shall  possess  the  same  power  in  the  City  in  p()Wer. 

making  surveys,  plats  and  certificates,  as  is  or  may  be  from 
time  to  time  given  by  law  to  the   County  Surveyor,  and    his 
official  acts,  and  all  plats,  surveys  and   certificates  made  by 
him  shall  have  the  same  validity  and   be  of  the   same  force  validity  of 
and    effect   as    are  or  may  be   given   by  law  to  those  of  theafits- 
County  Surveyor.     With    the   consent  and   approval  of  the 
Commissioner  the  City  Engineer  may  appoint  such  deputies,  Beauties. 
not   exceeding    the    number  that    may  be  fixed   by  the  City 
Council,  as  the  duties  of  his  office  may  require.     The  deputies 
so  appointed    shall  receive    such    compensation  as    may  be  Compensation, 
fixed    by  the   City    Council    upon    recommendation    of  said 
Commissioner,  and  they  or  any  of  them  may  be  removed  at  Removal, 
pleasure  of  the  City  Engineer  or  of  said  Commissioner. 

SEC.  132.     The  City  Council  shall  by  ordinance,  upon  Charges  for 


76 


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engineer's 
services. 


To  be  paid  in 
advance. 


Money,  how 
credited. 


Term  of  office 
of  employes. 


the  recommendation  of  said  Commissioner,  establish  such 
charges  as  ma}7  be  proper  for  the  services  to  be  performed  by 
the  City  Engineer  other  than  for  the  City  not  inconsistent 
with  the  laws  of  the  State,  and  may,  upon  like  recommenda- 
tion, change  and  adjust  the  same.  Said  Engineer  may  re- 
quire such  charges  to  be  paid  in  advance  to  the  Clerk  of 
the  Commissioner  for  any  official  act  or  service  demanded  of 
him,  and  the  money  received  for  such  services  shall  be  turned 
over  to  the  Treasury  and  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  General 
Fund.  Duplicate  receipts  shall  be  given,  one  of  which  shall 
be  filed  with  the  City  Controller. 

SEC.  133.  Superintendent  of  Streets.  (Repealed  by 
Amendment  No.  23.  See  Ordinance  No.  1272,  supra.) 

SEC.  134.  All  officers,  employes  and  agents  appointed 
by  the  Commissioner  shall  hold  office  during  his  pleas- 
ure. *  * 

ARTICLE  XII. 


STREET    IMPROVEMENTS. 


Applications 
for  change  of 
grade  of 
streets,  etc. 


Private 
property. 


Report  on 
.applications. 


'Ordering-  work 
done. 


Improvement 

without 

petition. 


SEC.  135.  All  applications  for  establishing  or  changing 
the  grade  of  any  street  or  streets,  the  improvement  of  public 
grounds  or  buildings,  the  laying  out,  establishing,  opening, 
vacating,  closing,  straightening,  widening  or  improvement  of 
any  street,  road  or  highway,  or  the  laying  out  or  opening  of 
any  new  street  through  public  or  private  property,  and  for 
all  public  improvements  which  involve  the  necessity  of  tak- 
ing private  property  for  public  use,  or  where  any  part  of  the 
cost  or  expense  thereof  is  to  be  assessed  upon  private  prop- 
erty, shall  be  made  to  said  Commissioner,  and  such  work  or 
improvement  shall  not  be  ordered  or  authorized  until  after 
he  shall  have  reported  to  the  City  Council  upon  said  appli- 
cation. But  before  any  work  or  improvements  as  above  con- 
templated shall  be  commenced,  the  City  Council,  when  re- 
commended by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  shall 
pass  a  resolution  ordering  that  said  work  be  done;  provided 
that  all  applications  for  the  purpose  of  changing  the  grade, 
or  of  making  any  improvements  upon  any  street,  avenue  or 
alley,  within  the  City  shall  be  signed  by  the  owners  of  more 
than  one- half  of  the  property  abutting  on  said  street,  ave- 
nue or  alley;  provided,  however,  that  the  City  Council  may 
without  petition  or  recommendation  have  power  to  order  the 
improvement  of  any  street,  avenue  or  alley,  or  any  part 


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thereof,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the  City 
Council.  (As  amended  by  amendment  No.  20.  See  Ordi- 
nance No.  1061,  supra.) 

SEC.   136.      Upon  the  adoption  or  passage  of  any  resolu- Survey  and  es- 
tion  by    the   City    Council    or  [for]  the    improvement  of  any  timateof  cost, 
street,  avenue  or  alley,  the  Commissioner   of  Public  Works 
shall  cause  a  survey,  diagram  and  estimate  of  the  entire  co-t 
thereof  to  be  made  by  the  City  Engineer;  said  diagram  and 
estimate  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the    Commissioner  of 
Public    Works    for    the    inspection   of  all  parties  interested 
therein.     The  Clerk  of  said  Commissioner  shall  forthwith 
cause  a  notice  of  such   filing  to    be   published  daily  for  ten  Notice  of  filing 
days  in  the  official   newspaper;  such   notice   shall    contain  a dia£ram>  etc- 
copy  of  the  said   resolution   passed   by   the  City  Council,  and 
must  specify  the  street,  highway,   avenue   or    alley,    or    part 
thereof,  proposed  to  be^mproved,  and  the   kind  of  improve- 
ment proposed  to  be  made,  together  with   the  estimated   cost 
and    expense  thereof,  and  also  a  general   description    suffi- 
cient for  identification  of   the  property  to   be   charged   with 
the  expenses  of  making  such  improvements,  and  that   if  suf- 
ficient remonstrance  be   not  made  before  the  expiration  of  Remonstrance, 
ten  days  after  the  date  of  the  last  publication,  said  improve- 
ment will  be  made  at  the  expense  of  the  owners  of  the  lots  and 
parcels  of  land    described   in  said    notice    as    hereafter    pro- 
vided; but  if  within  ten  days  after  the  final   publication  of 
said  notice  the  persons  owning  on»~half  or  more  of  the  lots  BV  one-half  of 
or    parcels  of  land  to  be  taxed   for  said  improvement  shall  owners, 
file  with  the  Clerk  of  the   Commissioner  of  Public  Works  a 
remonstrance  against  said  improvement,  grade  or  alteration, 
the  same  shall  not  be  made  at  the  expense  of  the   owners  of 
the  lots  so  described,  unless  the  City  Council,  by  a  two-thirds  Two-thirds 
vote   of  all    the    members    thereof,  order  said  improvement vote- 
made  notwithstanding  such  remonstrance. 

SEC.  137.     If  no    remonstrance    be    made    and  filed  as  Consent  to  im- 
provided  in  the  last  preceding  section,  then  the  owners  offProvement, 
the  lots  and  parcels  of  land  described  in  said  notice  shall  be 
deemed  to  have  consented  to  such  improvements;  or  if  such 
remonstrance  has  been  made  and  filed,  and  the  City  Council 
has  ordered  such  work  to  be  done  or  improvement  to  be  made 
the  expense  thereof  shall  be  charged  to  the  property  described  Property 
in  said  notice  in  the  manner  as  hereinafter  provided,  and  thecharged- 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works   shall  at  his  earliest  conve- 
nience, and  within  six  months  thereafter,   establish    the  pro- 
posed grade  or  make  the   proposed    improvemc  nt;  provided. 


78 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


Mode  of 


Lineal 
measurement. 


Full 
assessment 

One-half 
assessment. 

Unplatted 
lands. 


V-shaped  land 


Assessment 
roll. 


Name. 


Description. 


that  no  improvement  shall  be  made  when  the  estimated  cost 
thereof  shall  exceed  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  assessed  value  of  the 
property  to  be  assessed. 

SEC.  138.  Such  cost  and  expense  of  making  said  im- 
provement shall  be  assessed  upon  the  adjoining,  contiguous 
or  proximate  lots  or  parcels  of  land  described  in  said  notice, 
in  the  following  manner:  In  making  said  assessment  the 
costs  and  expenses  shall  be  apportioned  in  accordance  with 
the  number  of  lineal  feet  of  said  real  estate  or  lots  of  land 
fronting  on  said  improvements  as  aforesaid.  The  amount 
apportioned  to  be  paid  on  each  lineal  foot  fronting  on  said 
improvement,  shall  be  paid  by  the  adjoining,  contiguous  or 
proximate  property, as  follows:  Lots  abutting  endwise  upon 
any  street  to  be  approved  [improved]  shall  be  assessed  the 
full  amount  as  determined  by  its  foot  frontage  ;  any  lot  or 
parcel  of  land  lying  directly  and  lengthwise  along  the  line 
of  improvement  at  any  street  corner  or  intersection  shall  be 
assessed  one-half  of  the  amount  as  determined  by  its  front- 
age, and  the  remaining  one-half  assessed  upon  the  lots  to  the 
center  of  the  block;  if  the  land  be  unplatted  and  belong  to 
the  same  person  or  persons,  then  the  first  twenty-five  feet 
lying  directly  and  lengthwise  along  the  line  of  improvement 
shall  be  assessed  one-half  the  amount  as  determined  by  its 
frontage,  and  the  remaining  one-half  to  the  depth  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet  from  the  proposed  improvement;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  if  the  parcel  of  land  fronting  along  said 
proposed  improvement  and  belonging  to  any  one  person  or  per- 
sons shall  be  less  than  twenty-five  feet,  the  said  strip  shall 
bear  one-half  of  the  expense  of  said  improvement  as  deter- 
mined by  its  frontage,  and  the  remaining  one-half  assessed 
upon  the  balance  of  said  property  to  the  depth  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  feet;  and  provided  further,  that  any  parcel  of 
land  in  V  or  triangular  shape,  the  angle  of  which  is  adjoin- 
ing, contiguous  or  proximate  to  the  line  of  improvement,  shall 
be  considered  as  a  lot  having  twenty-five  feet  front  on  the 
improvement. 

SEC.  139.  The  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  shall 
make  out  and  certify  to  the  City  Council,  an  assessment  roll 
which  shall  show  and  exhibit  in  separate  columns,  first,  the 
name  of  the  owner  of  each  separate  lot,  piece,  parcel  or  sub- 
division of  land  separately  assessed,  if  known  to  him\  if  the 
name  of  the  owner  be  unknown,  the  word  "unknown"  shall 
be  written  opposite  the  number  of  such  subdivision  of  land ; 
second,  a  brief  description,  by  lot  and  block,  or  otherwise,  of 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  79 

each  subdivision  of  land;  third,  the  assessment   number  of  Number, 
each   subdivision    of   land    separately    assessed;   fourth,  the  Amount, 
amount  assessed   separately   to   each   of   such    subdivisions; Di< 
fifth,  a  diagram  showing  the  street,  highway  or  alley  proposed 
to  be  improved,  and  the  lots  or  parcels  of  land  to  be  assessed 
for  such   improvement;  such  diagram  shall   be  marked  with 
the  numbers  corresponding  with  the  assessment  number  of 
each  subdivision  of  land. 

SEC.  140.     Upon  receiving  said  assessment  roll,  the  City  Notice  of  filing 
Clerk  shall   forthwith  give  notice  by  publication  for  at  least ass( 
five  days  in  the  official  newspaper,  that  the  assessment  roll  is 
on  file   in   his  office,  the  date  of  the  filing  of  the  same,  and 
that  the  same   is   open  for  public  inspection,  and  said  notice 
.shall  state  a  time  within  which  the  City  Council  will  meet  to  Time  to  hear 
hear  appeals  of  parties  aggrieved  by  such  assessment.  appeals. 

SEC.  141.     The  owner  of  land  in  said  assessment  district,  Time  within 
whether  named   or  not  in   the  assessment  roll,  may,  within wh 
ten  days  after  the  first  publication  of  the  notice  provided  for 
in  the  last  preceding  section,  appeal  to  the  City  Council  from 
said  assessment  or  Assessment  Roll  ;  said  appeal  shall  be  in 
writing,  briefly  stating  the  objections  to  the  said  assessment 
or  Assessment  Roll,  and  be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk. 

SEC.  142.     At  the   time  appointed   for   hearing  appeals  Hearing  of 
from  said  assessment,  the  City  Council  shall  hear  and  decide appeals* 
upon  all  objections  which  shall  have  been  filed  by  any  party 
interested,  to  the  regularity  of  the  proceeding  in  making  said 
improvements  or  in    levying  said   assessment,  or  to  the  cor- 
rectness of  the  amount  of  said  assessment,  or  of  the  amount 
levied  upon  any  particular  lot  or  parcel  of  land;  and  if  the 
proceedings  are   found    by  them  to   have  been  regular,  they 
shall  correct   any  errors   which    may  be  found  in  the  assess- Correct  errors, 
inent,  and  shall  pass  an  order  approving  and  confirming  said 
proceedings  and  said  assessment  as  so  corrected  by  them,  and 
their  decision  and  order  shall  be  a  final  determination  of  the 
regularity,  validity  and  correctness  of  said  assessment,  and  of  Validity  of 
the  amount   thereof  levied  upon   each  lot  or  parcel  of  land,assessment' 
and  shall  bar  all  persons  appearing  and  objecting  or  failing 
to  appear  from  any  further  recourse  in  law. 

SEC.  143.     The  Council  must  provide  in  said  order  ap- Time  of 

proving  and  confirming  such  assessments  within  what  timePaymentof 
!i  r,  -j    i     ii       r\'±     rn  in  t  assessment, 

•the  same  niny  be  paid  to  the  City  treasurer;  and  all  such 

assessments  not  paid  to  the  Treasurer  within  such  time  shall 
thereafter  draw  interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  cent  per  an- 
num until  paid,  Interest, 


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Bids. 


Lien  of  as- 
sessment. 


City 

Treasurer 

collector. 

Demand 
unnecessary 


Warrant  for 
collection. 


Notice  of 
roll  with 
Treasurer. 


Return  of 
roll. 


Warrant  to 
sell. 


Sale. 


SEC.  144.  Before  entering  into  any  contract  for  any 
improvement,  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  shall  in- 
vite sealed  bids  for  such  improvement  as  provided  by  this 
Charter,  and  such  contract  shall  be  made  in  writing. 

SEC.  145.  All  such  assessments  shall  be  liens  upon  the 
property  assessed,  and  all  such  liens  shall  relate  back  to  and 
take  effect  as  of  the  time  of  the  first  publication  of  the  notice 
of  the  proposed  improvement  provided  for  in  section  136 
hereof. 

SEC.  146.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  be  collector  of  all 
such  assessments  for  improvements,  both  before  and  after 
delinquency. 

SEC.  147.  No  demand  shall  be  necessary  for  any  such 
assessment,  but  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  whose 
property  is  assessed  for  improvements  as  herein  provided,  to 
pay  all  such  assessments  levied  upon  such  property  before 
the  same  become  delinquent. 

SEC.  148.  The  City  Clerk  shall,  within  five  days  after 
the  confirmation  of  any  assessment  for  improvements  made 
by  the  Council,  certify  and  annex  to  the  assessment  roll  a 
copy  of  the  order  of  confirmation,,  and  issue  and  annex  to 
said  roll  a  warrant  directing  the  City  Treasurer  to  receive  and 
collect  the  assessments  named  therein,  and  deliver  the  saint 
to  the  City  Treasurer,  and  shall  also  certify  the  amount  of 
such  roll  to  the  City  Controller.  The  Treasurer  shall  forth- 
with give  notice  by  three  weekly  insertions  in  the  official 
newspaper  of  the  City,  that  such  Assessment  Roll  is  in  his 
hands,  that  the  assessments  are  payable,  and  the  date  at 
which  interest  accrues  if  they  remain  unpaid. 

SEC.  149.  Within  five  days  from  the  expiration  of  the 
time  limited  for  the  payment  of  any  such  assessments,  the 
Treasurer  must  return  the  Improvement  Assessment  Roll  to 
the  City  Controller,  distinguishing  thereon  the  assessments 
paid  and  those  unpaid.  The  City  Controller  shall,  upon  re- 
ceipt of  said  roll,  credit  the  Treasurer  with  the  amount  of 
assessments  collected  thereon  and  deliver  said  roll  to  the  City 
Clerk,  who  shall  thereupon  issue  and  annex  thereto  a  war- 
rant directing  the  City  Treasurer  to  sell  all  the  lots  and  par- 
cels of  land  described  in  said  roll,  and  upon  which  assess- 
ments are  levied,  whether  in  the  name  of  a  designated  owner 
or  in  the  name  of  an  unknown  owner,  to  satisfy  all  delin- 
quent and  unpaid  assessments  upon  said  roll,  with  interest, 
penalty  and  costs.  On  the  day  of  the  commencement  of  the 
sale  of  said  real  property  in  pursuance  of  such  warrant,  a 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 

penalty  of  ten  per  cent,  on  the  principal  amount  of  every  un- 
paid assessment  on  said  Improvement  Assessment  Koll 
shall  accrue  to  such  assessment  in  addition  to  the  interest 
thereon,  and  must  then  and  thereafter  be  collected  there- 
with. 

SEC   150.     Such  warrant  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  naak-^arrantaB 
ing  sale  of  said  real  property  on   which  assessments  are  de-  execution, 
linquent  and  unpaid,  be  deemed  and  taken  as  an   execution 
against  said  real  property  for  the  amount  of  said  assessments 
with  interest,  penalty  and  costs,  and  the   Treasurer   or  his 
deputy  shall,  within  sixty  days  from  the   receipt  thereof   by 
him,  commence  the  sale  of  said  real  property,  and   continue 
such  sale  from  day  to  day  thereafter,  until  all  the  lots  and  par- 
cels of  land  described  in  said  Assessment  Roll  on  which  any 
such  assessment  is  delinquent  and  unpaid,  are  sold.     Such 
sales  shall  take  place  at  the   front  door  of  the   building  in  Place  of 
which  the   City  Council    holds  its  sessions.     The   Treasurer sales- 
shall  give  notice  of  such  sales  by  publishing  a  notice  thereof  Notice  of 
once  a  week,  for  three  consecutive  weeks  in  the  official  news- sale, 
paper  of  the  City.     Such   notice   shall   contain    a  list   of  all  Contents  of 
lots  and  parcels  of  land  upon  which  such  assessments  are  de-  notice- 
linquent,  with  the  amount  of  the   assessment,   interest,    pen 
^Jty  and  costs  to  date  of  sale,  including  costs  of  advertising 
due  upon  each  of  such  lots  or  parcels  of  land,  together  with 
the  names   of  the   owners   thereof,   or  the   words  "unknown 
owner,"  as  the  same  may  appear  on   said   Improvement  As- 
sessment Roll,  and  shall  specify  the  time  and  place  of  sale, 
and  that  the  several  lots  or  parcels  of  land  therein  described, 
will  be  sold  to   satisfy  the  assessment,  interest,  penalty  and 
costs  due  upon  each. 

SEC    J51.     All  of  such  sales  shall  be  made  between  the  Time  of 
hours  of  ten  o'clock  A.  M.  and  three  o'clock   P.  M.     Each  lotsaes> 
or  parcel  of  land  shall  be   sold  separately  and  in  the  order 
in  which  the  same  appears  on  the  Improvement  Assessment 
Roll,  commencing  at  the  head  thereof.     If  there  be  no  bidder 
for  any  lot  or  parcel  of  land  of  a  sum  sufficient   to  pay  the 
delinquetu  assessment    thereon,  with  interest,    penalty  and 
costs,  the  Treasurer  shall  strike  the  same  off  to  the  City  for  Sales  to  City 
the  whole  amount  which   he  is  required   to  collect  by  such 
sale. 

SEC.  152.     All  lots  and  parcels  of  land  sold  for  delin-  Highest 
queiit  improvement  assessments,  shall  be  sold  to  the  highest 
bidder  ;  and  whenever  any  such  lot  is  sold  for  more  than  the 
sum  sufficient  to  satisfy  the  delinquent  assessment,  with  in- 


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REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


Disposition 
of  surplus. 


Resale, 


Custodian  of 
certificates. 


Sale  of 
certificates. 


Return  of 
Treasurer. 


Purchaser's 
lien. 


Interest . 
Redemption. 


terest,  penalty  and  costs,  the  surplus  shall  be  kept  by  the 
Treasurer  in  a  separate  fund,  and  thereafter  the  owner  or  his 
legal  representatives  shall,  on  application  to  the  City  Council, 
be  entitled  to  a  warrant  therefor. 

SEC.  J53.  If  any  bidder  to  whom  any  lot  or  parcel  of 
land  is  stricken  off  does  not  pay  the  assessment,  interest, 
penalty  and  costs  before  10  o'clock  A.  M.  of  the  day  following 
the  day  of  such  sale,  such  lot  or  parcel  of  land  must  then 
be  resold,  or,  if  the  assessment  sale  is  closed,  be  deemed  to 
have  been  sold  to  the  City,  and  a  certificate  of  purchase  shall 
be  issued  to  the  City  therefor. 

SEC.  154.  The  City  Controller  shall  be  the  custodian  of 
all  certificates  of  purchase  for  lots  or  parcels  of  land  sold  to 
the  City;  and  shall  at  any  time  within  three  years  from  the 
date  of  any  such  certificate,  and  before  redemption  of  the  lot 
or  parcel  of  land  therein  described,  sell  and  transfer  any  such 
certificaie  to  any  person  who  will  pay  him  the  amount  for 
which  the  lot  or  parcel  of  land  therein  described  was  stricken 
off  to  the  City,  with  the  interest  subsequently  accrued  there- 
on, and  the  Treasurer  may,  if  so  authorized  by  the  Council, 
sell  and  transfer  any  such  certificate  in  like  manner  after 
the  expiration  of  said  three  years  from  the  date  of  the  cer- 
tificate. 

SEC.  155.  Within  ten  days  after  the  completion  of  trie 
sale  of  all  the  lots  and  parcels  of  land  described  in  such  Im- 
provement Assessment  Roll,  and  authorized  to  be  sold  as 
aforesaid,  the  Treasurer  must  make  return  to  the  City  Con- 
troller of  said  assessment  Roll,  with  a  statement  of  his  do- 
ings thereon,  showing  all  lots  and  parcels  of  land  sold  by 
him,  to  whom  sold,  and  the  sum  paid  therefor. 

SEC.  156.  The  purchaser  at  improvement  assessment 
sales  acquires  a  lien  on  the  lot  or  parcel  of  land  sold  for  the 
amount  paid  by  him  at  such  sale,  as  well  as  for  all  delinquent 
taxes  and  improvement  assessments  and  all  costs  and  charges 
thereon,  whether  levied  previously  or  subsequently  to  such 
sale  subsequently  paid  by  him  on  the  lot  or  parcel  of  land, 
and  shall  be  entitled  to  interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of  twenty 
per  cent,  per  annum  from  the  date  of  such  payment. 

SEC.  157.  Every  lot  and  parcel  of  land  sold  for  an  im- 
provement assessment  shall  be  subject  to  redemption  by  the 
former  owner,  or  his  grantee,  mortgagee,  or  heir,  within 
three  years  from  the  date  of  the  certificate  of  purchase,  on 
payment  to  the  City  Treasurer  for  the  purchaser  of  the 
amount  the  same  was  sold  for,  with  twenty  per  cent,  interest 
per  annum,  together  with  all  taxes  and  improvement  assess- 


CHARTS'.  83 

m'ents,  and  costs  and  charges  thereon,  as  per  statement  made 
by  the  City  Controller,  paid  by  the  purchaser  on  such  lot  or 
parcel   of  land   since  such  sale,  with   like  interest  thereon. 
And  on  such   redemption   being  made,  the  Treasurer  shall 
give  to  the  redemptioner  a  certificate  of  redemption  therefor,  Certificate 
and  pay  over  the  amount  received  from  such  redemptioner  redemption, 
to  the  purchaser  or  his  assigns,  on   an   order  from  the  City 
Controller.     Should  no  redemption  be  made  within  the  period 
of  three  years,  the  Treasurer  shall  on  demand  by  the  pur- 
chaser or  his  assigns,  and  the  surrender  of  the  certificate,  ex- 
ecute to  him  a  deed  for  the  lot  or  parcel  of  land  therein  de-  Deed, 
scribed  ;  provided,  that  no  such  deed  shall  be  executed  until 
the  holder  of  said  certificate  shall  have  notified  the  owner  of  Notice  to 
said  lots  or  parcels  of  land  that  he  holds  said  certificate  and0" 
that  lie  will  demand  a  deed  therefor;  and  if,  notwithstanding 
said  notice,  no  redemption  be  made  within  ninety  days  from 
the  service  of  said  notice,  said  holder  shall  be  entitled  to  said 
deed.     Said    notice    may    be    given    by    personal    service  6  of 

upon  said  persons,  or  by  publication  in  a  weekly  newspaper 
published  in  said  City  for  the  full  three  weeks.  Such  notice 
and  return  thereto  with  the  affidavit  of  the  person  claiming 
said  deed,  stating  that  said  service  was  made,  shall  be  filed 
with  the  City  Treasurer.  Such  deed  shall  be  executed  only 
for  the  lot  or  parcel  of  land  named  in  the  certificate,  and 
after  payment  of  all  subsequent  taxes  and  improvement  as- 
sessments thereon.  The  deed  shall  be  executed  in  the  nanici 
of  the  City  of  Tacoma,  shall  recite  in  substance  the  matters 
contained  in  the  certificate,  the  notice  to  owner  and  that  no 
redemption  of  the  property  has  been  made  within  the  time 
allowed  by  law.  Such  deed  shall  be  signed  and  acknowl- 
edged by  the  City  Treasurer  as  such.  The  deed  shall  be  Deed  as 
-priina  facie  evidence  that  the  property  was  assessed  as  re- evldetlce- 
quired  by  law,  that  the  improvement  assessment  was  not 
paid,  that  the  property  was  sold  as  required  by  law,  tha',  it 
was  not  redeemed,  that  notice  had  been  given  and  that  the 
person  executing  the  deed  was  the  d roper  officer;  and  the 
deed  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  of  the  regularity  of  all 
other  proceedings  from  the  assessment  inclusive  up  to  the 
execution  of  the  deed. 

SEC.  158.     All  moneys  received  or  collected  by  the  Treas-  Separate 
urer  upon  assessments  for  improvement  of  streets,  highways  fuud- 
or  alleys,  shall  be  kept  as  a  separate   fund,  and    in   nowise 
used  for  any  other  purpose  whatever,  except  for  the  redemp- 
tion of  warants  drawn  against  such  fund. 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


Payment  of 

assessment. 


'Paid.1 


"Re- 
deemed.' 


Day's  work 
or  contract. 


Cost  of  im- 
provement. 


Contracts 
exceeding 
$500. 


Notice   for 
bids. 


Sealed 
proposals. 


SEC.  159.  Whenever  before  sale  of  any  lot  or  par- 
cel of  land  the  amount  of  any  assessment  for  improve- 
ments thereon,  with  all  interest  and  costs  accrued 
thereon,  shall  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer,  he  shall  there- 
upon mark  the  same  paid,  with  the  date  of  payment 
thereof  on  the  Assessment  Roll;  and  whenever  after  sale 
of  any  lot  or  parcel  of  land  for  any  assessment  the  same 
shall  be  "redeemed,"  he  shall  thereupon  enter  the  same 
redeemed,  with  the  date  of  such  redemption  on  such  record. 
Such  entries  shall  be  made  on  the  marg-in  of  the  record 
opposite  the  description  of  such  lot  or  parcel  of  land. 

SEC.  160.  All  public  work  authorized  by  the  City 
Council  to  be  done  under  the  supervision  of  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Works  shall  be  done  by  day's  work  or 
by  contract,  at  the  discretion  of  the  City  Council ;  pro- 
vided, that  if  within  the  time  for  filing'  a  remonstrance  a 
majority  of  the  resident  owners  within  the  assessment 
district  file  a  petition  designating-  the  manner  of  making- 
the  improvement,  whether  by  day's  work  or  contract, 
then  the  improvement  must  be  done  as  requested  in  said 
petition;  and  provided,  further,  that  in  no  case  shall  the 
cost  of  any  improvement  authorized  by  the  City  Council 
to  be  done  exceed  the  estimated  cost  of  the  City  Engi- 
neer. And  all  contracts  for  materials  and  supplies  to  an 
amount  exceeding-  five  hundred  dollars,  required  by  the 
City  Council  or  any  of  the  departments  of  the  City  not 
otherwise  provided  for  in  this  Charter,  shall  be  done 
under  written  contract.  But  before  awarding-  any  con- 
tract authorized  by  this  article,  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works  shall  cause  notice,  inviting-  sealed  pro- 
posals therefor,  to  be  posted  conspicuously  in  his  office 
and  published  for  not  less  than  five  days. 

SEC.  161.  Said  advertisement  and  notice  shall  in- 
vite sealed  proposals  to  be  delivered  at  a  certain  day  and 
hour  at  the  office  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works, 
for  furnishing-  the  supplies  and  materials,  and  for  work 
to  be  done,  the  materials  for  the  proposed  work,  or  for 
doing  said  work,  or  both,  as  may  be  deemed  best  by  him, 
and  shall  contain  a  g-eneral  description  of  the  work  to  be 
done,  the  material  or  supplies  to  be  furnished,  the  time 
within  which  the  work  is  to  be  commenced  and  when  to 
be  completed,  and  the  amount  of  bond  to  be  g-iven  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  the  contract  and  shall  refer  to 
plans  and  specifications  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Com- 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  85 

missioner  of  Public   Works  for  full  details  and  descrip- 
tion of  said  work  and  materials. 

SEC.  162.     All  proposals  shall  be  made  upon  printed  Form  of 
form   sprepared   by  the   Commissioner  of  Public  Works proposa 
and  furnished  gratuitously  upon  application,  with  a  form 
for  the  affidavit   hereinafter  provided  for  printed  there- 
upon.    Each  bid  shall  have  thereon  the  affidavit  of  the  Affidavit, 
bidder  that  his  bid  is  genuine  and  not  sham  or  collusive, 
•or  made  in  the  interests  or  on    behalf  of   any  person  not 
therein  named,  and  that  the  bidder  has  not  directly  or  in- 
directly induced  or  solicited  any  bidder  to  put  in  a  sham  Sham  bid, 
bid,  or  any  other  person  or  corporation  to  refrain  from  bid- 
ding, and  that  the  bidder  has  not  in  any  manner  sought,  by 
collusion,  to  secure  to  himself  an  advantage  over  other 
bidders.     Any    bid    made   without  such   affidavit,   or  in 
violation  thereof,  shall  be  absolutely  void,  and  also  any  Bid  void, 
contract  let  thereunder.     If  at  any  time  discovery  shall 
be  made  that  a  contract  has  been  let  to  a  bidder  who  has 
violated  or  evaded   this  oath,  the  contract  shall  be  can- Cancel  contract 
celled    and    no    recover}^    shall    be  had   thereon,  and  the 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works  shall  at  once  proceed  as 
before  to  award  a  new  contract.     All  proposals  offered 
shall  be  accompanied  by  a  check  certified  by  a  responsible  Check, 
bank,  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Works,  for  an  amount  not  less  than  five 
per  cent,  of  the  aggregate  of  the   proposal,  and  no  pro- 
posal shall    be   considered    unless   accompanied  by  such 
check.     No  person,  corporation  or  firm,  shall  be  allowed 
to  make,  file,  or  be  interested  in,  more   than  one  bid  for  Only  one  bid. 
the  same  work.     If,  on    the    opening  of   said  bids,  more 
than  one  bid  appear  in  which  the  same  person,  corpora- 
tion or  firm  is  interested,  all  such  bids  shall  be  rejected. 

SEC.  163.     On  the  day  and  at  the  hour  specified  in  Opening  bids, 
said  notice  inviting  sealed   proposals  all  bids 

shall  be  delivered  to  the  Commissioner  by  the  bidder  or 
his  agent  within   the  two  hours  named  in  the 

advertisement.  No  bid  not  so  delivered  to  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Works  shall  be  considered.  Each  bid 
as  it  shall  be  received  shall  be  numbered  and  marked  Bids  numbered 
14  filed  "  by  him,  and  authenticated  by  his  signature.  At 
the  expiration  of  the  two  hours  stated  in  the  advertise- 
ment, within  which  the  bids  will  be  received,  the  Com- 
missioner of  Public  Works  shall  open,  exam- 
ine, and  publicly  declare  the  same,  and  an  abstract  of 


86  REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 

each  bid  shall  be  recorded  *  *  by  the  Clerk.  The 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works  shall  compare  the  bids 
with  the  record  made  by  the  Clerk,  and  shall  thereupon 
at  said  time,  or  at  such  other  time,  not  exceeding-  ten 

Award  of  days  thereafter,  *  *  award  the  contract  to  the  lowest 
bidder,  except  as  otherwise  herein  provided.  Notice  of 

Notice  of  award  suc}1  award  shall  forthwith  be  posted  for  five  days  by  the 
Clerk  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  in  some 
conspicuous  place  in  his  office.  He  may  reject  any 

Reject  bid?.  and  all  bids,  and  must  reject  the  bid  of  any  party  who 
has  been  delinquent  or  unfaithful  in  any  former  contracts 
with  the  City,  and  all  bids  other  than  the  lowest  regular 
bid,  and  on  accepting'  said  lowest  bid  shall  thereupon  re- 
turn to  the  proper  parties  the  checks  corresponding-  to 
the  bids  so  rejected.  If  all  the  bids  are  rejected, 

Return  checks,  he  shall  return  all  the  checks  to  the  proper  parties  and 
ag-ain  invite  sealed  proposals,  as  in  the  first  instance. 
The  check  accompanying  the  accepted  bid  shall  be  held 
by  the  Clerk  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 
until  the  contract  for  doing  said  work,  as  hereinafter 
provided,  has  been  entered  into,  whereupon  said  certified 
check  shall  be  returned  to  said  bidder.  If  said  bidder 
fails  or  refuses  to  enter  into  the  contract  for  said  work, 
as  hereinafter  provided,  then  the  certified  check  accom- 
panying1 his  bid,  and  the  amount  therein  mentioned,  shall 

Check  forfeited  be  forfeited  to  the  City,  and  shall  be  collected  and  paid 
into  the  General  Fund.  Neither  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works  nor  the  City  Council  has  the  power  to  re- 
lieve from  or  remit  such  forfeiture. 

Collusive  bids.  SEC.  154.  If  at  any  time  it  shall  be  found  that  the 

person  to  whom  a  contract  has  been  awarded  has,  in  pre- 
senting- bid  or  bids,  colluded  with  any  party  or  parties 
for  the  purpose  of  preventing  any  other  bid  being 
made,  then  the  contract  so  awarded  shall  be  null  and 
void,  and  no  recovery  shall  be  had  thereon,  and  the  Com- 
missioner of  Public  Works  shall  advertise  for  pro- 
posals for  a  new  contract. 

City  Attorney  gEC>  i^     All  contracts   shall   be  drawn  under  the 

contracts.  supervision  of  the  City  Attorney,  and  shall  have  at- 
tached thereto  detailed  specifications  of  the  work  to  be 
done,  which  shall  be  referred  to  and  made  part  of  the 
contract;  the  manner  in  which  it  shall  be  executed,  and 
the  quality  of  the  supplies  and  the  material  to  be  used. 
Every  contract  entered  into  by  the  Commissioner  of 


REVISED   CITY    CHARTER.  87 

Public  Works  shall  be  signed  by  him     *     *     and  by  thesigning 
other  contracting-  party.     All  contracts  shall  be  signed cc 
in  triplicate,  one    of    which  with   the    specifications  and 
drawings,  if  any,  of   the   work   to   be  done   and  the  ma- 
terials to  be  furnished,  shall  be  filed  with  the    Commis-  Filing 
sioncr  of  Public  Works  when  the  work  is  done  upon  his  contracts. 
requisition,  and    in    other    cases    with    the  City 

Clerk;  one   thereof  with   said    specifications    and   draw- 
ings shall  be  kept  in  the  ofljce  of  the   Commissioner  of 
Public    Works,  and    the    other,   with    specifications   and 
drawings,  shall  be  delivered    to  the  contractor.     At  the 
same  time,  with  the  execution  of  said  contract,  said  con- 
tractor shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  State  of  Washington  Bond  of 
and   deliver  the   same  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Commissio><erconira'cior- 
of  Public  Works \  said  bond  shall  be  joint  and  several  in 
the  sum  named   in  the  notice  for  proposals,  with  two  or 
more  sufficient   sureties  to   be  approved  by  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Works\  or  shall  deposit  with  the  Clerk 
a  certified  check  upon  some  solvent  bank  for  said  amount  Certified  check, 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  said  contract,  running  to 
the  City  of  Tacoma.     Such  sureties  shall  justify  as  bail  Sureties  to 
upon  arrest,  and  said  bond  shall  be  conditioned  that  such  ^ustlfy' 
person    shall    pay  all   laborers,  mechanics   and   material 
men,  and  persons  who  shall  supply  such  contractor  with 
provisions   or  goods  of  any  kind,  all  just   debts   due  to 
such  persons  or  to  any  person  to  whom  any  part  of  such 
work  is  given,  incurred  in  carrying  on  such  work;  which 
bond    shall    be  filed    by   said   Commissioner   of  PttbticEond  filed- 
Works  in  the  office  of  the  C  ounty  Auditor,  in  the  County 
where  such  work    is  to    be  performed  or    improvement 
made,  and  shall  also  file  with  the  City  Clerk  a  bond  in  a 
sum  equal  to  the  contract  price,  conditioned  for  the  faith- 
ful  performance   of  the  contract  and  holding  said  City 
harmless   from  all  loss  or  damage  occasioned  to  any  per- 
son or   property  by  reason   of  any  carelessness  or  negli- 
gence in  making  said  improvement.     The  justification  by 
the  sureties  as  aforesaid  shall  be  made  upon  a  form  to  be 
printed   upon  the  bond.     But  when  the  amount  specified 
in  the  bond  exceeds  three  thousand  dollars,  and  there  are 
more  than  two  sureties  thereon,  they  may  state  in  their 
affidavit  that  they  are  severally  worth  amounts  less  than  Justifying 
that  expressed  in  the  bond  if  the  whole  amount  be  equal S€ 
to  two  sufficient  sureties.     The  contract   for  work  shall 
specify  the  time   within   which  the  work   shall  be  com- Time 


88  REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 

menced  and  when  to  be  completed  as  was  specified  in 
the  notice  inviting-  proposals  therefor.  Incase  of  failure 
on  the  part  of  the  contractor  to  complete  his  contract 
Contract  void,  within  the  time  fixed  his  contract  shall  be  void,  and  the 
City  Council  shall  not  pay  or  allow  him  any  compensa- 
tion for  work  done  by  him  under  said  contract. 

Reietting  SEC.   166.     If  the  contractor  does  not  complete  his 

con^trac^  contract  within  the  time  limited  therein,  said  Com- 
missioner of  Public  Works  .may  reject  the  unfinished 
portion  of  said  work  after  pursuing1  the  formalities  here- 
inbefore prescribed  for  the  letting-  of  the  whole. 

Approval  of  SEC.   167.     The  work  in   this  article  provided   for 

Commissioner.  must  be  done  un(jer  the  direction  and  to  the  satisfaction 
of  said  Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  and  all  materials 
and  supplies  furnished  must  be  in  accordance  with  the 
specifications  and  be  to  his  satisfaction.  When  any  con- 
tract shall  have  been  completed  and  accepted  by  him,  he 
shall  so  declare,  and  thereupon  he  shall  deliver  to  the 
contractor  a  certificate  to  that  effect. 

Duties  of  SEC.   168.     The    Commissioner    of   Public     Works 

ioner.  ghalj  Devote  his  entire  time  to  the  performance  of  his 
official  duties;  and  shall  not,  nor  shall  any   per- 

son employed  in  said  department,  be  interested,  directly 
or  indirectly,  in  any  contract  for  work,  labor,  supplies 
or  material  entered  into  by  said  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works;  nor  shall  he  or  his  employees,  be  allowed  to  re- 
ceive any  gratuity  or  advantage  from  any  contractor, 
laborer  or  person  furnishing  labor  or  material  for  the 
same.  Any  contract  made  in  violation  of  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  void,  and  the  receipt 
Removal  from  of  any  gratuity  shall  be  cause  for  the  immediate  removal 
office.  from  office  or  from  employment  of  the  person  receiving- 

it. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

SEWERAGE   AND    DRAINAGE. 

General  system  SEC.  169.  The  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 
shall  devise  a  g-eneral  system  of  sewerag-e  and  drainag-e, 
to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  which  shall  embrace 
all  matters  relative  to  the  thorough,  systematic  and  ef- 
fectual drainage  of  not  only  surface  water  and  filth,  but 
also  of  the  ground  on  which  said  City  is  situated,  to  a 
sufficient  depth  to  secure  dryness  in  cellars  and  entire 


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freedom  from  stagnant  waters,  and  in  such  manner  as 
best  to  promote  the  cleanliness  and  healthfulness  of  said 
City,  and  shall  report  to  the  City  Council  in  reference 
thereto,  and  shall  from  time  to  time  make  to  the  City 
Council  such  recommendations  upon  the  subject  of  sew- 
erage and  drainage  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

S   c.      170.      Said    Commissioner  of  Public   Works  Control 
shall  prescribe  the  location,  form  and  material  to  be  used  cc 
in  the  construction  and  repair  of  all  public  sewers,  man- 
holes, sinks,  cesspools  or  other  appurtenances  belonging 
to  the  sewer  system  and  of  every  private  sewer  emptying 
into  a  public  sewer,  and  determine  the  manner  and  place 
of  connection. 

SEC.   171.     Before  any  public  sewer  shall   be  con- Plans  of  sewer- 
tracted  for  or  built,  the  City  Engineer  shall  cause  to  be 
prepared  the  necessary  plans  for  the  work  and  a  profile 
showing  the  grades  of  the    street  and  sewer,   and  the 
depth  of  each  sewer  below  the  surface  of  the  street,  and 
a  diagram  showing  the  property  benefited  by  such  sewer,  Diagram 
and  the  total   frontage   thereof;    and   when    such   sewer 
is  completed  he  shall  cause  a  map  to  be  prepared  show-  Map. 
ing    the    size  and  location    of    man-holes,     basins    and 
branches  of  house  connections,  and  other  appurtenances. 

SE  .    172.      Superintendent  of  sewers.      (Repealed 
by  Amendment  No.  23.    See  Ordinance  No.  1272,  supra.) 

SEC.   173.     The  City  Council  may  upon  the  recom- City  Council 
mendation  of  said    Commissioner  of  Public    Works,  by°[^t?°£~ 
ordinance  passed  by  the  affiirmative  vote  of  two-thirds 
of  all  the  Council,  order  the  construction  of  any  sewer 
or  drain,  or  authorize  the  purchase  of  any  personal  pro- 
perty or  the  acquisition  by  purchase  or  condemnation  of  Acquisition  of 
any  real  estate  which  may  be  necessary  for  the  construe- per™.6 
tion  of  any  sewer  or  the  making  of  any  improvement  pro- 
vided for  in  this  Charter. 

SEC.    174.     Said    Commissioner  of   Public     Works  Agreement  as 
may,  with  the  like  approval  of  the  City  Council,   agree to  damages- 
with  the  owners  of  any   real  estate  upon    which    it  is 
deemed  desirable  to  construct  any  sewer  or  other  im- 
provement   relative  to  sewerage  or  drainage  upon   the 
amount  of  damage  to  be  paid  to  such  owner  for  the  pur- 
pose of  such  improvement,  and  for  the  perpetual  use  of 
said  real  estate  for  such  purpose. 

SEC.   175.     Said     Commissioner  of   Public     Works  Lands  on  bay, 
may,  when  authorized  by  ordinance,  construct  such  sew- 


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Condemnation 
of  private 
property. 


Expense 
apportioned. 


Collecting 
assessments. 


Sewerage 

districts. 


ers,  reservoirs  and  pumping  works  on  lands  and  made 
lands  fronting-  the  Bay,  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out 
the  general  system  of  sewerage  for  said  City. 

SEC.  176.  When  upon  the  recommendation  of  said 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  the  City  Council  shall 
determine  upon  any  improvement  for  the  purpose  of 
sewerage  or  drainage  which  necessitates  the  acquisition 
or  condemnation  of  private  propert}7  and  said  Commis- 
sioner is  unable  to  agree  with  the  owner  thereof  upon 
the  amount  of  compensation  or  damages  to  be  paid  there- 
for, or  when  such  owner  is  in  any  way  incapable  of  mak- 
ing any  agreement  with  reference  thereto,  and  in  all 
cases  in  which  said  Commissioner  shall  deem  it  most  ex- 
pedient, the  City  Council  shall  have  the  right  to  cause 
condemnation  of  such  property  in  the  manner  for  the 
opening  of  any  HP*--  ^eet. 

SEC.  177.  'j.  ne  cost  of  constructing  any  sewer  shall 
be  assessed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  WTorks  upon 
the  real  estate  benefited  thereby-  t>ro  rata,  according  to 
the  frontage  of  said  real  estate  upon  the  line  of  said 
sewrer;  and  the  manner  of  collection  of  the  same  shall  be 
as  provided  for  the  collection  of  street  improvements; 
provided  that  the  construction  of  all  trunk  or  main  sew- 
ers and  repair  of  all  sewers  shall  be  made  at  the  expense 
of  the  City. 

SEC.  178.  The  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 
shall  have  authority  whenever  he  shall  deem  necessary, 
to  create  sewerage  districts,  in  order  to  distribute  equit- 
ably the  assessment  and  cost  of  sewers  upon  property 
peculiarl}7  benefited  thereby. 


ARTICLE   XIV. 


BOARD    OF    HEALTH. 


Members.  SEC.  179.  The  Mayor,  Chief  of  Police  and 

President  of  the  City  Council  shall  constitute  a  Board  of 
Health,  of  which  the  Mayor  shall  be  ex-officio  Chairman. 

Powers,  Said  Board  of  Health  shall  have  general  supervision  over 

the  sanitary  condition  of  the  City,  and  shall  have  power 
to  compel  owners  of  property  to  keep  the  same  free  from 
anything  filthy,  obnoxious  or  dangerous  to  health;  they 

Inspector.  shall  have  power  to  appoint  an  Inspector  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  inspect,  when  called  upon  by  any  person,  or 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  91 


when  in  his  or  the  opinion  of  said  Board  or  any  of  its 
members,  it  seems  necessary,  all  provisions,  meat,  fish, 
fruit,  vegetables,  bread,  flour,  pork,  whisky,  beer,  wine, 
milk  and  water,  and  all  liquors  and  any  and  all  things 
offered  for  sale  in  the  City  to  be  used  as  food  or  drink. 

SEC.   180.     Said  Inspector  shall  have  the  right  to  Powers  of 
enter  for  the  purpose  of  making  such  examination  and  InsPe( 
inspection,  any  place  or  building  where  any  provisions, 
fruits,    vegetables,  whisky,    beer,  wine,    milk  or  other 
liquors  are  kept  for  sale,  and  no  person  shall   be  permit- 
ted to  sell  or  dispose  of  anything  pronounced  by  said  In- 
spector  as  unfit  to  be  used  for  food  or  drink,  and  all  such 
articles  or  things  shall   be  seized  and  destroyed  by  said 
Inspector. 

SEC.  181.  Said  Board  shall  report  to  the  Cotnmi$- 
sioner  of  Public  Works  any  matter  coming  to  its  knowl- 
edge and  needing  his  attention,  *  and  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority  to  order  quarantine  and  to  take  Quarantine, 
all  other  necessary  steps  to  prevent  contagion  or  spread 
of  contagious  diseases,  and  such  other  powers  and  duties 
as  shall  be  provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  182.     City    Physician.     (Repealed  by  Amend- City  Physician, 
ment  No.  23.     See  Ordinance  1272  supra.) 

SEC.   183.     Health    Officer.     (Repealed    by  Amend- Health  officer 
ment  No.  23.     See  Ordinance  No.  1272  supra.) 

SEC.  184.  The  City  Council  shall  pass  all  such  or- 
dinances and  provide  therein  such  penalties  as  will  carry 
out  the  intent  and  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  article. 

ARTICLE    XV. 

STREET  GRADES  AND  CHANGES. 

SEC.   185.     The  City  Council  shall  by  ordinance  es-  Street  grades, 
tablish  the  grades  of  all  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in 
the  City,  and  when  the  grade  of  any   street,   avenue  or 
alley  shall  have  been  established,  and  any  person  or  per- 
sons shall  have  built  or   made   improvements  on  lots  or 
lands  fronting  or  abutting  upon  such   street,   avenue  or 
alley,  and  the  City  shall   afterward  change  the  estab- 
lished grade  in  such  manner  as  to  injure  or  diminish  the  Damage  by 
value  of  the  propert}7  which  shall  have  been   improved,  change  of 
the  City  shall  pay  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  proper-  £rade- 
ty  so  injured  the  amount  of  such  damage;  and  when  the 


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Appraisers. 


Report. 

Assess 
damage. 


Objections  to 
report. 


parties  interested  are  unable  to  agree  with  the  City 
Council  as  to  the  amount  so  to  be  paid,  the  same  shall  be 
appraised  by  three  disinterested  persons  to  be  appointed 
by  the  City  Council  within  thirty  days  after  the  claim- 
ant shall  have  filed  with  the  City  Council  his  claim  for 
damages.  Said  appraisers  shall  be  sworn  to  faithfully 
execute  their  duties  according  to  the  best  of  their  abil- 
ity. They  shall  view  the  premises,  receive  any  evidence, 
and  may  adjourn  from  day  to  day,  but  shall  make  their 
report  within  thirty  days  from  their  appointment  unless 
further  time  is  given  by  the  City  Council.  They  shall 
assess  the  damage  sustained  by  reason  of  the  change;, 
they  shall  sign  their  report  and  deliver  the  same  to  the 
Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Pierce  County,  and  if  no 
objections  are  made  thereto  in  the  manner  provided  here- 
in, within  twenty  days  thereafter  the  assessment  shall  be 
final  and  the  City  shall  pay  the  amount  so  assessed  and 
judgment  may  be  entered  accordingly.  Either  party 
may  file  objections  to  said  report  within  twenty  days  as 
above,  and  in  such  case  the  question  of  damages  shall  be 
tried  as  in  other  civil  actions. 


ARTICLE   XVI. 


PARK   COMMISSIONERS. 


Number. 


Term  of  office 

Compensation 
Powers. 


Parks. 
Reports. 


Contraction 
of  debt. 


SEC.  186.  There  shall  be  established  a  Board  of 
Park  Commissioners,  to  consist  of  five  members.  The 
first  members  of  the  Board  shall  be  appointed  to  serve, 
one  for  one  year,  two  for  two  years,  and  two  for  three 
years.  The  members  of  said  Board  shall  receive  no  com- 
pensation for  their  services. 

SEC.  187.  The  said  Board  shall  have  power  and  it 
shall  be  their  duty,  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations 
as  the  City  Council  may  by  ordinance  prescribe; 

First.  To  take  charge  of  and  exercise  control  over 
all  parks  belonging  to  the  Citv. 

Second.  To  make  report  to  the  City  Council  from 
time  to  time  regarding  the  condition  of  the  parks,  and 
to  recommend  appropriations  by  the  Council  for  the  im- 
provement of  the  parks,  and  when  such  appropriations 
have  been  made,  to  expend  the  same  in  such  improve- 
ments; but  no  member  of  said  Commission  shall  have 
power  to  create  any  debt,  obligation,  claim  or  liability, 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  93 

except  with  the  express  authority  of  said  Commission, 
conferred  at  a  meeting-  thereof  duly  convened  and  held. 

Third.     To  make  such  rules  and  regulations  in  regard  Rules  and 
to  the  use  of  the  parks  as  shall  best  serve  the  interests  Regulations, 
of  the  public. 

Fourth.     To  receive  in  the  name  of  the  City  all  moneys  Receive  Dona- 
or  other  property  donated  for  the  improvement  of  the11' 
parks  by  individuals  or  corporations,  and  to  expend  and 
use  the  same  in  such  manner  as  shall  best  carry  out  the 
intent  of  the  donors.     All  moneys  received  shall  be  forth- 
with paid  into  the  City  treasury  and  shall   be  placed  by 
the  City  Treasurer  in"  a  fund  to  be  known  as  the  Park  Park  fund- 
Fund.     The  Commissioners  shall  take  duplicate  receipts 
therefor,  one  of  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Con- 
troller; and  all  expenditures  relating*  to  the  several  parks  Expenditures, 
uncler  the  control   of  said  Commissioners,  shall  be  pro- 
vided  for  in  the  same  manner  as   the   expenditures  of 
other   departments,    and   shall   be   paid   from    the    City 
treasury  when  required,  under  the  same  rules  and  regu- 
lations   governing-    the    expenditures  of    other    depart- 
ments. 

Fifth.     To  do  all   things  necessary  and  proper,  to G2neral P°wer& 
secure  for  the  public  the  free  use  and  enjoyment  of  said 
parks. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 

HARBOR    MASTER. 

SEC.  188.     The  Harbor  Master  shall  have  a  general  Harbor  Master, 
supervision  over  the  harbor  and  wharves  within  the  City 
limits,  under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Pub- 
lic Works.     He  shall  recommend  to  the  Commissioner  of  Recommend. 
Public  Works   such  improvements  and  things  necessary 
to  be  done  and  recommend  to  the  City  Council,  or  to  any 
proper  Commission  or  Board,  any  police  or  health  regula- 
tion  that  in    his   judgment   may  be  required  within  the 
harbor  limits  of  the  City.   He  shall  see  that  proper  lights  D 
are  established   on   the   wharves  and  in  the  harbor,  look 
after  buoys  and  anchorage    for   vessels,  and    shall  have 
such  other  powers   and   perform   such  duties   as  may  be 
prescribed  by  ordinance. 

SEC.    189.     Port    Warden.     (Repealed    by    Amend-  1'oit 
ment  No.  23.     See  Ordinance  No.  1272  supra.) 


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ARTICLE  XVIII. 


Appropriation 
of  private 
property. 


Resolution  of 
intention. 


Proceedings  in 
Superior  Court. 


Viewers. 


Assess 

-damages  and 
benefits. 

Notice  of 
application. 


Service. 


Notice  to 
viewers. 


Meeting. 


APPROPRIATION   OF   PRIVATE   PROPERTY. 

Sec.  190.  Whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  City 
Council  it  shall  become  necessary  or  expedient  to  appro- 
priate any  private  property  for  the  purpose  of  opening, 
widening  or  extending  any  street,  avenue  or  alley,  or  for 
any  other  use  by  the  City  wherein  the  right  of  eminent 
domain  can  be  exercised,  or  assess  benefits  to  any  land, 
tenements,  hereditaments  or  premises  within  or  without 
the  corporate  limits,  the  Council  shall  by  resolution  de- 
clare its  intention  to  condemn  the  same  and  the  purpose 
of  such  condemnation  setting  forth  in  such  resolution  a 
pertinent  general  description  of  the  property  designed  to 
be  condemned,  together  with  the  benefits. 

SEC.  191.  Within  thirty  days  from  the  adoption  of 
said  resolution  a  copy  thereof  shall  be  filed  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Pierce  County,  together 
with  a  petition,  praying  the  Judge  of  said  Court  to  ap- 
point three  disinterested  freeholders,  no  kin  to  any  owner 
or  person  interested  in  any  property  to  be  appropriated 
or  that  will  be  especially  benefited  by  such  appropria- 
tion, and  possessing  the  qualifications  of  jurors  of  the 
Superior  Court,  to  view  the  property  proposed  to  be  con- 
demned, as  well  as  that  especially  benefited,  and  make 
an  assessment  of  damages  and  benefits. 

SEC.  192.  Before  such  appointment  is  made  a  notice 
stating  that  such  application  is  made  shall  be  served  upon 
all  persons  owning  any  lands  to  be  appropriated  or  that 
will  be  especially  benefited;  said  notice  shall  state  a  day 
when  such  application  will  be  presented  to  said  board 
[Court]  and  Judge;  said  notice  shall  be  served  personally 
on  resident  owners,  if  such  owners  can  be  found  in  Pierce 
County,  and  by  publication  in  the  official  newspaper  of 
the  City  for  three  consecutive  weeks  in  case  of  non- 
resident owner  or  owners  who  cannot  be  found  in  said 
Pierce  Count\T. 

SEC.  193,  The  City  Clerk  shall  immediately,  and 
at  least  five  days  before  the  time  assigned  for  such  meet- 
ing, cause  such  viewers  to  be  notified  of  their  appoint- 
ment and  of  the  time  and  place  of  such  meeting,  and 
such  viewers  shall  meet  at  the  time  and  place  desig- 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  95 

tiated,  and  take  an  oath  before  some  person  qualified  to 

administer  an  oath,  to  the  effect  that   they  are  twenty-  Oath. 

one  years  of    age,  citizens  and  householders  of    Pierce 

County,  State  of  Washing-ton;  that  they  are  not  related 

to  any  of  the  persons  whose  property  is  sought  to  be  ap- 

propriated, and  that  if  upon  viewing1  the  property  not  to 

be  appropriated,  but  to  which  especial  and  pecrliar  bene- 

fits   will  accrue  by  reason  of    such  appropriation;  said 

viewers  shall  be  tound  to  be  related  to  the  owner  there- 

of, either  by  affinity  or  consanguinity,  the  same  shall  not 

affect  his  appraisement;  and  that  they  are  qualified  jur- 

ors;   that    they    will   faithfully  discharge    the  duty  as- 

signed them,  and  shall  then,  or  on  any  other  day  to  which 

they  may  adjourn,   not  exceeding-  ten  days  in  each  ad- 

journment thereafter,   proceed  to  view  the  property  pro- 

posed   to    be   condemned,  and  having-  viewed  the  same, 

shall  proceed  to  make  a  just  and  equitable  estimate  and 

assessment  of  the  amount  of  the  loss  and  damage,  if  any. 

And  said  viewers  shall  also  make  a  just  and   equitable 

estimate  and  assessment  of  the  benefits  and  advantages  Assessment  of 

which  will  be  special  and  peculiar  to  the  owners  of  the  benefits. 

land,  tenements  and  hereditaments  appropriated,  as  well 

as  land  not  proposed  to  be  condemned    but  which   it  is 

claimed  in  said  application  will  be  benefited  by  such  con- 

demnation and  appropriation,  and  within  ten  days  after 

completing   said    appraisement,    the  said  viewers  shall 

make  two  written  reports  of  their  doings  and  appraise-  Report. 

ment  in  the  case  of  the  property  sought  to  be  condemned, 

one  of  which  they  shall  file  with  the  said  Clerk  of  the  File  Reports. 

Superior  Court,  and  the  other  with   the  Clerk  of    said 

City,  and  shall  make  and  file  with  the  said  City  Clerk  a 

report  of  the  assessment    of    benefits    and    advantages 

which  they  find  to  be  special  and  peculiar  to   the  owner 

of  lands,  tenements  and   hereditaments  not  proposed   to 

be  condemned,  but  which  will  be  benefited   by  such   ap- 

propriation, all  of  which  report  shall  be  verified  by  said  verification. 

viewers  before   some   person   qualified  to  administer  an 

oath,  and  shall  be  signed  by  a  majority  of  their  number. 


SEC.    194.     Said   City  shall  have  the   right  at  any 
time  within  twenty  days  from   filing  the  report  with  thetjon  of  resolu 
Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  assessment  of  dam-11 
ages  and   benefits,  to   reconsider  its   resolution   to  con- 
demn and   appropriate  any  of  said  lands,  tenements  and 
hereditaments,  in  which  case  the  Citv  Clerk  shall  notify 


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Publication  of  by  publication  once  a  week   for  three  consecutive  weeks- 
do»ment.a     *~  'in  ^Q  official  newspaper  published  in  said  City,  the  reso- 
lution of  abandonment;  provided,  however,  that  in  such 
case  the  City  shall  pay  all  costs  accrued  up  to  the  time 
of  said  reconsideration,  and  all  matters  then  pending- with 
reference   thereto  shall  cease;  but  no  owner  of  property 
condemned  shall  be  entitled  to  any  damages  or  compensa- 
tion by  reason  of  any  act  done  by  said  City  in  condemn- 
Actuai  dam-     ing-  such  property,  except  actual   damages  sustained  by 
a£es-  the  destruction  of  fences,  building's,  or  other  injury  to  its 

property. 

Collection  of  SEC.  195.     The  City  Clerk   shall,  within  two  days 

assessments,  after  the  expiration  of  the  twenty  days,  and  if  said 
Council  has  not.  reconsidered  their  said  resolution  to  con- 
demn said  lands,  file  with  the  City  Treasurer,  said  re- 
port, and  said  City  Treasurer  shall  proceed  to  collect 
said  assessment  as  provided  for  in  this  Charter,  for  the 
collection  of  taxes  and  enforcement  of  liens  for  improve- 
ments. 

Proceedings  in          SEC.  196.     Upon  the  filing  of  said  report  the  Clerk 
of  said  Superior  Court  shall  thereupon  put  the  case  upon 
the  trial  docket  of  the  next  term  of  said  Court,  the  C "\ty 
to  be  plaintiff  and  all  other  parties  defendants,  and  there- 
upon if  no  objections  are  made  within  twenty  days  by 
either  party  the  same  shall  stand  confirmed  and  judg- 
Judgment.        ment  be  entered  accordingly.     But  either  or  both  parties 
Trial  may  elect  to  have  said  cause  tried  and  the  parties  then 

shall  be  at  liberty  to  file  the  ordinary  pleadings  in  a  civil 
action,  or  such  special  pleadings  as  the  court  may  order, 
and  the  issues  thus  formed  shall  be  tried  as    in    other 
Costs.  civil  cases.     The  costs  to  be  taxed  against  the  City  only 

when  the  verdict  is  for  a  larger  amount  than  was  awarded 
by  the  viewers,  or  the  cause  has  been  tried  at  the  instance 
of  said  City  for  the  purpose  of  reducing  the  amount  of 
damages,  and  the  damages  are  not  so  reduced,  otherwise 
the  costs  shall  be  taxed  against  the  owner  of  the  land. 
The  fact  that  one  called  as  juror  on  any  such  trial  is  a 
taxpayer  in  the  City  of  Tacoma,  shall  not  disqualify  him 
from  sitting  as  such  juror. 

Right  of  entry.  SEC.  197.  Upon  payment  to  the  Clerk  of  said  Su- 
perior Court  for  the  use  of  such  owner  or  owners  of  the 
amount  assessed  by  said  viewers  said  City  shall  be  enti- 
tled to  and  have  the  right,  notwithstanding  the  objec- 
tions or  appeal  of  said  owner  or  owners,  to  immediately 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  97 

•enter  upon  and  take  possession  of  said  lands,  tenements 
.and  hereditaments,  and  appropriate  them  to  the  uses  for 
which  they  have  been  condemned,  subject,  however,  to 
the  payment  of  such  further  damages  as  the  Superior 
•Court  of  said  Countv  may  order  paid  as  provided  in  the 
section  next  preceding-.  But  nothing-  herein  shall  be  con-  gjg?  Pei 
strued  to  prevent  said  City  from  appropriating1  said  lands, 
tenements  and  hereditaments  for  its  use  pending1  action 
in  the  Superior  Court  with  reg"ard  to  said  damag-es.  And 
for  the  purpose  of  preliminary  survey  and  laying*  out 
such  work  said  City  shall  have  the  rig-ht  to  enter  upon 
any  lands  at  any  time. 

SEC    198.     Said  viewers  may  cause  any  surveys  orSurve  g  and 
maps  or  plats  to  be  made  which  they  may  find  necessary  Piats. 
for  the  performance  of  their  duties  and  shall  annex  a,n\ 
such  maps  or  plats  to  their  report  and  file  the  same  there- 
with.    They  shall  each  be  entitled  to  receive  from  the 
City  three  dollars  ^er  day  for  each  day  actually  employed  compensation 
in  the  duties  of  their  said  appointment.  of  viewers. 

SEC.  199.     Either  party  may  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Appeal  to  Su- 
Court  of  the  State  as  in  other  cases,  provided,  that  if  preme  Court, 
the  owner  or  owners  of  the  land  accept  the  sum  awarded 
by  the  viewers  he  or  they  shall  thereby  waive  trial  in  the  Waiver  of 
Superior   Court  and  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court  and trial- 
final  judg-ment  and  decree  by  default  maybe  rendered  in 
the  Superior  Court  as  in  other  cases;  provided,  however, 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  said  City  Council  by  such  person  or 
persons  as  they  shall  direct  at  any  time  before  the  final 
rendering-  of  judg-ment  to  agree  with  any  of  the  parties  Agreed  dam- 
interested  as  to  the  amount  they  shall  receive  for  dam-  agres 
ag-es  or  pay  for  benefits. 

SEC.  200.  At  the  time  of  the  filing-  of  said  report  Condemnation 
with  the  Clerk  of  said  Superior  Court  or  thereafter  upon  wh( 
paying-  to  the  persons  respectively  entitled  thereto  the 
amounts  first  assessed  and  reported  by  the  viewers  as 
the  amounts  to  be  paid  to  the  owners  or  lessees,  or  per- 
sons entitled  to,  or  interested  in,  the  property  desig-ned 
to  be  appropriated,  or  upon  depositing-  said  sum  with 
said  Clerk  of  said  Court  for  the  use  of  such  persons  re- 
spectively, or  upon  paying-  to  such  persons,  or  depositing- 
with  the  clerk  as  aforesaid,  the  amounts  assessed  and 
reported  by  viewers  on  a  revisal  and  correction  of  the  re- 
port, or  assessed  by  a  jury  as  hereinbefore  provided,  as 
the  amounts  to  be  paid  to  such  persons  respectively,  all 


98  REVISED    CITY    CHARTER. 

the  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  and  premises, 
proposed  to  be  condemned  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  deemed 
so  condemned,  and  the  City  shall  become  seized  thereof; 
and  the  City  may  thereupon,  by  such  person  as  the  City 
Council  shall  order,  either  immediately,  or  at  any  time 
Right  of  entry  thereafter,  take  possession  of  the  same  or  any  part  or 
parts  thereof,  without  any  suit  or  proceeding  at  law  for 
that  purpose,  and  remove  all  buildings  or  other  impedi- 
ments as  the  City  Council  shall  direct.  But  the  City 
shall  nevertheless  in  case  such  persons  or  any  of  them 
entitled  as  aforesaid  do  not  accept  the  aforesaid  amounts 
assessed  to  them  respectively  be  subject  to  the  liability 
to  pay  such  persons  respectively  the  amounts  which  may 
be  finally  assessed  and  confirmed  to  them  for  the  taking 
of  said  lands  or  premises  as  in  this  Charter  provided. 
Decreased  SEC.  201.  If,  after  any  such  deposit-be  made  with 

damages.  the  Clerk  of  said  Court,  the  amount  of  loss  or  damage, 
assessed  as  the  sum  to  be  paid  to  any  party  interested 
in  said  condemned  property,  shall  be  decreased  by 
viewers  on  a  revisal  or  correction  of  the  report,  or  by 
the  verdict  of  a  jury,  the  difference  between  the  amount 
of  such  loss  and  damage  as  so  decreased,  and  the  amount 
so  deposited  with  the  Clerk  for  such  party,  shall  not 
thereafter  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  to  such  party,  but  shall 
be  paid  to  the  City.  Any  party,  accepting  the  sum  as- 
sessed to  him  for  damages  by  the  viewers,  shall  be  deemed 
Waiverof  trial  thereby  to  conclusively  waive  a  hearing  or  trial  of  the 
question  of  the  amount  of  loss  or  damage  sustained  by 
him  in  the  Superior  Court  with  or  without  jury  or  before 
the  Judge  thereof;  and  any  party,  accepting  such  sum 
or  the  sum  which  may  be  assessed  to  him  for  damages 
by  a  jury  in  the  Superior  Court,  shall  be  deemed  there- 
Waiver  of  by  conclusively  to  waive  an  appeal  of  the  question  of  the 
appeal.  amount  of  such  loss  or  damage  to  the  Supreme  Court. 

Condemning  SEC.  202.     The  Council  may  provide  by  ordinance 

Sdirumceby  an^  regulations  as  to  the  manner  of  condemning-  and  ap- 
propriating private  property  for  the  use  of  the  City  not 
in  conflict  with  this  article  and  may  provide  by  ordinance 
anything  convenient  and  necessary  for  the  effectual  car- 
rying out  of  the  spirit  and  intent  of  this  article. 

Condemnation;  SEC.  203.  The  City  shall  have  the  right  to  condemn 
an(^  appropriate  any  water  works,  gas  works,  electric 
plant,  street  railway,  for  the  purpose  of  managing,  op- 
erating and  controlling  the  same  by  the  City,  and  all 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  99 

such  appropriations  shall  be  made  as  provided  in  this  ar- 
ticle, except  that  before  passing*  the  resolution   provided 
for,  the  City  Council  shall  first  submit   to  the   qualified  Election  to 
electors  of  the  City  the  propoposition   so  [to]  appropri-  c°ndemn. 
ate  or  condemn  said  property,  and  if  a  majority  of  votes 
cast  be  in  favor  of  appropriation  and  not  otherwise,  such 
resolution  shall  be  passed   and  such  proceedings   taken; 
said  vote  to  be  taken  at  a  general  or  special  election. 

ARTICLE  XIX. 

VACATION    OF   STREETS. 

SEC.    201.     No    street,    highway,    avenue   or    alley  Petition, 
shall  be  vacated,  except  on   petition  to  the  City  Council, 
signed  by  residents   in  the   City  who  own  a  majority  of 
the  real  estate  within  the  block   or  blocks  in  or  through 
which   such   street,  highway  or   alley  is   proposed  to  be 
vacated.     Said  petition  shall  set  forth  the  particular  cir-  Contents  of 
cumstances   and   the  reasons   of  granting  the  same  and  petition, 
contain  a  certain  description  of  the  vacation  applied  for. 
The  petition  shall  be  filed   with  the  City  Clerk   at  least  Filing, 
twenty  days   previous   to   the  meeting  of  the  Council  at 
which  said  petition   shall   be  heard  and   determined,  and  Notice  of 
notice    of    the    filing    and    time    fixed  for  hearing  by  thehearitl£- 
Council  of  said  petition  embodying  briefly  an  intelligible 
statement    of  the    matters    therein    contained,    shall    be 
given  for   the  same  space  of   time   by  written  or  printed 
notices  posted  in   three  of   the  most  public  places  of  the 
City,  and    three    weekly  insertions  in    the  official    news- 
paper.     Such    notice  shall    be    posted   or    published    as  Expense  of 
aforesaid  at  the  expense  of  the  petitioners. 

SEC.  205.     As  amended  by  Amendment  No.    12.   See 
Ordinance  No.  1061  supra,  as  follows : 

No  street,  highway,  avenue   or   alley   or   public   grounds   shall   be 
vacated  except  for  public  purposes,  or  for  the  purpose  of   replatting  or  v 
to  aid  in  opening,  widening  or  extending  some  street,  highway,  avenue  Va-catl 
or  alley ;  provided  that  City  Council  may  in  their  discretion  and  by  the  Public  Pur- 
unanimous  vote    of   the  Council    and   on    the    approval  of   the  Mayor,  p°5 
vacate  any  street   or    alley    for   manufacturing,    railroad    and   similar 
purposes. 


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REVISED   CITY    CHARTER. 


ARTICLE  XX. 


HARBOR   AND   TIDE   LANDS. 


Streets  extend 
to  harbor  line. 


platted  cm  be 
maps. 

Plats  where 
iiled. 


Lease  of 

Sale  of  real 
estate  by6  City. 


SEC.  206.  All  streets,  avenues  or  highwa}rs  of  the 
City,  touching"  the  waters  of  Commencement  Bay  or 
Puget  Sound,  are  declared  to  extend  to  the  harbor  line, 
as  the  same  may  be  established  by  the  State,  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  City  Council  to  provide  for  defining- 
the  line  °^  sa^  streets  and  cause  all  such  streets  to  be 
platted  on  the  maps  of  the  City,  and  a  plat  showing  said 
streets  and  highways  to  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of 
State,  and  one  copy  with  the  Commissioner  of  Public 
Lands  of  the  State,  and  one  copy  to  be  delivered  to  the 
Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Harbor  L/ine  Commissioners, 
and  none  of  the  said  streets  below  mean  tide  shall  be 
sold,  leased,  or  used  for  any  purpose  except  for  wharves 
or  landing-  slips  of  water  craft. 

SEC.  207.  The  City  Council  shall  not  lease  any 
wharves  or  water  front  property,  nor  sell  any  real  estate 
belonging-  to  the  City,  until  it  shall  have  first  published 
in  the  official  newspaper  notice  of  its  intention  so  to  do, 
which  notice  shall  be  published  daily  at  least  ten  days  be- 
fore action  is  taken  thereon;  and  no  such  sale  shall  be 
valid  or  determined  until  three  months  after  all  papers 
have  been  sig-ned.  and  any  resident  owner  of  real 
estate  in  the  City,  shall  have  the  right  to  commence  in 
the  Superior  Court  of  Pierce  County,  State  of  Washing- 
ton, within  said  three  months,  proceedings  to  enjoin  said 

sale  or  lease'  and  may  show  that  said  sale  or  lease  is 
fraudulently  made,  or  contrary  to  the  best  interests  of 
the  City;  but  in  case  said  sale  or  lease  shall  be  held  to  be 
valid  and  proper,  said  person  shall  pay  all  costs  of  pro- 
ceedings; provided  that  the  City  Council  shall  neve-r*  sell 
or  dispose  of  any  wharves  or  water  front  property  be- 
longing  to  said  City,  and  shall  not  lease  the  same  for  a 
period  long-er  than  five  years  at  any  one  time. 

ARTICLE  XXI. 

MISCELLANEOUS   PROVISIONS. 

Repeal  of  for-  SEC.  208.     From  and  after  the  time  this  Charter  is 

mer  Charters,  acjOpted,  all  former  Charters  are  and  shall  be  abandoned 


Costs. 

Wharf 
property. 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  101 

and  of  no  force,  and  shall  stand  repealed;  provided  that 
all  acts  lawfully  done  by  the  City  of  Tacoma,  incorpor- 
ated by  the  act  entitled,  "  An  Act  to  incorporate  the  City  Saving  clause, 
of  Tacoma,"  approved  November  12,  1875,  or  by  the  City 
of  New  Tacoma,  incorporated  by  the  act  entitled,  "An 
Act  to  confer  a  City  Government  upon  New  Tacoma,  ap- 
proved November  5,  1881,  or  by  the  City  of  Tacoma,  in- 
corporated by  an  act  entitled,  "An  Act  to  consolidate 
the  Cities  of  Tacoma  and  New  Tacoma,  under  the  name 
4  Tacoma,'  "  approved  November  28,  1883,  or  by  the  City 
of  Tacoma,  incorporated  under  the  act  entitled,  "  An 
Act  to  incorporate  the  City  of  Tacoma  and  define  the 
powers  thereof,"  approved  February  4,  1886,  or  by  the 
officers  of  any  of  said  City  corporations,  pursuant  to  their 
said  respective  Charters,  or  any  ordinance  of  said  cities 
respectively,  and  any  and  all  ordinances  passed  by  any  of  Ratifying 
said  City  corporations  and  in  force,  or  which  have  not ei 
been  repealed  when  this  Charter  shall  go  into  effect,  and 
that  are  not  inconsistent  with  this  Charter,  or  the  laws 
of  the  State  of  Washington,  shall  be  and  remain  in  full 
force  with  [and]  effect,  as  though  the  same  were  passed 
or  done  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  under  this  Charter,  and 
shall  so  remain  until  repealed  or  rescinded. 

SEC.  209.     All  warrants  or  certificates  of  indebted- Continuance  of 
ness,  all  appropriations  of  money  to  specific  funds  or  pur-  ^®  charters^ 
poses,  all  taxes  remaining  unpaid,  all  claims  or  demands  ™ 
in  favor  of  or  due  said  City,  or  any  of  said  City  corpora- 
tions, all  franchises,  all  contracts  and  liabilities  lawfully 
made,  granted  or  incurred  by  said  corporations,  all  rights 
of  every  natnre  or  kind  vested  or  contingent  or  recog- 
nized by  any  of  said  Charters  or  the  ordinances,    resolu- 
tions  or   acts   of  any    such   cities,  and  not  inconsistent 
with  this  Charter  or  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Washing- 
ton, shall  not  be  lost,  impaired  or  discharged,   but  shall 
continue  and  be  and  remain  in  full  force  and  effect. 

SEC.  210.     All  property  of  every  name,  nature  and  Property, 
kind,  all  rights,  privileges  and  franchises  belonging  to 
the  City  of  Tacoma  by  or  under  any  former  Act  or  Char- 
ter, are  vested  and  established  in  and  remain  the  property 
of  the  City  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  211.     All  officers  of  the  City  now  in  office  shall  Officers. 
be  and  remain  in  office  after  the  adoption  of  this  Charter 
only  until  their  successors  shall  have  been  elected  or  ap- 
pointed,   and  shall  have  qualified   as    provided  by  this 


102 


REVISED   CITY    CHARTER. 


Street  im- 
provements 
etc. 


Taxes  and 

assessments. 


Forfeiture  of 
franchises. 


Claims  for 
injuries. 


Time  to  pre- 
sent. 


Bar  to  action. 


Salaries  of 
elective  officers 


Charter,  and  all  offices,  created  or  named  by  any  former 
Charters,  and  not  provided  for  in  this  Charter,  shall  be- 
come vacated  and  no  longer  exist. 

SEC.  212.  All  streets  or  other  improvements,  all 
vacations  of  streets,  alleys  or  avenues;  all  assessments 
for  improvements,  all  suits  and  actions  in  any  Court,  all 
fines  and  forfeitures,  and  all  other  matters  relating  to 
the  City  of  Tacoma,  or  Tacoma,  that  may  have  been 
begun  and  not  completed,  ended  or  closed,  shall  be  com- 
pleted according  to  the  Charter,  ordinances  and  laws  ex- 
isting prior  to  the  adoption  of  this  Charter. 

SEC.  213.  All  taxes  and  assessments,  levied  and  re- 
maining unpaid  when  this  Charter  shall  go  into  effect, 
shall  be  collected  as  provided  by  the  Charter  of  Tacoma 
existing  and  in  effect  at  the  time  said  taxes  were  levied. 

SEC.  214.  All  franchises  or  privileges  heretofore 
granted  by  this  City,  which  are  not  in  actual  use  or  en- 
joyment, or  which  the  grantees  thereof  have  not  in  good 
faith  commenced  to  exercise  at  the  time  of  the  adoption 
of  this  Charter  are  hereby  declared  forfeited  and  [of]  no 
validity,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Council  to 
carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  section  by  the  enactment 
of  ordinances  repealing  said  franchises. 

SEC.  215.  All  claims  for  injuries  to  the  person,  al- 
leged to  have  been  caused  or  sustained  by  reason  of  de- 
fects, want  of  repair,  or  obstruction  of  any  of  the  high- 
ways, streets,  alleys,  sidewalks  or  crosswalks  of  the 
City,  shall  be  presented  in  writing  to  the  City  Council 
within  thirty  days  after  such  injuries  shall  be  alleged  to 
have  been  received.  Such  writing  shall  state  the  time, 
place,  cause,  nature  and  extent  of  the  alleged  injuries  so 
far  as  practicable,  and  shall  be  verified  by  affidavit  of 
the  claimant  to  the  effect  that  the  same  is  true.  The 
omission  to  present  any  such  claim  in  the  manner  or  with- 
in the  time  in  this  section  provided,  shall  be  a  bar  to  an 
action  against  said  City  therefor. 

SEC.  216.  All  elective  officers  provided  by  the 
Charter  shall  receive  in  full  compensation  for  all  services 
of  whatsoever  kind  rendered  by  them,  the  salaries  fol- 
lowing, which  shall  be  payable  in  orders  on  the  Salary 
Fund  at  the  end  of  each  calendar  month; 

Mayor,  $1,700  per  annum. 

City  Treasurer,  $1,700  per  annum. 

City  Controller,  $1,700  per  annum. 


RPiVISED   CITY    CHARTER. 

Each  Councilman,  $300  per  annum. 

The   City   Council   shall  fix   by  ordinance   the  salary  of  all  other  Other  officers 
officers  and  employes  provided  by  this   Charter  or  that  may  be  created  and  employes, 
by  ordinance:  provided  that  said  salary  shall  never  exceed  the  amounts 
following-; 

City  Attorney,  $2400  per  annum. 

Chief  of  Police,  $1200  per  annum. 

Chief  of  Fire  Department,  $1200  per  annum.  .  Salary  limit. 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  $1700  per  annum. 

City  Engineer,  $1700  per  annum. 

Any  other  of  ficer  or  agent,  $1200  per  annum. 

(As  amended  by  Amendment  No.  9.  See  Ordinance 
No.  1061  supra.) 

SEC.   217.     The  City  may  regulate  and  provide  the 
manner  in  which  additions  to   the   City  shall   be  subdi- 
vided,  laid  out  and   platted,   and   may  cause  an  official  Official  map. 
map  of  the  City  to  be  made  and  kept  for  public  inspec- 
tion, which  map,  certified  by  the  City  Engineer,  shall  be 
prim  a  facie  evidence  that  the  lines  as  they  appear  are 
correct;  and  all  surveys  made  by  the  City  Engineer  at 
the  instance  and  expense  of  the  City  or  private  parties  Official 
shall  be  official  surveys,  and  a  minute  thereof  shall  be  surveys- 
kept   by   the   City  Engineer  as  a  part    of  his  official  re- Official  records 
cords,  and  shall   be  prima  facie  evidence  of   their  own 
correctness;  and   the  City   shall    have   power  to  prevent 
the  sale  of  any  real  property  not  subdivided  as  aforesaid, 
and  a  plat  whereof  is  not  made  and  filed  as  herein  pro- 
vided,  and  to  compel   the  establishment  and  maintenance 
of  monuments,  anid  to  pass  any  and  all  ordinances  neces-  Monuments, 
sary  or  expedient  for  carrying"  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section  into  effect,  and  to  fine  or  imprison,  or  both, 
for  a  violation  thereof,  and  when  the  boundary  or  exist- 
ence of  any  public  street,  alley,  square  or  easement  is  in 
doubt,   and  the   land  claimed    by  a    private   party,    the  Disputed -land. 
City  may  file  a  bill  in    equity  to    determine    the    right 
thereto. 

SEC.   218.     When  water  is  supplied   by  any   person  Water  rates, 
or  corporation  to  said  City  or  to  any  department,  it  shall 
not  be  paid  for  at  more  than  the  rate  established  by  the 
City  Council. 

SEC.  219.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  City  of  Tacoma 
shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  January  and  end  on  the 
thirty-first  day  of  December  of  each  year; 

Provided,  that  the  commencement  of  the  first  fiscal  year   after  the 
adoption  of  this  amendment  shall  be  January  1st,  1897. 


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REVISED   CITY   CHARTER. 


Planting  and 
preservation 
of  trees. 


Compensation. 

Ferriage. 


(As  amended  by  Amendment  No.  4.     See  Ordinance 
No.  1061  supra.) 

Presumption  SEC.   220.     In  any  action,  suit  or  proceedings  in  any 

of  regularity.  Court  concerning  a  charge  or  lien  upon  property  or  levy 
of  taxes  or  assessments,  authorized  by  this  Charter  or 
the  collection  of  any  such  taxes  or  assessments  or  pro- 
ceedings thereon,  such  charge,  levy,  consequent  proceed- 
ings, and  all  proceedings  connected  therewith,  shall  be 
presumed  to  be  regular  and  duly  done,  or  taken  until  the 
contrary  is  shown. 

SEC.  221.  The  City  Council,  under  such  regulations 
as  they  may  adopt,  must  encourage  the  planting  and  pre- 
servation of  shade  and  ornamental  trees  on  such  streets 
and  highways  as  they  may  designate,  and  on  and  about 
the  City  parks,  public  grounds  and  buildings  of  the  City; 
and  may  pay  to  persons  planting  and  cultivating  the 
same,  for  every  living  tree  thus  planted,  at  the  age  of 
four  years,  such  sum  or  compensation  as  may  be  deemed 
just  and  proper. 

SEC.  222.  All  rights  of  ferriage  on  the  waters  of 
Commencement  Bay  or  of  Puget  Sound  within  the  limits 
of  this  City  shall  be  reserved  for  the  benefit  of  the  City, 
and  the  City  Council  shall  not  grant  nor  convey,  except 
by  lease,  any  franchise  or  special  privilege  for  the  pur- 
pose of  operating  ferries  on  the  waters  above  named. 
Amendments.  SEC.  223.  Whenever  the  City  Council  shall  deem 

any  amendment  to  this  Charter  necessary  or  expedient  it 
shall  pass  a  resolution  declaring   its  intention  to  offer  to 
the  qualified  voters  of    the  City  such  amendment,   and 
shall  cause  such  proposed  amendment  or  amendments  to 
Publication  of  be  published  in  full  in  the  official  newspaper  for  thirty 
amendments.    davs,  and  shall  thereafter  and  within  thirty  days   from 
the  last  date  of  said  publication  again  vote    upon   said 
amendment  or  amendments,  and   if    at  said  last  named 
Two-thirds       time  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  City  Council  shall 
vote  to  submit  vote  in   favor  of  said  amendment  or  amendments,    they 
shall  cause  the  same  to  be  submitted  to  the  qualified  elec- 
tors of  the  City  at  the  next  general  City  election  for  ap- 
proval or  rejection. 

SEC.  224.  The  tickets  to  be  voted  at  said  election 
shall  contain  the  words  "For  Amendment,"  "Against 
Amendment."  Provided,  if  more  than  one  amendment 
is  to  be  voted  upon  the  same  shall  be  numbered, 
and  said  tickets  shall  have  printed  thereon,  "  For 


amendments. 


Ballots. 


REVISED    CITY   CHARTER.  105 

Amendment  No.  1,"  "  Against  Amendment  No.  1," 
"For  Amendment  No.  2,"  "Against  Amendment  No. 
2,"  and  so  continue  for  all  amendments  offered  to  be 
voted  upon. 

SEC.  225.     If  at  said  election  a  majority  of  the  votes  Majority  of 
cast  be  for  said   amendment   the   same   shall  within  ten v< 
days  thereafter  become  a  part  of  the  City  Charter,  or  if 
for  any  one  of  said  amendments  the  same  shall  be  a  part 
of  the"City  Charter. 


FINAL  CERTIFICATE. 

STATE  OP  WASHINGTON,  i 
COUNTY  OF  PIERCE,       >  ss. 
CITY  OF  TACOMA.  ) 

Be  it  known,  that  the  qualified  electors  of  the  City 
of  Tacoma,  in  said  County  and  State,  (said  City  then 
and  there  containing"  a  population  of  more  than  twenty 
thousand  inhabitants),  on  the  Tenth  day  of  June,  A.  D. 
1890,  at  an  election  duly  held  in  said  City  under  the  pro- 
visions of  an  ordinance  duly  enacted  as  authorized  by 
law  by  the  legislative  authority  of  said  City,  and  under 
and  in  accordance  with  Section  10,  Article  11,  of  the 
Constitution  of  this  State,  and  an  Act  of  the  Legisla- 
ture of  the  State  of  Washing-ton,  approved  March  24th, 
A.  D.  1890,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  g-overn- 
ment  of  Cities  having-  a  population  of  twenty  thousand 
or  more  inhabitants,  and  declaring"  an  emerg-ency  to 
exist,"  did  elect  the  undersig-ned,  being-  fifteen  free- 
holders, who  severally  have  been  residents  of  said  City 
for  the  period  of  at  least  two  years  preceding*  the  said 
Tenth  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1890,  and  also  qualified  electors 
therein,  as  a  Board  of  Fifteen  Freeholders,  to  prepare 
and  frame  a  Charter  for  said  City  of  Tacoma;  and  we, 
the  undersig-ned,  being-  the  said  fifteen  freeholders,  do 
hereby  certify  that  we  convened  for  said  purpose  as  such 
freeholders,  within  ten  days  after  the  said  election,  and 
proceeded  to  and  did  frame  such  Charter,  and,  having- 
prepared,  framed  and  agreed  upon  the  same,  we  do  now 
propose  and  submit  to  the  legislative  authority  of  said 


106  REVISED    CITY    CHARTER. 

City,    the  foregoing-  as    a  Charter  for  said  City   of  Ta- 
coma. 

In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands 
this  22  day  of  August,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  ninety. 
Thomas  Carroll.  J.  C.  Weatherred. 

Louis  D.  Campbell.  John  M.  Steele. 

Wm.  J.  Meade.  M.  M.  Taylor. 

F.  T.  Olds.  J.   H.  Houghton,  President. 

C.  A.  Hasbrouck.  W.  H.  Snell. 

George  O.  Kelly.  J.  D.  Caughran. 

Theodore  Huggins.  H.  O.  Geiger. 

W.  C.  Sharpstein. 
A.  R.  Heilig,  Secretary. 


MAYOR'S  CERTIFICATE. 

I,  STUART  RICE,  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Tacoma,  do 
^  certify,  that  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 
provisions  of  Section  ten  of  Article  11,  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, and  of  Chapter ....  , .  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Washington,  the  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  duly 
caused  a  special  election  to  be  held  on  the  10th  day  of 
June,  A.  D.  1890,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  fifteen 
freeholders  to  prepare  a  Charter  for  the  City  of  Tacoma; 
that  due  notice  of  such  election  was  given  in  the  manner 
provided  by  law,  that  on  the  10th  day  of  June  1890,  said 
election  was  held,  and  the  votes  cast  thereat  were 
duly  canvassed  by  the  legislative  authority  of  said 
City,  and  the  following  named  persons  were  de- 
clared duly  elected  to  prepare  and  propose  a  Charter  for 
said  City,~  to-wit:  W.  J.  Meade,  J.  M.  Steele,  M.  M. 
Taylor,  J.  H.  Houghton,  George  O.  Kelly,  J.  D.  Caugh- 
ran,  J.  C.  Weatherred,  H.  O.  Geiger,  Thomas  Carroll, 
W.  H.  Snell,  W.  C.  Sharpstein,  L.  D.  Campbell,  C.  A. 
Hasbrouck,  Theodore  Huggins,  F.  T.  Olds;  that  there- 
after, to-wit:  On  the  23d  day  of  August  1890,  said  Board 
of  Freeholders  duly  returned  a  proposed  Charter  for  the 
City  of  Tacoma,  signed  by  the  following  members  there- 
of, to-wit:  Thomas  Carroll,  Louis  D.  Campbell,  Wm.  J. 
Meade,  F.  T.  Olds,  C.  A.  Hasbrouck,  George  O.  Kelly, 
Theodore  Huggins,  J.  C.  Weatherred,  John  M.  Steele, 
M.  M.  Taylor,  J.  H.  Houghton,  President,  W.  H.  Snell, 


REVISED   CITY   CHARTER.  107 

J.  D.  Caug-hran,  H.  O.  Geig-er,  W.  C.  Sharpstein;  that 
thereafter  such  proposed  Charter  was  duly  published  in 
two  daily  newspapers  in  said  Cit}%  and  of  general  circu- 
lation therein;  to-wit:  for  a  period  of  thirty  days;  said 
publication  in  each  of  said  papers  commencing-  on  the 
29th  day  of  Aug-ust,  1890;  that  thereafter  on  the  18th  day 
of  October,  1890,  at  a  special  election  duly  called  by  the 
legislative  authority  of  said  City,  the  proposed  Charter 
was  submitted  to  the  qualified  electors  thereof,  and  the 
returns  of  such  election  were  duly  canvassed  by  the  leg-- 
islative  authority  thereof,  at  a  meeting-  held  on  the  25th 
day  of  October  1890,  and  the  result  of  said  election  was 
found  to  be  as  follows:  for  said  proposed  Charter  2723 
votes;  ag-ainst  said  proposed  Charter  726  votes;  majority 
for  said  proposed  Charter  1997  votes;  whereupon  said 
Charter  was  declared  duly  ratified  by  a  majority  of  the 
qualified  electors  voting-  at  said  election.  And  I  further 
certifv  *-*~->J  t'._  foreg-oing-  is  a  full,  true,  and  complete 
cop)  oi  the  proposed  Ch^tc1  so  voted  upon  and  ratified 
as  aforesaid. 

In  testimony  whereof,  I  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affix  the  corporate  seal  of  said  City,  at  my  office  this 
third  day  of  November  1890. 

STUART  RICE, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Tacoma. 
Attest: 
CHARLES  E.  HILL, 

Clerk  of  the  City  of  Tacoma. 

[L.  S.] 

Recorded  in  Charter  Book,  pag*e  1,  etc. 


MISCELLANEOUS   AMENDMENTS  TO 
THE  REVISED  CHARTER. 


See  Ordinances  Nos.  1861  (1-21)  and  1272  (22-23). 


AMENDMENT  NO.  1. 

OFFICERS,    TERMS,    ELECTION,    DEPUTIES. 

Section  1.  See  Section  1,  Amendment  No.  23. 

Section  2.  See  Section  8  of  the  Revised  Charter. 

Section  3.  See  Section  11  of  the  Revised  Charter. 

Section  4.  See  Sections  97  and  98  of  the  Revised  Char- 
ter. 

Section  5.     See  Section  53  of  the  Revised  Charter. 
AMENDMENT  NO.  II. 

OFFICIAL    BONDS. 

See  Section  31  of  the  Revised  Charter. 
AMENDMENT  NO.  III. 

COMMISSIONER    OF    PUBLIC    WORKS. 

See  Section  122  of  the  Revised  Charter. 
AMENDMENT  NO.  IV. 

REVENUE. 

See  Section  219  of  the  Revised  Charter. 


AMENDMENTS   TO    REVISED    CHARTER.  1091 

AMENDMENT  NO.  V. 

REVENUE. 

No  funds  or  money  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  shall   ever  he  N°  funds  in- 
vested in 
warrants. 


invested  in  City  orders  or  warrants. 


AMENDMENT  NO.  VI. 

REVENUE. 

See  Sections  94  and  103  of  the  Revised  Charter. 
AMENDMENT  NO.  VII. 

REVENUE. 

See  Section  96  of  the  Revised  Charter. 
AMENDMENT  NO.   VIII. 

REVENUE. 

See  Section  81  of  the  Revised  Charter. 
AMENDMENT  NO.  IX. 

SALARIES. 

See  Sections  58  and  216  of  the  Revised  Charter. 
AMENDMENT  NO.    X. 

LIBRARY   TAX. 

The  City  of  Tacoma  shall   provide    in     the    ordinance  Library  lax< 
levying  the  tax  for  any  year,  for  the   levy  and   collection  of 
an  additional  tax  of  one  sixth   of  one   mill   for  the  mainte- 
nance of  the  Public  Library. 

AMENDMENT  NO.   XI. 

PARK    TAX. 

The  City  of  Taeoma  shall  provide  in  the  ordinance  levy-  Park  tax. 
ing  the  tax  for  any  year  fur  the  levy  and  collection  of  an  ad- 
ditional tax  of  one-sixth  of  one  mill  for   the   maintenance  of 
Parks. 


110 


AMENDMENTS   TO    REVISED   CHARTER. 


AMENDMENT    NO.  XII. 

VACATION   OF   STREETS   AND   ALLEYS. 

See  Section  205  of  Revised  Charter. 


Franchises  for 
Power,  Heat 
and  Light. 

Kates. 

Control  of 
wires. 


Poles. 


Car  tracks  over 
bridges. 
Franchises- 
prohibited. 


Limitation  of 
Franchise. 


Assignment  of 
Franchise. 


No  exclusive 
Franchise. 


AMENDMENT  NO.   XIII. 

FRANCHISES. 

The  City  of  Tacoma  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to 
grant  franchises  for  the  transmission  of  power,  heat,  gas,  elec- 
tricity and  all  other  forms  of  force,  heat  or  light;  to  fix  the 
rates  to  be  charged  by  all  persons  within  the  City  furnishing 
power,  heat,  gas,  electricity,  telephone  service  and  all  other 
similar  services;  to  prohibit  the  stringing  of  wires  for  elec- 
trical purposes  over  and  above  or  under  the  streets  or  alleys 
of  the  City  of  Tacoma;  to  require  all  electric  wires  and  ap- 
paratus to  be  placed  underground  in  a  safe  and  proper  man- 
ner, and  to  require  any  and  all  poles  erected  for  electrical  or 
other  purposes  within  the  City  of  Tacoma  to  be  removed;  to 
lay  down,  own,  manage  and  charge  trackage  for  the  use  of 
street  car  tracks  over  any  bridge  or  bridges  or  any  other  pub- 
lic place  in  the  City  of  Tacoma;  provided  that  no  franchise 
shall  ever  be  granted  to  any  person  or  corporation  to  locate 
construct  or  operate  a  railroad  or  street  railroad  ©ver  any 
bridge  or  the  approaches  thereto  now  constructed  or  that 
may  be  hereafter  constructed  across  the  waters  of  Com- 
mencement Bay  or  any  arm  thereof  at  South  9th  street, 
South  llth  street,  South  13th  street  and  South  15th 
street  in  the  City  of  Tacoma,  or  between  any  of  said  streets; 
provided  further,  that  when  any  person  or  corporation  hold- 
ing a  franchise  for  the  locating,  constructing  or  operating  of  a 
railroad  over  a  portion  of  any  street,  and  said  franchise  has 
not  expired,  shall  subsequently  apply  for  a  franchise  to  lo- 
cate, construct  or  operate  a  railroad  on  any  other  portion  of 
the  same  street  or  upon  any  other  street  in  connection  there- 
with, said  second  franchise  shall  only  be  granted  for  the  un- 
expired  term  of  the  first  franchise;  and  provided  further, 
that  no  franchise  herebefore  or  hereafter  granted  by  the  City 
of  Tacoma  shall  be  assigned  by  the  person  receiving  the 
same  without  the  consent  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  given  by 
ordinance,  and,  provided  further,  that  the  City  of  Tacoma 
shall  not  in  any  case  grant  any  exclusive  franchise  or  mon- 
opoly to  any  person  or  corporation. 


AMENDMENTS   TO    REVISED   CHARTER. 

AMENDMENT  NO.  XIV. 

FRANCHISES. 

The  legislative  power  of  the  City  is  forever  prohibited  Water  and 
from  granting  to  any  person  or  corporation  whatever,  a  fran-  Jh^es  *when 
chise,  privilege  or   right  to   sell   or  supply  water  or  electric  prohibited, 
lights  within  the  City  of  Tacoma,  to  the  City  or  any  of  its  in- 
habitants as  long  as  the  City  owns  a  plant  or  plants  for  that 
purpose,  and  is   engaged   in   the  public   duty  of  supplying 
water  or  light ;    except  that  the  City  Council   may  grant  a  Exception, 
franchise  to  supply  water  or   electric  light  to  any  section   or 
part  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  not  supplied  or  furnished  by  the 
City  water   or   light  plant,  to    cease    and  determine  at   such 
time  as  the  City  of  Tacoma  shall  furnish    and  provide  water 
and  light  in  said  section  or  part  of  the  City. 

AMENDMENT  NO.  XV. 

FRANCHISES. 

No  franchise  shall  ever  be  granted  to  any  person  or 
corporation  except  upon  proper  compensation  to  the  City  by 
way  of  a  payment  into  the  City  treasury  of  a  percentage  of 
its  gross  receipts;  the  percentage  to  be  paid  to  the  City  shall 
in  no  case  be  less  than  one  per  cent,  per  annum  of  the  gross 
receipts,  and  the  legislative  power  of  the  City  shall  make  pro- 
vision by  ordinance  for  ascertaining  accurately  what  the 
actual  gross  receipts  of  any  such  person  or  corporation  may 
be  per  annum;  provided  that  this  shall  not  apply  to  rail- 
roads except  street  railroads. 

AMENDMENT  NO.  XVI. 

CHINESE. 

That  the  City  of  Tacoma  shall  never  employ  Chinese  or  Chinese 
Coolie  labor  in  any  capacity  whatsoever.  prohibited. 

AMENDMENT  NO.   XVII. 

CONTROLLER — MONTHLY    STATEMENT. 

See  Section  104  of  the  Revised  Charter. 


AMKNDMKNTS   TO   REVISED   CHARTER. 

AMENDMENT  NO.  XVIII. 
TREASURER. 

Section  1.     See  Section  95  of  the  Revised  Charter. 
Section  2.     See   Sections  92  and    95    of    the    Revised 
Charter. 

AMENDMENT  NO.   XIX. 

CIVIL    SERVICE. 

Repealed  by  Amendment  No.  22. 

AMENDMENT   NO.   XX. 

STREET   IMPROVEMENTS. 

See  Section  135  of  the  Revised  Charter. 
AMENDMENT  NO.  XXI. 

LEVY   OF    TAXES. 

See  Section  52  (2)  of  the  Revised  Charter. 

AMENDMENT  NO.    XXII. 
Repeals  Amendment  No.  19. 


AMENDMENT   NO.  XXIII. 

See  Sections  6,  133,  172,   182 
Charter. 
Section  2.     See  Section  7  of  the  Revised  Charter. 


Section  1.     See  Sections  6,  133,  172,   182,   183   and   189 
of  the  Revised  Charter. 


TITLE  OF  ACTS  OF  THE  LEGISLATURES 


Of  the  State  of  Washington  for  the  Years  1893,  1895  and 
1897  Relating;  to  Cities  of  the  First  Class. 


LAWS  OF  1893. 


CHAPTER  58,  PAGE  108. 


AUTHORIZING     THE     FUNDING   OF     INDEBTEDNESS     IN    CASES   OF 
CONSOLIDATION   OF    CITIES   OR    TOWNS, 

An  Act  authorizing  cities  and  towns,  in  cases  where  any 
such  city  or  town  has  been  or  may  hereafter  be  formed  by 
the  consolidation  of  two  or  more  former  cities  or  towns,  or 
has  annexed,  or  may  hereafter  annex,  any  new  territory,  and 
where  the  corporate  authorities  of  either  such  former  city  or 
town,  or  of  such  city  or  town  prior  to  such  annexation,  at- 
tempted to  incur  indebtedness  on  its  part  in  excess  of  their 
legal  authority,  to  submit  to  the  voters  of  such  consolidated 
or  existing  city  or  town,  propositions  to  fund  indebtedness 
thereof  by  the  issuing  of  bonds  therefor,  at  the  same  election 
at  which  said  previous  attempted  incurring  of  such  indebt- 
edness or  any  [part]  thereof,  on  the  part  of  either  such  for- 
mer city  or  town,  or  of  such  city  or  town  prior  to  such  an- 
nexation, may  be  ratified,  or  at  a  separate  election,  and  de- 
claring an  emergency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  23,  Sections  1222-1224. 


114  AMENDMENTS   TO    REVISED   CHAKTEK. 


CHAPTER  84,  PAGE  189. 

CITIES   OF   THE    FIRST    CLASS   TO   EXERCISE    RIGHT   OF    EMINENT 

DOMAIN. 

An  Act  to  enable  cities  of  the  first  class  to  exercise  the 
right  of  eminent  domain  for  the  taking  and  damaging  of 
land  and  property  for  public  purposes,  providing  a  method 
for  making  compensation  therefor,  and  providing  for  spe- 
cial assessments  in  certain  cases  upon  property  benefited, 
and  declaring  an  emergency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  7,  Sections  775-827. 


CHAPTER  95,  PA.GE  226. 

PROVIDING   FOR    RE-ASSESSMENT   OF    COSTS   OF   LOCAL    IMPROVE- 
MENTS  IN    CITIES    AND   TOWNS. 

An  Act  relating  to  and  authorizing  the  collection  of  as- 
sessments for  local  improvements  by  a  new  assessment  or  re- 
assessment of  the  cost  and  expense  of  making  same  in  cities 
and  towns,  and  declaring  an  emergency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  19,  Article  3,  Sections  1139- 
1149. 


CHAPTER  96,  PAGE  231. 

BONDS   TO    BE   ISSUED    FOR    INTERNAL  IMPROVEMENTS    IN  CITIES 

AND    TOWNS. 

An  Act  relating  to  internal  improvements  in  cities, 
authorizing  the  issuance  and  collection  of  bonds  upon  the 
property  benefited  by  local  improvements,  and  declaring  an 
emergency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1, -Title  7,  Chapter  20,  Sections  1185-1189, 


TITLES   OF   ACTS   OF   THE   LEGISLATURE.  115 

NOTE — This  Act  in  no  way  repeals  or  modifies  "  any  ex- 
isting manner  or  method  for  cities  of  the  first  class  to  make 
improvements,"  (See  Revised  Charter,  Article  12)  "  but  shall 
be  construed  as  an  additional  and  concurrent  power  and 
authority."  See  Sec.  4  of  Act  and  Sec.  1188  of  Code. 


LAWS  OF   1895- 

CHAPTER  13,  PAGE  18. 

PROVIDING    FOR    CHANGE    OF    PLAN     FOR   SUPPLYING   WATER    TO 
CITIES   OF   THE    FIRST   CLASS. 

An  Act  providing  a  method  for  making  changes  in  any 
adopted  plan,  system  or  extension  for  supplying  water  to 
cities  of  the  first  class,  and  providing  for  an  emergency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washington, 
>1.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  8,  Sections  835-837. 


CHAPTER  27,  PAGE  42. 

VHORIZING    CITIES    OF     THE    FIRST     CLASS    TO    AMEND    THEIR 
CHARTERS. 

An  Act  to  authorize  cities  of  the  first  class  to  alter, 
change,  revise,  add  to  or  repeal  their  respective  charters. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  6,  Sections  763-768. 


CHAPTER  28,  P'AGE  44, 

TO   VALIDATE    CERTAIN    INDEBTEDNESS, 

An  Act  to  enable  counties,  cities  and  towns  to  validate 
jrtain  warrants  and  other  obligations  and  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness on  the  part  of  such  counties,  cities  and  towns 
issued  by  the  corporate  authorities  thereof  in  excess  of  their 
legal  authority,  and  declaring  an  emergency  to  exist. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washington, 
Vol.  1,  Title  12,  Chapter  7,  Sections  1880-1883. 


TITLES   OF   ACTS   OF   THE   LEGISLATURE. 

CHAPTER  44,  PAGE  67. 

RELATING     TO     PAYMENT     OF     TAXES     DUE   IN     1893    AND    1894, 

An  Act  relating  to  penalty  and  interest  on  state, 
county  and  municipal  taxes  which  became  due  and  payable 
in  the  years  1893  and  1894,  and  declaring  an  emergency. 

See  for  1895,  etc.,  Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and 
Statutes  of  Washington,  Vol.  1,  Title  11,  Chapter  1,  Sec- 
tion  1771. 

CHAPTER  114,  PAGE  270. 

LIMITATION  OF  TIME  FOR  COMMENCEMENT  OF  ACTIONS  FOR 
COLLECTION  OF  SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT  FOR  LOCAL  IM- 
PROVEMENTS. 

An  Act  prescribing  the  time  within  which  actions  may 
be  brought  by  municipal  corporations  for  the  collection  of 
special  assessment  for  local  improvements. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  19,  Article  4,  Section  1150. 

CHAPTER  116,  PAGE  297. 

TEMPORARY     FUNDS     FOR     CURRENT     EXPENSES     OF     COUNTIES 

CITIES,    ETC. 

An  Act  to  authorize  counties,  cities,  towns  and  school 
districts  to  provide  temporary  funds  for  current  expenses,  in 
anticipation  of  revenue. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washington, 
Vol.  1,  Title  12,  Chapter  9,  Sections  1898-1908. 

CHAPTER  152,  PAGE  379. 

RELATING  TO  PAYMENT  OF  WARRANTS. 

An  Act  prescribing  the  duties  of  county  treasurers  and 


TITI.KS    OK    ACTS    OF    THE    LK(  I  ISLATl'  KK.  Il7 

treasurers  of  municipalities  in  regard  to  the  payment  of  war- 
rants, and  providing  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washington, 
Vol.  1,  Title  5,  Chapter  8,  Sections  437-438. 


CHAPTER  155,  PAGE  384.  t 

RELATING    TO    REPAIRS    AND    RENEWAL   OF   SIDEWALKS. 

An  Act  relating  to  maintence,  repairs  and  renewal  of 
sidewalks  in  cities  of  the  first,  second  or  third  class,  and  pro- 
viding for  pavement  [payment]  therefor  by  the  owners  of 
abutting  property,  and  declaring  an  emergency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  11,  Sections  975-976. 

CHAPTER  170,  PAGE  465, 

AUTHORIZING    COUNTIES,    CITIES    AND   TOWNS    TO     ISSUE     BONDS 
TO    FUND    OUTSTANDING    INDEBTEDNESS. 

An  Act  to  authorize  counties,  cities  and  towns  to  issue 
bonds  to  fund  their  outstanding  indebtedness,  and  to  provide 
for  the  levy  and  collection  of  a  specific  tax  to  pay  the  prin- 
cipal and  interest  on  such  bonds,  and  declaring  an  emerg- 
ency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  12,  Chapter  8,  Sections  1890-1895. 


LAWS    OF    1897. 

CHAPTER  51,  PAGE  77. 

RELATING     TO     THE     FORECLOSURE     OF    LIENS    FOR     LOCAL     IM- 
PROVEMENTS. 

An  Act  providing  for  the  sale  of  real  property  to  fore- 


118  TITLES  OF  ACTS  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE^ 

close  liens  created  for  local  improvements  in  cities  of  the  first 
class,  declaring  that  such  liens  shall  be  a  first  lien,  prohibit- 
ing vexatious  litigation,  providing  for  the  confirmation  of 
assessment  rolls,  the  redemption  from  sale,  and  declaring  an 
emergency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  I,  Title  7,  Chapter  19,  Article  2,  Sections  1120- 
1136. 


CHAPTER  62,  PAGE  97. 

IN   RELATION    TO   DISPOSING   OF   PERTAIN    PRODUCTS, 

An  Act  to  permit  farmers,  gardners  and  manufacturers 
to  dispose  of  the  product  of  their  labor. 

CHAPTER  80,  PAGE  210. 

RELATING   TO    HOUSE    DRAINAGE    AND    PLUMBING. 

An  Act  to  regulate  the  sanitary  construction  of  house 
drainage  and  plumbing  in  cities  of  the  first  class. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Wash  ing- 
ton,  Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  24,  Article  2,  Sections  1247- 
1254. 

CHAPTER  93,  PAGE  266. 

RELATING   TO  ROADS,   CYCLE    PATHS  AND    WALKS. 

An  Act  authorizing  the  acquiring,  receiving,  condemna- 
tion, laying  out,  grading  and  improvement  of  boulevards  or 
composite  highways  and  walks,  cycle  paths  and  parks  in  con- 
nection therewith,  by  cities  of  the  first  class,  and  by  counties 
where  the  said  boulevard  or  highway  and  the  walks,  cycle 
paths  and  parks  extend  beyond  the  limits  of  such  cities  of 
the  first  class;  and  to  provide  for  levying  upon  the  property 
benefited  thereby,  and  collecting  special  assessments  to  pay 
therefor,  and  for  the  issuance  of  bonds,  payable  in  ten  annual 
installments  with  interest,  to  provide  meansf  or  carrying  out 
said  work. 


OF  ACTS   OF  THE   LEGISLATURE.  119 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  21,  Chapter  4,  Article  10,  Sections  3891- 
3915. 


CHAPTER  110,  PAGE  316. 

SLATING   TO   STREET   IMPROVEMENTS  IN    CITIES   OF   THE  FIRST 

CLASS. 

Ail  Act  providing  for  the  assessment  and  collection  of 
the  cost  of  improving  street  intersections  forming  a  part  of 
any  local  improvement  in  any  city  of  the  first  class,  upon  the 
property  included  in  the  district  established  for  the  payment 
of  the  cost  of  such  local  improvement,  and  declaring  an 
emergency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  19,  Article  1,  Sections  1117, 
1118. 


CHAPTER  111,  PAGE  317. 

RELATING   TO    ASSESSMENTS   FOR    LOCAL   IMPROVEMENTS. 

An  Act  in  relation  to  assessments  for  local  improve- 
ments, providing  for  the  enforcement  thereof  and  the  re- 
funding of  warrants  issued  therefor. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  19,  Article  5,  Sections  1152- 
1181. 

CHAPTER  112,   PAGE  326. 

RELATING   TO    PUBLIC   WORKS   IN    CITIES   AND   TOWNS. 

An  Act  authorizing  cities  and  towns  to  construct,  con- 
demn and  purchase,  purchase,  acquire,  add  to,  maintain,  con- 
duct and  operate  water  works,  systems  of  sewerage,  works  for 
lighting,  heating,  fuel  and  power  purposes,  cable,  electric 
and  other  railways,  with  all  land  and  property  required 
therefor,  providing  for  payment  therefor,  repealing  an  act 


120  TITLES   OF  ACTS   OF   THE   LEGISLATURE. 

entitled  "An  act  relating  to  and  authorizing  cities  and  towns 
to  purchase,  construct  and  maintain  water  works,  systems  of 
sewerage,  gas  and  electric  light  plants  and  to  issue  bonds  to 
pay  therefore,  and  declaring  an  emergency,"  approved  Feb- 
ruary 10th,  1893,  and  declaring  an  emergency. 

Ballinger's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes   of  Washing- 
ton, Vol.  1,  Title  7,  Chapter  16,  Sections,  1076-1079. 


TITLES  OF  SPECIAL  ORDINANCES. 


158.  April  4,  1887.  An  ordinance  to  provide  for  num- 
bering buildings  on  the  streets  and  avenues  in  the  City  of 
Tacoma.  (See  ordinances  Nos.  753  and  774.) 

329.  June  23,  1890.     An   ordinance  levying  the  road 
poll  tax  for  the  year  1890. 

330.  June  23,  1890.     An   ordinance   levying   a  special 
tax  for  the  maintenance  of  the  Fire  Department  and  lighting 
the  streets  in  the  City  of  Tacoma  for  the  year  1890. 

331.  June  23,  1890.     An  ordinance  levying  the  annual 
tax   for   general    municipal    purposes  and  the  annual   road 
property  tax  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  for  the  year  1890. 

379.  Nov.  24,  1890.  An  ordinance  substituting  the 
name  of  Sixth  avenue  for  streets  known  as  South  Sixth 
street,  Prescott  avenue  and  Bell  street. 

386.  Jan-  10,  1890.  An  ordinance  to  provide  for  call- 
ing a  special  election  for  the  purpose  of  submitting  to  the 
legal  voters  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  the  question  whether  said 
City  shall  borrow  money  for  the  purpose  of  funding  its  ex- 
isting indebtedness  and  for  building  a  City  Hall  and  issue 
its  negotiable  bonds  therefor. 

388.  Jan.  26,  1891.  An  ordinance  substituting  the 
name  of  Twelfth  street  for  those  streets  designated  as  Del 
Norte  avenue,  Wayne  street  and  Eleventh  street. 

395.  March  2,  1891.     An  ordinance  to  provide  for  bor- 
rowing three  hundred  and   fifty  thousand  dollars  ($350,000) 
with    which    to    fund    outstanding    City    indebtedness    and 
authorizing  the   issuance   of  the  negotiable  coupon  bonds  of 
the  City  therefor. 

396.  March  2,  1891.     An  ordinance  to  provide  for  bor- 
rowing two  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($200,000)  with  which 
to  build  a   City  Hall   in  and   for  the   City  of  Tacoma,  Wash- 
ington, and  authorizing    the   issuance   of   negotiable  coupon 
bonds  therefor. 

411.  April  4,  1891.  An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the 
transfer  of  certain  indebtedness  from  the  Road  and  Sewer 
Funds  to  the  General  Fund. 


TITLES  OF  SPECIAL  ORDINANCES. 

416.  April  13,  1891.  An  ordinance  appropriating  a 
portion  of  the  fund  received  for  liquor  licenses  in  the  City 
of  Tacoma  to  the  Park  Fund. 

436.  May  S,  1891.  An  ordinance  levying  the  annual 
taxes  for  general  municipal  purposes  of  the  City  of  Tacoma 
for  the  year  1891. 

573.  Dec.  31,  1891.  An  ordinance  to  vacate  the  dedi- 
cation to  the  public  of  the  streets,  passages  and  alleys  as 
laid  down  on  the  plat  of  Oakwood  cemetery,  etc.  (See  ordi- 
nance.) 

648.  May  18,  1892.  An  ordinance  levying  the  annual 
taxes  for  general  municipal  purposes  of  the  City  of  Tacoma 
for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-two. 

753.  Oct.    26,    1892.     An    ordinance   to     provide     for 
numbering  buildings    in   the    City    of  Taeorna.     (See    ordi- 
nances Nos.  158  and  774.) 

754.  Oct.  26,  1892.     An  ordinance  to  provide  for  chang- 
ing the  names  of  certain  streets  in  the  City  of  Tacoma.     (See 
ordinances  No.  782  and  No.  792.) 

774.  Dec.  19,  1892.  An  ordinance  to  provide  for 
numbering  buildings  in  certain  parts  of  the  City  of  Ta- 
coma. (See  ordinances  Nos.  158  and  753.) 

782.  Jan.  16,  1893.  An  ordinance  to  provide  for  chang- 
ing the  names  of  certain  streets  in  the  City  of  Tacoma.  (See 
ordinances  No.  754  and  No.  792.) 

788.  Feb.  13,  1893.  An  ordinance  disclaiming  all 
right,  title  and  interest  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  to  and  in  cer- 
tain property.  (The  same  being  on  So.  llth  St.,  6th  Ave., 
No.  8th  St.,  Tac.  Ave.,  etc.) 

792.  March  13,  1893.  An  ordinance  to  provide  for 
changing  the  names  of  certain  streets  in  the  City  of  Tacoma. 
(See  ordinances  Nos.  754  and  782.) 

801.  March  28,  1893.     An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the 
calling  a  special  election  for  the  purpose  of  submitting  to  the 
legal  voters  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  the  question  whether  said 
City  shall  borrow  money  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  pub- 
lic bridge  in  extending  South  Eleventh  street  over  the  Puyal- 
lup  river  to  the  tide  flats. 

802.  March  30,  1893.    An  ordinance  to  provide  for  call- 
ing a  special  election  and  submitting  to  the  voters  of  the  City 
of  Tacoma  that  certain  additions  and  extensions  be  made  by 
the    City     of    Tacoma     to     the     present    system    of    trunk 
sewers;    and    that    for    the    purpose    of    providing    for    the 
payment   of    constructing   such    additions   and    extensions, 


TFTLKS    OF    SPECIAL    OKIMN  ANCKS.  123 

that  the  said  City  borrow  money  and  contract  indebted- 
ness therefor  by  the  issuance  and  sale  of  negotiable 
bonds  of  said  City  in  the  sum  of  $506,000.00,  and  specifying 
and  adopting  the  additions  and  extensions  proposed  to  be 
made,  and  specifying  and  adopting  the  plans  and  details  of 
such  additions  and  extensions,  and  declaring  the  estimated 
cost  thereof  as  near  as  may  be. 

823.  May  11,  1893.  An  ordinance  to  provide  for 
borrowing  one  hundred  and  fifteen  thousand  dollars  for 
the  purpose  of  building  a  public  bridge,  extending  South 
Eleventh'street  over  the  Puyallup  Hiver  to  the  tide  flats, 
and  for  borrowing  the  sum  of  five  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  in  addition  thereto  for  one  year's 
interest  on  same,  and  authorizing  the  issuance  of  negotiable 
coupon  bonds  of  the  City  therefor. 

834.  May  22,  1893.  An  ordinance  levying  the  annual 
taxes  [for]  general  municipal  purposes  of  the  City  of  Tacoma 
for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-three. 

919.  Nov.  22,  1893.     An   ordinance    authorizing,  con- 
firming and  ratifying  the  issue  of  certain  General  Fund  war- 
rants of  the  City  of  Tacoma  issued  since  April   19th,   1892. 
and  to  be  issued  in  the  month  of  November,  1893. 

920.  Nov.  29,  1893.     An  ordinance  levying  the  annual 
taxes  for  general  municipal  purposes  of  the  City  of  Tacoma, 
for  the  fiscal  year  A.  D.  eighteen    hundred  and  ninety-four. 
(See  ordinance  No.  942.) 

936.  March  21,  1894.  An  ordinance  authorizing,  con- 
firming and  ratifying  the  issue  of  certain  General  Fund  war- 
rants of  the  City  of  Tacoma  issued  since  November  1,  1893. 

942.  June  9,  1894.  An  ordinance  appropriating  the 
moneys' received  and  to  be  received  by  virtue  of  ordinance 
numbered  920,  entitled,  "An  ordinance  levying  the  annual 
tnxes  for  general  municipal  purposes  of  the  City  of  Tacoma, 
r  the  fiscal  year  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-four," 
r  the  purpose  of  paying  the  municipal  expenses,  and  desig- 
nating the  funds  into  which  said  moneys  shall  be  placed  and 
prescribing  the  purpose  for  which  said  moneys  shall  be  ex- 
pended." (See  ordinance  No.  920.) 

946.  June  20,  1894.  An  ordinance  requiring  the  City 
Attorney  and  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  to  give 
their  official  bond,  and  fixing  the  amount  thereof. 

9G3.  Sept.  15,1894.  An  ordinance  authorizing,  con- 
firming and  ratifying  the  issue  of  certain  General  Fund  war- 
nts  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  issued  since  February  28th,  1894. 


124  TITLKS    OK    SPKCIAL    OKDINANCRS. 

967.  Oct.  29,  1894.  An  ordinance  to  authorize  the 
City  of  Tacoma  to  condemn,  take  and  damage  private 
property  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  water  from  Clover 
Creek,  Spanaway  Lake,  Spanaway  or  Bushalier  Creek  and 
other  sources  of  water  connected  therewith,  to  supply  the  City 
of  Tacoma  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  with  water  for  do- 
mestic and  other  purposes.  (See  ordinances  Nos.  980  and 
1007.) 

970.  Nov.  5,  1894.  An  ordinance  levying  the  annual 
taxes  for  general  municipal  purposes  of  the  City  of  Tacoma 
for  the  fiscal  year  1894-1895,  and  appropriating  (he  same  to 
certain  funds. 

979.  March  1,  1895.     An   ordinance  to  submit  a  new 
plan  or  system  of  the  extension   of  the  water  system  of  Ta- 
coma to  a  new  source  or  sources  of  water  supply  to  the  elec- 
tors for  adoption  or   rejection  at  the  annual  City  election  on 
April  2nd,  1895,  and  providing  therefor. 

980.  March  18,  1895.     An  ordinance  ordering  the  dis- 
continuance of  all   legal   proceedings  taken   in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  Washington,  in  and  for  Pierce  County, 
to  condemn   the    riparian  rights  or  property   of   Robert  P. 
Rigney  and   wife,  under  ordinance  967,  entitled,    "An   ordi- 
nance to  authorize  the  City  of  Tacoma  to  condemn,  take  and 
damage  private  property  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  water 
from  Clover  Creek,  Spanaway  Lake,  Spanaway  or  Bushalier 
Creek  and   other   sources   of  water   connected   therewith,  to 
supply  the  City  of  Tacoma  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  with 
water  for  domestic  and  other  purposes,"  which  ordinance  was 
passed  October  27, 1894,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  October 
29,  1894.     (See  Ordinances  Nos  967  and  1007.) 

993.  May  31,  1895.  An  ordinance  accepting  arid  ap- 
proving the  plat  of  streets  on  the  Tide  Lands  in  front  of  the 
City  of  Tacoma,  filed  with  the  City  Council  on  April  29, 
1895,  by  the  local  Board  of  Tide  Land  Appraisers. 

1007,  August  5,  1895.  An  ordinance  providing  for  the 
purchase  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  of  a  source  of  water  supply, 
and  providing  for  the  payment  thereof.  (See  ordinances 
Nos.  967  and  980.) 

1019.  September  30,  1895.  An  ordinance  regulating 
the  payment  of  interest  on  the  Local  Improvement  Bonds 
for  the  improvement  and  paving  of  Pacific  Avenue  from 
its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South  Seventeen tli 
street  prolonged  easterly  to  a  line  parallel  thereto  and  685 
feet  north  of  the  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street,  in  the 
City  of  Tacoma.  (See  ordinance  No.  1002.) 


TITLES    OF    SPECIAL    ORDINANCES.  125 

1029.     November  4, 1895.     An   ordinance  levying  the 
nual  taxes  for  general  municipal   purposes  of  the  City  of 
icoma  for  the  fiscal  year  1895-1896,  and  appropriating  the 
une  to  certain  funds.      (See  ordinance  No.  1052.) 

1048.     Jan.  22,  1896.     An  ordinance  designating  one  of 

new  sources  of  water  supply  for  the  City  of  Tacoma,  and 
laking  appropriations  for  securing  the  same.  (Carbon 
t,iver  and  tributaries.) 

1052.  Feb.  17,1896.  An  ordinance  providing  for  the 
lanner  in  which  the  5.35  mills,  levied  to  pay  interest  by  or- 
dinance No.  1029,  levying  the  annual  taxes  for  the  fiscal  year 
1895-6,  shall  be  used,  and  appropriating  the  same  to  the 
payment  of  interest  due  on  April  15, 1896,  and  June  1,  1896, 
and  other  interest.  (See  ordinance  No.  1029.) 

1061.  March  7,  1896.  An  ordinance  submitting  pro- 
posed amendments  to  the  City  Charter  of  the  City  of  Tacoma 
to  the  qualified  electors  of  such  City  for  their  adoption  or 
rejection. 

1086.  June  9,  1896.  An  ordinance  to  retain  James 
Wickersham  to  prosecute  certain  suits  for  the  City  of  Ta- 
coma and  fixing  his  compensation. 

1097.  June  29,  1896.  An  ordinance  transferring  all 
surplus  money  now  in  the  Water  and  Light  Fund,  together 
with  all  surplus  money  hereafter  derived  from  the  operation 
of  the  light  and  water  plants,  over  and  above  the  necessary 
expenses  for  operating  the  light  and  water  plants  and  the 
light  and  water  department,  including  salaries,  supplies  and 
repairs,  into  the  Salary  Fund. 

1101.  July  7,  1896.  An  ordinance  authorizing  and 
directing  the  City  Treasurer  to  credit  the  owner  or  owners  of 
lots  with  the  full  amount  of  the  re-assessment  on  said  lots 
when  the  original  assessment  was  paid  in  full  by  the  owner 
of  said  lots  before  said  re-assessment  was  made. 

1132.  Sept.  19,  1896.  An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the 
issuance  of  Fanding  Bonds  with  which  to  take  up  and  can- 
cel the  indebtedness  of  the  City  of  Tacoma,  evidenced  by 
warrants  issued  between  the  fourteenth  day  of  August,  1892, 
and  the  16th  day  of  June,  1896,  now  outstanding  and  un- 
paid. 

1147.  Nov.  23,  1896.  An  ordinance  levying  the  annual 
tax  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  upon  the  bonded  indebt- 
edness, and  for  general  municipal  purposes  of  the  City  of  Ta- 
coma for  the  fiscal  year  1896-97,  and  appropriating  the  same 
to  certain  funds. 


126  TITtES   OF   SPECIAL   ORDINANCES. 

1150.  Dec-  16,  1896.  An  ordinance  directing  the  City 
Treasurer  to  pay  from  the  General  Fund  money  and  from 
the  money  belonging  to  the  Salary  Fund  and  General  Ex- 
pense Fund  now  on  hand,  or  which  may  come  into  his 
hands,  all  warrants  drawn  upon  the  General  Fund,  and  upon 
the  Salary  Fund  and  General  Expense  Fund  since  the  19th 
day  of  April,  1894,  and  directing  said  City  Treasurer  not  to 
pay  any  warrants  drawn  upon  the  General  Fund  or  the  City 
Hall  Fund  between  August  16,  1892,  and  April  19,  1894;  and 
directing  the  said  City  Treasurer  not  to  recognize  the  said 
warrants  drawn  between  August  16,  1892,  and  April  19, 
1894,  upon  the  General  Fund  or  the  City  Hall  Fund  as  a 
valid,  legal  and  binding  obligation,  debt  or  liability  of,  on  or 
against  the  City  of  Tacoma. 

1201.  June  11,  1897.  An  ordinance  providing  for  the 
disposition  of  the  revenues  in  the  Water  and  Light  Fund  of 
the  City  of  Tacoma. 

1208.  June  25,  1897.  An  ordinance  fixing  the  method 
of  distributing  funds  received  and  to  be  received  from  George 
W.  Boggs  and  his  sureties,  and  from  J.  W.  McCauley  and  his 
sureties,  and  from  the  banks  in  which  they  have  heretofore 
deposited  moneys. 

1245.  Oct.  22.  1897.  An  ordinance  levying  the  annual 
tax  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  upon  the  bonded  indebt- 
edness, and  for  general  municipal  purposes  of  the  City  of 
Tacoma  for  the  fiscal  year  1898,  and  appropriating  the  same 
to  certain  funds. 

1272.  Feb  28,  1898.  An  ordinance  submitting  pro- 
posed amendments  to  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  to 
the  qualified  electors  of  said  City  for  their  adoption  or  rejec- 
tion. 

1282.  April  9,  1898.  An  ordinance  naming  and  desig- 
nating Chandler  street  on  the  official  plat  of  the  City  of 
Tacoma. 

1327.  August  26,  1898.  An  ordinance  directing  the 
City  Treasurer  not  to  pay  any  City  warrants  issued  on  or  be- 
tween the  16th  day  of  August,  1894  and  the  19th  day  of 
April,  1894,  until  ordered  by  the  Court  to  pay  the  same,  and 
indemnifying  the  said  Treasurer  against  costs  and  damagos 
that  may  accrue  by  reason  of  obeying  such  direction. 


UNREPEALED  ORDINANCES. 


The  following-  pages  coritaiu  the  numbers,  volume 
and  page  where  recorded,  and  a  brief  statement  of  the 
titles  of  all  ordinances,  which  have  not  been  repealed,  set 
forth  among-  the  ''Titles  of  Special  Ordinances"  or 
printed  among-  the  Revised  Ordinances.  They  have  been 
classified  as  follows: 

1.  Appropriation  of  monies  for  specific  purposes. 

2.  Confirming  assessment  roll  for  improving-  streets, 
avenues,  etc. 

3.  Construction  of  box  drain  and  sewers. 

4.  Construction  of  sidewalks. 

5.  Grading  of  streets,  avenues,  etc. 

6.  Improvement  of  streets,  avenues  and  alleys. 

7.  Parking  streets  and  avenues. 

8.  Planking  streets. 

9.  Re-assessment    for    improving  streets  and   ave- 
nues. 

10.  Vacation  of  avenues,   alleys,  streets,   plats  and 
portions  of  land. 

11.  Miscellaneous. 

I. 

Appropriating  the  following  sums  for  the  specific 
purposes  designated  : 


Number. 

9f 

hd 
P 
crq 
n> 

92 

12 
23 
164 

62N.T. 

8 

17 
93 

Funds    for  opening  Tacoma  Ave.  from 
So.  19th  to  So.  13th  Streets,  etc. 
$1000  for  excavating  for  City  building  at 
South  Ninth  and  C  Streets. 
Por  purchase  Hook  and  Ladder  truck,  etc. 
$125  for  uniforms  for  Fire  Department. 

A 

B 

«  t 

1  1 

128 


ORDINANCES. 


No. 


94      $275  for  building-  fire  hose  house  in  First 

Ward. 
97      Por  hose  house  at    Yakima    Ave.    and 

South  12th  Street. 

100  For  amount  due  for  40  hydrants. 

101  $596.23  for  fire. hats,  belts  and  freight. 

102  $840  for  six  cells  in  hose  house  at  A  and 

So.  13th  Streets. 

105  $629  for  construction  of  hose  house  at 
So.  9th  and  C  Streets. 

107  $460    for    services   in    revision    of    Citv 

Charter. 

108  $200    for    services    in    revision    of  City 

Charter. 

111  $120  for  water   for   March,  1886.   T.  L. 

&  W.  Co. 

112  $104  for  gas  for  March,  1886.   T.  L.  & 

W.  Co. 
114      $602  for  making-  City  assessment. 

120  $720  for   water  from  April   1,  1886,  to 

Sept.  30,  1886. 

121  $150  for  C.  O.  Bean  for  map  of  Tacoma. 

124  |  $681   for   publishing-  delinquent  tax  list 

for  1885. 

125  $280.50    for   employes    on  shore   line  in 

June,  1886. 

130  $125  for  damages  in  change  of  grade  on 
C  Street. 

150      $1,000  for  street  improvement  warrants. 

154      $408.40  for  purchase  of  safe. 

161  $770.93  for  improvement  of  So.  9th 
Street  in  front  lot  19,  block  705. 

181  $4,499  for  extension  of  McCarver  and  G 
'  Streets. 

186      $1,593.98  for  improvement  of  G  Street. 

192  From  General  Fund  to  pay  warrants  on 
License  Fund. 

225      $1,000  for  garbage  scow. 

249  $5,525  for  opening  and  widening  Ta- 
coma Ave. 


TJNREPEALED    ORDINANCES. 


129 


Bk.     Page 

$4,455  for  opening-  and  widening-  Jeffer- 
son Street.  C       46 
$220  for  opening-  5th  Street,  First  Ward.      "  i     66 
511,500  for  opening-  and  extending-  So. 

21st  Street.  70 

$6,785.50  for  Gamewell   fire  alarm  sys- 
tem. kt        73 
$1,200  for  purchase  of  lot  4,  block  4214.      "      123 
$3,200  for  purchase  of  Hayes  Hook  and 

Ladder  truck.  "  j   125 

$1,550    for    purchase  of    two  teams    of 

horses.  "      126 

$10,260  for  one  fire  engine,  50  fire  nlug-s 

and  4,000  feet  of  hose.  "      131 

$1,800  for  three  teams  of  horses.  "      154 

$5000  for  purchase  of  lots  5  and  6,  in 

block  207,  Tacoma.  '4      157 

$8,460  for  purchase  of  one  Ahren's   fire 

eng-ine,  etc.  !   163 

$19,750  for  opening-  and  extending-  Starr 

and  Fifth  Streets,  etc.  "  j   171 

$5,000  for  bridge  across  gulch  on  Tacoma 

Ave.  "      280 

$5,000  for  purchase  of   land   for  opening- 

etc.  Tacoma  Ave.  "      295 

$16,434.50  for  opening-  and  extending-  Ta- 
coma Ave.,  etc.  '*  299 
$1,000  for  park  improvements.  335 
$19,200  for  land  to  build  City  Hall.  338 
$2,400  for  one  L/indgren  chemical  engine.  kl  349 
$390  for  extension  of  E  Street  through  , 

Byrd's  Add.  4t      362 

$2,100  for  one  Hollo  way  chemical  eng-ine.      '4      363 
$4,000  for  4,000  feet  of  fire  hose.  "      365 

$1,502.75    for    extension   of    North   8th 

Street.  "      391 

$1,000  for  improvements  to  parks.  "      416 

$9,439.40  for  one  Silsby  and    one    Clapp 

and  Jones  eng-ine.  "      417 

$3,200  for  extension  of  Yakima  Ave.  and 

I  Street.  "      418 

$9,094.60  for  publishing-  new  Charter.          "      419 


130 


UNREPEAI<KD   ORDINANCES. 


No. 


383  $3,000  for  improvement  of  various  parts 
of  the  City. 

389      $1,000  for  improvement  of  parks. 

392  $2,500  for  permanent  improvements  of 
the  parks. 

400      $5,500  for  police  telegraph  system. 

402      $1,079.50  for  land  on  Carr  Street. 

408  $1,500  for  purchase  of  block  14,  at  G 
Street  and  Division  Ave. 

443  $2,200  for  injuries  to  Thomas  Chris- 
tiansen. 

497  $4,421.15  for  warrants  on  North  5th 
Street  assessment  fund. 

508  $170,000  for  expenses  of  different  depart- 
ments of  the  City. 

519  $2,000  for  expenses  of  water  commission 
for  maps,  etc. 

521  $1,350  for  settling- cases  against  the  City. 

522  $  6,500    for    semi-annual     interest     on 

bonds. 

523  16,633.30  for  payment  for  lands  for  Fire 

Department. 

605  $4,000  for  payment  for  lands  taken  from 

Prosch,  Harris,  etc. 

606  $1,500  for  payment  for  lands  taken  from 

Wm.  Spinning  et  al. 
632      $16,500    for    semi-annual     interest     on 

bonds. 
636      $1,700  for  opening  and  improvement  of 

Benefit  Street. 
638      $1,000  for  injuries  to  Wm.  Hess. 

670  $2,500  for  4th  of  July  celebration. 

671  $1,600   for    repairing   McCarver  Street 

Wharf. 

673  $981  to  redeem  lots  1-5  block  7  Puget 

Park  Addition. 

674  $1,297.81  for  redemption  assessment  cer- 

tificate. 

675  $2,350  for  one  Holloway  chemical  fire  en- 

gine. 

676  $2,~587.50  for  hydrants. 

678      $950  for  anchor,  chains,  etc. 


CTN REPEALED   ORDINANCES. 


131 


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835 


$4,727.62  to  refund  street  assessments. 

$550  for  purchase  of  two  sinker  anchors. 

$400  per  month  for  County  Hospital  ex- 
penses. 

$500    for    investigating-    Mashel    water 
supply. 

$450  for  repairing1  g-arbag-e  wharf. 

$500  for  boxing-  shade  trees. 

$16,500    for     semi-annual     interest    on 
bonds. 

$13,200  for  purchase  of  land  on  Center 
Street. 

From  General  Fund  any  deficiency  in 
any  Street,  Sewer  Fund,  etc. 

$1,663.45  for  smallpox  expenses. 

$261.22   to   pay  claim  of  C.  H.   Sinsa- 
baug-h. 

$2,475  for  repair  of  hydrants. 

$2,500    for    erecting-    market  shed    and 
scales. 

$2,699.50  to  pay  Rudolph  Herring-. 

$1,580  for  purchase  of  2000  feet  of  hose. 

$2,552.11  for  improvement  of  Washing-- 
ton avenue. 

$2,200  for  construction  of  wharf  at  foot 
of  Starr  Street. 

$10,000  for  one-half  improvement  of  Pa- 
cific Ave.  from  So.  7th  St. 

$3,200  for  construction  of  storm  drainag-e 
sewers  in  Wrig-ht  Park. 

$6,000  for  water  pipes,    hydrants,  etc., 
for  Edison  water  system. 

For    payment    of    election    officers    on 
April  4th  and  llth  and  May  9th,  1893. 

$3,000  for  purchase   of  oil  painting-  of 
City  of  Tacoma. 

$20,000  for  constructing-   bridg-e  at  15th 
Street  dock.  (Never  used.) 

$16,500    for    semi-annual     interest    on 

bonds. 
$400  for  construction  of  trunk  sewer  on 

No.  43rd  Street. 


D 


129 
130 

142 

168 
169 
175 

176 
179 

180 
181 

182 
186 

187 
204 

205 

220 
231 
233 
253 
256 
308 
311 
314 
325 
351 


132 


CTNKKPEAI^KD    ORDINANCES. 


Bk, 


853      $1,500  for  Park  Fund. 

855      $6,500  for  improvement  of  So.  34th  Street. 

(SeeOrd.  854.) 
862      $2,000  for  redeeming  taxes,  etc.,  against 

Fannie  Paddock  Hospital. 

877  $3,250  for  disposing  of  garbage. 

878  $2,000  for   building  engine   house  in  6th 

Addition. 

889      $1,500  to  various  persons  for  extension 
of  Carr  Street. 

902  $4,500  for  rebuilding,  etc.,  the  electric 

light  station. 

903  $1,500    from    license    receipts    to   Park 
Fund. 

908      $16,500  for  semi-annual  interest  on  bonds. 

910  $1,600    for    construction     of     roadway 

through  Taconia  Mill   Co's  propert}7. 

911  $550     for     building    addition     to     City 

market. 
921  $2,500  for  improvement  of  15th  and  A 

Streets. 
927  $1,100  in  payment  for  land  in  Carr  Street. 

929  $5,747.85  for  personal   injuries  to  Peter 

Peterson. 

930  $650  for  land  in  extending  Tacoma  Ave. 

from  No.  6th  to  Carr  Sts. 
934      $5,798.88  for  printing  delinquent  City 

tax  list. 
966  $250  for  right  of  way  for  extension  of 

Pacific  avenue. 

1013      $2,000  for  damages  to  James  O'Rourke. 
1033      $2,717.01  for  interest  on  City  Hall  and 

Funding  Bonds.   (See  Ord."  1067.) 
1108      $40  for  dog  licenses. 

1136  $4,100    for  electric  dynamo  and   copper 

wire. 

1137  $300  for  deficiency  in  individual  redemp- 

tion fund. 

1148  $60  for  blankets  for  use  of  Police  De- 
partment. 

1160  $300  for  deficiency  in  individual  redemp- 
tion fund. 


tTNREPEALKD    ORDINANCES. 


133 


II. 

Confirming"  the  assessment  roll   for  improving*  the 
following*  streets  and  avenues: 


Sprague  street,  from  s.  1.  Division  Ave. 

Add.  to  s.  1.  Chicag-o  Ave.  Add.     (See 

Ord.  796.) 
South  J  street,   from  So.  35th   to  So. 

48th  streets.     (See  Ord.  990.) 
Union  Avenue,  from  1st   street  to  s,  1. 

Reeves'  Add.   (See  Ord.  944.) 
45th  (43rd)  street,  from  Kitsap  Ave.  to 

e.  1.  Sec.  17.     (See  Ord.  1059.) 
North   36th  street,  from  Chevenne  St. 

to  w.  1.  Sec.  25.     (See  Ord. "1062.) 
East  D  street,  from  So.  21st  to  So.  37th 

streets.      (See  Ord.  943.) 
East  D  street,    from   So.  21st  street  to 

Wrig-ht  Ave.   (See  Ord.  1102.) 
North  12th   (N)  street,  from  Steele  to 

Pine  streets.     (See  Ord.  1094.) 
Water  street,  from  s.  1.  Drew's  Plat  to 

n.  1.  Law's  Add.   (See  Ord.  1104.) 
South  45th  street   from  N  to  Wilkeson 

streets.    (See  Ord.  1060.) 
South    30th    street,    (Park  Ave.)   from 

Wilkeson  (Bailey)  street  to  Sprag*ue 

(Walnut)  street.     (See  Ord.  1103.) 
Asotin  street,  from  So.  40th  St.  (Oakes 

Ave.)  to  So.  56th   St.  (Hosmer  Ave.) 

(See  Ord.  1093.) 
North   28th    (4th)  street,   from  Junett 

(Chestnut)  St.  to  Pine  street.     (See 

Ord.  1115.) 
South  8th  street,  from  Tacoma  Ave.  to 

G  street.     (See  Ord.  1177.) 
North  7th  street,  from  Warner  to  Pine 

streets.     (See  Ord.  1184.) 
South  40th  street  (Oakes  Ave.)  from  So. 

Park  to  Alaska  Aves.  (See  Ord.  1178) 
E  street,  from  North  4th  to  North  5th 

streets.     (See  Ord.  1195.) 


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253 
254 
268 
269 
280 
281 
282 
284 
285 

346 
347 

348 
418 
419 
420 
430 


134 


ORDINAtfCiiS. 


No. 


Bk. 


1217 
1218 
1223 

1225 
1226 
1255 
1256 
1275 
1276 
1277 
1288 
1293 


East  H  street,  from  Wright  Ave.  to  n. 

1.  Sec.  16.     (See  Ord.  1194.) 
No.  42d  St.  (Georgie  and  Bessie),  from  e.  1. 

to  w.  1.  Pacific  Add.     (See  Ord.  1190.) 
Mason  avenue,   (Boulevard),   from  41st 

(Porter)    street   to  e.   1.  Hope   Park 

Addition  (See  Ord.  1205.) 
Tacoma   avenue,    from    North    4th    to 

North  5th  streets.     (See  Ord.  1214.) 
North    4th   street,    from    E   street    to 

Yakima  Ave.  (See  Ord.  1213.) 
South  9th  street,  from  Pacific  Ave.  to  C 

street.  (See  Ord.  1270.) 
South  llth  street,  from  Pacific  Ave.  to 

C  street.     (See  Ord.  1271.) 
North  side  South  12th  street,  from  Court 

A  to  A  street.  (See  Ord.  1279.) 
North  side  South  13th  street,  from  Court 

A  to  A  street.     (See  Ord.  1280.) 
South   M  street,  from   So.  14th    to  So. 

15th  streets.  (See  Ord.  1281.) 
South  10th  street,  from  Pacific  Ave.  to 

A  street.  (See  Ord.  1265.) 
Pacific  avenue,  from  So.  17th  St.  to  320 

feet  So.  of  So.  24th  street.  (See  Ord. 

1263.) 


E 


III. 
Construction  of  box  drain — 


No. 


Bk. 


449      Along  water  course  between    Carr  and 
McCarver  streets,  etc. 

CONSTRUCTION  OF   BOX   SEWER 

668      In  alley   between   3rd   and   4th  streets 
from  Carr  to  Steele  streets. 


D 


UNREPEALED  ORDINANCES. 


135 


Bk.  Page 


CONSTRUCTION  OF   SEWERS 

In  East  26th  street,  from  Bast  C  street 

to  lot  3,  block  7,622. 
In  P  street,   from  South  8th  Street  to 

Division  avenue. 
In  alley  between  J  and  K  streets  from 

No.  9th  to  No.  llth  streets. 
In  alley  between  N  and  O  streets  from 

So.  8th  St.  to  Division  Ave. 
In  alley  between  M  and  N  streets  from 

So.  8th  street  to  So.  9th  street. 
In  alley  between   East  D  and  E  streets 

from  Puyallup  Ave.  to  So.  23rd  St. 
In  North   C  street  from  North  5th  to 

North  6th  streets. 
In  K  street  from  North  8th  to  North 

9th  streets. 
In  alley  between  East  B  and  D  streets, 

from  Puyallup  Ave.  to  So.  25th  St. 
In  alley  between  I  street  and  Yakima 

Ave.  from  No.  9th  to  No.  10th  streets. 
In  C  street  from  South  23rd  to  South 

25th  streets. 
In  alley  between  K  and   L  streets  from 

So.  15th  to  So.  17th  streets. 
In  alley  between  26th  and   27th  streets 

from  East  C  St.  to  lot  10  block  7721. 
In  alley  between  L  and  M  streets  from 

No.  5th  to  No.  6th  streets. 
In  M  street  from  South  10th  to  South 

12th  streets. 
In  alle}r  between  K  and  L  streets  from 

Division  Ave.  to  No.  5th  St. 
In  alley  between  G  St.  and  Tacoma  Ave. 

from  21st  St.  to  n.  1.  Byrd's  Add. 
In  South  29th  street  from  East  C  to 

East  E  streets. 
In   alley  between  I  and  J  streets  from 

No.  9th  to  No.  llth  streets. 
In  North  I   street  from    lltb   to    12th 

streets. 


521 
522 
524 
525 
526 
532 
535 
537 
538 
539 
540 
549 
560 
584 
585 
589 
590 
592 
628 
629 


136 


UNRKPKALED    ORDINANCES. 


No. 

Bk.  Page 

513 

In  alley  rear  of  block  3723  from  No.  7th 

to  No.  8th  streets. 

C 

631 

524 

In  alley  between  M  and  N  streets  from 

Division  Ave.  to  No.  5th  St. 

4  4 

645 

525      In  28th  street  from  East  C  to  East   E 

streets. 

4  4 

646 

526      In  alley  between  Puyallup  Ave.  and  So. 

25th  street  from   East   D  to  East  E 

streets. 

4  4 

647 

527 

In  alley  between  O  and  P  streets  from 

So.  7th  street  to  Division  Ave. 

4  4 

648 

528 

In    alley    between  G   St.    and    Yakima 

Ave.  from  No.  4th  to  No.  10th  streets. 

4  4 

649 

567 

In  alley  between  No.  M  and  N  streets 

from  No.  5th  to  No.  6th  streets. 

4  4 

691 

575 

In  I  street  from  South  5th  street  to  Di- 

vision avenue. 

4  t 

699 

577 

In  North  M  street   from  No.  8th  to  No. 

9th  streets. 

»  I 

701 

578 

In  North  L  street  from  No.  7th  to  No. 

8th  streets. 

I  4 

702 

579 

In  alley  between  Tacoma  Ave.  and  E  St. 

from  So.  6th  to  So.  7th  streets. 

703 

580  i  In  alley  between  O  and  P  streets  from 

So.  7th  St.  to  s.  1.  Ainsworth  Add. 

704 

607 

In  J  street,  Buckley's  Add.,  from  Pros- 

pect to  Steele  streets.                                   D 

25 

608 

In  alley  between  M  and  N  streets  from 

No.  9th  to  Steele  streets. 

26 

609 

In  North  13th  street  from  Yakima  Ave. 

to  Steele  street.                                                      27 

610 

In    Prospect    street,    Buckley's    Add., 

from  J  to  M  streets. 

28 

611 

In  Yakima  avenue   from  North  12th  to 

North  13th  streets. 

"       29 

612 

In  North  12th  street  from  Yakima  Ave. 

to  G  street. 

»  . 

30 

613 

In  M  street,  Buckley's  Add.,  from  Pros- 

pect to  Steele  streets. 

4  t 

31 

623 

In  Cheyenne  street  from  Hudson  to  \Vil- 

coxen  streets. 

44 

42 

UNREPEALBD  ORDINANCES. 


137 


Bk. 


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In  alley  between  K  and  L  streets  from 

17th  to  20th  streets.  D  43 

In  alley  between  L/  and  M  streets  from 

block  3824  to  3825.  "  44 

In  A  street  from  1st  to  4th  streets.  "  45 

In  alley  between  Cheyenne  and  A  Sts. 

from  Wilcoxen  to  1st  streets.  46 

In  North  L  street  from  North  8th  to 

North  9th  streets.  "  61 

In  North  K  street  from  North  9th  to 

North  llth  streets.  85 

In  South  7th  street  from  Q  street  to 

Chicago  avenue.  "  86 

In  Jefferson  street  from  So.  25th  St.  to 

s.  1.  lot  6,  block  2509.  "  103 

In  North  K  street  from  llth  to  Steele 

streets,  etc.  "  138 

In  alley  between  O  and  P  streets  from 

So.  7th  St.  to  150  ft.  So.  of  So.  8th 

St.,  etc.  "  139 

In  alley  between  O  and  P  streets  from 

Division  Ave.  to  n.  1.  block  3731,  etc.  "  145 
In  alley  between  O  and  P  streets  from 

No.  8th  to  Steele  streets,  etc.  "  146 

In  South  8th  street  from  O  street  to 

Chicago  avenue,  etc.  "  155 

In  South  31st  street  from  East  C  to 

EastE  streets,  etc.  4<  158 

In  Boulevard  and  Division  Sts.  from 

Logan  to  Quinne  streets,  etc.  "  189 

In  South  26th  St.  from  50  ft.  e.  of  East  D 

street  to  15  ft.  w.  of  East  E  street,  etc.  "  218 
In  alley  between  So.  31st  and  So.  32d 

Sts.  from    Pacific  Ave.    to   West   D 

St.,  etc.  i  "  219 

In  So.  31st  street  from  East  C  St.  to  e.  I 

1.  lot  6,  block  8122,  etc.  !  4<  225 

In  alley  between  So.  27th  and  So.  28th 

Sts.  from  East  C  to  East  D  streets,  etc.  ' '  287 
In  North  43rd  street  from  alley  between 

Verde   and    Stevens    Sts.    to    Verde 

St.,  etc.  (SeeOrd.  864.)  4'     340 


138 


ORDINANCES, 


No. 


826  In  Prospect  street  from  North    10th  to 

North  14th  streets,  etc.  (See  Ord.  868.) 

827  In   alley   between    Verde    and    Stevens 

Sts.   from  No.  39th  to  No.  43rd  Sts., 
etc.    (See  Ord.  867.) 

863  In  North  L  street  from  North  6th  to 

North  7th  streets,  etc. 

864  In  North  43rd    St.  from  alley  between 

Verde    and    Stevens  Sts.    to    Stevens 
St.,  etc.     (See  Ord.  825.) 

865  In  alley  between  Yakima  Ave.  and  I  St. 

from  No.  10th  to  No.  llth  streets,  etc. 

867  In  alley  between  Verde  and  Stevens  Sts. 

from  No.  39th  to  No.  43rd  streets,  etc. 
(See  Ord.  827.) 

868  In  Prospect  street  from  North   10th  to 

North  14th streets,  etc.  (See  Ord.  826.) 

883  In    alley    between    Ainsworth     and     O 

streets  from  Sprague  Ave.  to  trunk 
sewer  in  Division  avenue,  etc. 

884  In    North  J  street  from  North   5th  to 

North  7th  streets,  etc. 
950      An  8-inch   sewer  from  North   27th  and 

McCarver   Sts.    to   w.    1.    Starr    St., 

etc. 
985      In   alley  between  No.  7th  and  No.  8th 

Sts.  from  Cedar  to  Alder  Sts.,  etc. 
989      In  alley  between  6th  Ave.  and  No.  7th 

St.  from    Junett  and   Cedar   Sts.    to 

trunk  sewer  in  Cedar  street,  etc. 
1035      In  alley  between  N  and  O  streets  from 

Division  Ave.  to  No.  6th  street,  etc. 

CONSTRUCTION   OF  A   SANITARY  SEWER 

1328      In  alley  between  No.  8th  and  No.  9th 
streets,  etc. 

CONSTRUCTION   OF   STORM   WATER 
DRAINAGE   SEWER 

784      In  Wright  Park  from  6th  and  Yakima 
avenues  to  Division  Ave,,  etc, 


C'NKKl'KAfJRI) 


No. 

Bk. 

Page 

CONSTRUCTION  OF   TRUNK   SEWERS 

720 

In  South   8th  street  from   O  street  to 

alley  between  O  and  P  streets,  etc. 

D 

154 

725 

In  East  C  St.  from  alley  between  So.  29th 

and  So.  30th  Sts.  to  So.  31st  St.  etc. 

«  * 

159 

770 

In  Mason  avenue  from  North  43rd  street 

to  the  Bay. 

<  < 

217 

793 

From  Commencement  Bay  at  foot  of  Carr 

St.  to  alley  between  So.  llth  and  So. 

12th  Sts.,  etc. 

t  i 

278 

794 

In  East  I  street  from  center  of  alley  be- 

tween So.  25th  and  So.  26th  Sts.  to  So. 

21st  St. 

t  « 

279 

835 

In    North   43rd   street    from    Verde    to 

Cheyenne  streets. 

1  1 

351 

905 

In  East  I  street  from  alley  between  So. 

25th  and  So.  26th  Sts.  to  tide  flats  at 

So.  21st  St. 

i  t 

467 

IV. 

Construction  of  sidewalks  on  — 

No. 

Bk, 

Page 

30N.T. 

West  side  of  Railroad  St.   between  So. 

llth  and  So.  13th  streets. 

A 

35 

39  " 

West  side  of  Pacific  avenue  between  So. 

llth  and  Jefferson  streets. 

<  < 

49 

64  " 

West  side  of  C  street  between   So.  9th 

and  Jefferson  streets. 

<  < 

101 

71  " 

East  side  of  Pacific  avenue  between  So. 

llth  and  So.  13th  streets. 

1  1 

115 

83   " 

West  side  of  Pacific  avenue  between  So. 

llth  and  So.  13th  streets. 

ti 

145 

88   " 

South  side  of  llth  street  between  A  and 

K  streets. 

K 

157 

89  " 

West  side  of  C  street  between  So.  6th 

and  So.  9th  streets. 

t  < 

159 

140 


ORDINANCES. 


No. 


90N.T. 

93  " 

97  " 
104  " 
9 

28 

34 

53 

58 

63 

64 
459 


A  street  south  of  South  8th  street. 
Pacific  avenue  between  South  13th  and 

South  17th  streets. 
Jefferson  street,  19th  street,  E  and  G 

streets. 
North  side  of  South  15th  St.,  between 

Pacific  Ave  and  K  street. 
South  side  of  South  9th  street  between 

C  and  K  streets. 
East  side  of  Tacoma  avenue  between 

So.  1st  and  So.  19th  streets. 
West  side  of  Yakima  avenue  between 

So.  8th  and   So.   llth  streets. 
West  side  of  E  street  between  So.  4th 

and  So.  21st  streets. 
South  side  of  South  9th  street  between 

A  St.  and  alley  east  of   Pacific  Ave. 
West  side  of  Railroad  street  between 

So.  7th  and  Hood  streets. 
East  side  of  Pacific  avenue,  e.  side  of 

21st  St.,  e.  side  of  A  street,  etc. 
In  front  of  block  1504  on  Railroad  St. 

from  15th  to  Jefferson  streets. 


V. 

Grading-  the  following-  streets  and  avenues: 


No. 


63N.T 

87  " 

91  " 

92  " 

94  .« 


Pacific   avenue     between   South    17th 

street  and  Cliff  avenue. 
South   llth   street  between   A  and  K 

streets. 
Tacoma  avenue  between  Division  Ave. 

and  So.  21st  street. 
South  9th  street  between  Pacific  avenue 

and  I  street. 
D  street  between  Jefferson  St.  and  lot 

10,  block  1307. 


LTNKEPEALED    ORDINANCES. 


141 


Bk.|  Page 


South  19th  street  between  Jefferson  St. 

Yakima  Ave. 
Yakima  avenue  between  South  6th  and 

South  21st  streets. 
E  street  between   South   21st  St.  and 

Tacoma  avenue. 
G  street  between  South  6th  and  South 

21st  streets. 
G  street  between  South  6th  and  South 

21st  streets. 
A  street  between  South  8th  and  South 

14th  streets.     (See  Ord.  46.) 
Railroad  street  between  South  7th  and 

Hood  streets.   (See  Ord.  47.) 
Tacoma  avenue  between  Division  Ave. 

and  No.  6th  street. 
A  street  between  South  8th  and   South 

14th  streets.   (See  Ord.  35.) 
Railroad  street  between  South  7th  and 

Hood  streets.   (See  Ord.  36'.) 
South  13th  street  between  A  and  Rail- 
road streets. 
I  street  between   South   8th  and  South 

17th  streets. 
J  street  between  South  8th  and  South 

19th  streets. 
South    llth    street    between    A    and  I 

streets. 
South  17th  street  between  Jefferson  and 

I  streets. 


B 


175 
195 

212 
218 

38 
57 
59 
73 
77 
79 
85 
87 
88 
101 
102 


VI. 

Improvement  of  the   following*  alleys,  avenues  and 
streets: 


Bk.    Page 


C  street  between  South  6th  and  Jeffer- 
son streets. 


148 


142 


UNREPEAI<ED    ORDINANCES. 


No. 


Bk. 


417        South  23rd  street  and  Adams  St.  from 
J  to  Walnut  streets. 

419  1st  street,  1st  Ward,  from  Steele  to  Jef- 

ferson streets. 

420  North  1 1  th  street  from  G  street  to  Grant 

or  Fifth  street. 

421  North  1st  street  from   Tacoma  to  Divi- 

sion avenues. 

422  E    street    from    Jefferson    to   Railroad 

avenues. 

423  19th  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to  City 

limits. 
426        South  4th  street  from   E  street   to  Cliff 

avenue. 
433        Yakima   avenue    from    South    22nd    to 

South  25th  streets. 
435        E  street  from  South   23rd  to  Jefferson 

streets. 

444  East  D  street  from  South  21st  to  South 

27th  streets. 

445  South  5th  street  from  I  street  to  Divi- 

sion avenue. 

446  Division  avenue  from  I  street  to  Chicago 

avenue. 

447  South  3rd  street  from   I  street  to  Divi- 

sion avenue. 

453  Alley  between  C  and  D  streets  from  So. 

9th  to  So.  13th  streets. 

454  Alley  between  C  and  D  streets  from  No. 

5th  to  No.  7th  streets. 

455  South  7th  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to 

Railroad  street. 

456  East  street   from    12th   avenue  to  10th 

street. 

457  South  8th  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to 

A  St.  or  Cliff  Ave. 

458  South  7th  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to 

Cliff  avenue. 

460  South  7th  street  from   Tacoma  avenue 

to  Yakima  avenue. 

461  Cove  street  from  e.  1.  Orchard's  2d  Add. 

to  Pine  street. 


UNREPEAI^ED   ORDINANCES. 


143 


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Opening  and   extending-  South   10th  St. 

over  tide  lands.  C  561 

South  8th  street  from  Tacoma  avenue  to 

G  street.  (See  Ord.  1177.)*  "  563 

North  8th  street  from  Tacoma  avenue 

to  G  street.  "  564 

Locke  street  from  Ross  avenue  to  6th 

avenue.  "  565 

South  12th  street  from  Tacoma  avenue 

tt>  L  street.  "  566 

A  street  from  South  7th  to  South  8th 

streets.  4<  567 

North  9th  street  from  Tacoma  avenue 

to  I  street.  "  568 

Evelyn  street  from  Trafton  to  State 

streets.  "  569 

Beach  street  from  n.  to  s.  1.  of  Clement's 

addition.  "  570 

Bush  street  from  Wayne  street  to  n.  1. 

Sec.  6.  "  571 

6th  street  from  Alder  street  to  Union 

avenue.  |  "  572 

Prospect  street  from  n.  1.  Sec.  6  to  Ross  I 

avenue.  "  573 

East  D  street  from  21st  to  37th  streets. 

(See  Ord.  943.)  j"  574 

South  9th  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to 

Tacoma  avenue.  *'  575 

South  11  th  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to  j 

Tacoma  avenue.  i  "  576 

Summit  street  from  Pine  to  Boyleston 

streets.  "  583 

Alley  between  blocks  3516  and  3517 

from  No.  5th  to  No.  6th  streets.  "  591 

North  10th  street  from  J  to  Steele 

streets.  "  602 

North  5th  street  from  J  St.  to  Division 

avenue.  "  603 

Certain  numerous  streets  therein  named.  "  615 
South  25th  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to 

C  street.  "     650 


144 


UNREPEAI.ED    ORDINANCES. 


No. 

530 
531 

532 
533 
534 

535 

536 

537 

538 
544 
545 
546 
550 
552 
554 
555 
556 

557 
558 

559 
560 


!BkJ  Page 


Alley  between  Puyallup  avenue  and  25th 

St.  from  East  C  to  E  D  Sts. 
East  D  street*  from  21st  street  to  Wright 

avenue.   (See  Ord.  1102.) 
North  4th  street  from  Yakima  avenue  to 

E  street  north. 
State  street  from  South  10th  to  South 

12th  streets. 
Quincy  street  from  South  10th  to  Soulrti 

12th  streets. 
K  street  (north),  from  Buckley's  Add., 

from  No.  13th  to  Prospect  streets. 
Union  avenue  from  B  to  F  streets. 
E  street  from  North  4th  to  North  5th 

streets  (See  Ord.  1195.) 
Stevens   street   from   Logan  to  Butler 

streets. 
Union  avenue  from   1st  street  to  s.  1. 

Reeves'  Addition. 
South  8th   street  from   Tacoma  avenue 

to  G  street. 
State  street  from  Evelyn  street  to  6th 

avenue.     (See  Ord.  597.) 
Holland  avenue  from  So.  12th  St.  to  Di- 
vision and  Holland  Aves. 
South  25th  street  from  East  D  to  East 

K  streets. 
East  L  street  from  Puyallup  to  Wright 

avenues. 
South  25th  street  from  West  C  to  East 

D  streets. 
Alley  between  C  and  D  streets  from  So. 

4th  to  So.  6th  streets. 
Q  street  from  Steele  street  to  n.  1.  Sec.  6. 
North  7th  street  from  North  O  street  to 

n.  1.  Sec.  6. 
Water    street,    1st    Ward,    from    s.    1. 

Drew's  Plat  to  n.  1.  Law's  Add.  (See 

Ord.  1104.) 
L    and   North   14th  streets  from  -w.  1. 

Steele  street  to  w.  1.  Baker's  Add. 


ORDINANCES. 


145 


No. 


Porter  street,  Home  Add.,  from   A  St. 

to  Division  street. 
Logan  street,  Home  Add.,  from  A  St. 

to  Boulevard. 
A  street,  1st  Ward,  from  North  2nd  to 

Bessie  streets. 
B   street    from  s.  1.  3rd   to   n.  1.  Bessie 

streets. 
Bee  street  from  Johnston  street  to  s.  1. 

Lloyd's  Addition. 
South  19th   street   from   Pacific  avenue 

to  Li  street. 

Q  street  from  Division  avenue  to  Chi- 
cago avenue. 
D  street,  1st  Ward,  from  Union  to  Pu- 

get  Sound  avenues. 
A  street,  Home  Add.,  etc.,  from  Butler 

to  Hudson  streets. 

North  6th  street  from   N  street  to  Di- 
vision avenue. 
Pine  street  from  n.  1.  Kellog-g's  Add.  to 

Ross  Avenue. 
Carr  street,  1st  Ward,  from  1st  to  2nd 

streets. 
1st   street,    1st   Ward,    from  e.  1.  s.e.  1 

Sec.  23  to  w.  1.  Verde  street. 
North   I  street,    Buckley's  Add.,   from 

White  to  Pine  streets. 
Montana  street  from  e.  1.  Pacific  Add. 

to  w.  1.  of  same. 
Arthur  street,  1st  Ward,  from  2nd  to  D 

streets. 

Porter  street  from  e.l.  A  St.  to  w.  1.  Di- 
vision Ave. 
1st  street,  1st  Ward,    from  e.  1.  Sec.  26 

to  w.  1.  Verde  street. 
E  street,    1st  Ward,   from  s.  1.  Drew's 

Plat  to  n.  1.  Sec.  25. 
Wilcoxeii  street,    from   E  to  Cheyenne 

streets. 
Walnut  street   from  South  12th  street 

to  6th  avenue, 


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085 

1  1 

686 

4  4 

687 

t  4 

688 

(1 

689 

4  4 

690 

4  4 

692 

4  4 

693 

4  4 

694 

4< 

695 

) 

4  4 

696 

4  4 

707 

I  4 

708 

1 

D 

2 

4  4 

3 

4  4 

5 

4  4 

6 

3 

4  4 

7 

s 

4  4 

8 

4  4 

9 

4  t 

10 

146 


ORDINANCES. 


No 


59o  Verde  street,  1st  Ward,  from  n.  1. 
Woodruff's  2nd  Add.  to  Hudson 
street. 

596  Union  avenue    from  1st   street   to  s.  1. 

Reeves'  Add.     (See  Ord.  944.) 

597  State  street  from  Evelyn  street  to  6th 

avenue.     (See  Ord.  546.) 

600  Johnstone  Street  from  Bush  St.  to  e.  1. 

Kennedy  and  Tisdale's  Add. 

601  Alley   between    24th    and    25th   streets 

from  East  C  to  East  D  streets. 

614  Ranier  avenue  from  1st  to  8th  streets. 

615  Quincy  street  from  Ross  Ave.  to  Evelyn 

street. 

616  Alley  between  2nd  and  3rd  streets  from 

McCarver  to  Carr  streets. 

617  Walnut  street   from   6th   Ave.    to  n.  1. 

Coulter's  Addition. 

618  Cariboo  street  from  South  12th  street  to 

6th  avenue. 

620  Butler  and  Bessie  streets  from  w.  1.  Di- 

vision street  to  w.  1.  Prospect  Park 
Addition. 

621  Roadway   along"    waterfront  from    coal 

bunkers  to  Tacoma  Mill   Company's 
property. 

622  South  26th  street  from  A  St.  to  Puyal- 

lup  Indian  Reservation  line. 
640        South  8th  street  from  Tacoma  avenue  to 
G  street. 

650  Boulevard  from   Porter  street   to  e.  1. 

Hope  Park  Addition.   (See  Ord.  1205.) 

651  Boulevard  along  SE  i  of  NW  1  Sec.  25. 

652  Boulevard  from   s.  1.  D  street  to  s.    1. 

Goodwin's  addition. 

653  Boulevard  from  s.  1.  Goodwin's  Add.  to 

n.  1.  Sec.  36. 

654  North  9th  street  from  I  street  to  n.  1. 

Sec.  6. 

659  Puget  Sound  avenue  from  D  street  to 
cen,  L  alley  in  block  73. 


UNREPEALKD  ORDINANCES. 


147 


Prospect  or  Benefit  street  from  South 

12th  to  South  16th  streets. 
38th  street  from  South  Park  avenue  to 

N  street. 

East  L  street  from  35th  to  33rd  streets. 
South  35th  street  from   East  I  to  East 

L  streets. 
Myrtle     street    from     Pine     to     Bush 

streets. 
Cypress  street  from  e.  1.  Coulter's  Add. 

to  Bush  street. 
Washington  avenue  from  South  35th  to 

South  45th  streets,  etc. 
C  street  from  1st  to  Bessie  streets,  etc. 
Quincy  street   from  Evelyn  St.  to  s.  s. 

L/y oil's  Addition,  etc. 
South  L  street  from  South  35th  to  South 

45th  streets,  etc. 

D  street  from  1st  to  Bessie  streets,  etc. 
East  H  street  from  Wright  Ave.  to  n.  1. 

Sec.   16-20-3  e.,   etc.  (See  Ord.  1194.) 
34th  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to  Delin 

or  G  streets,  etc. 
Baltimore  street  from  Dundas  to  Bessie 

streets. 
N  street  from  Steele  to  Pine  streets. 

(See  Ord.  1094.) 
Alley   between  Tacoma  avenue  and  G 

street  from  So.  1st  to  So.  2nd  streets. 
Boyleston  street  from  West  12th  to  10th 

streets. 
Carriboo  street  from  6th  avenue  to  n.  1. 

Coulter's  Addition. 
South  4th   street  from  Division  avenue 

to  I  street,  etc. 
Oak  street  from  Ross  avenue  to  I  street, 

etc.   (See  Ord.  1055.) 
Tacoma  avenue  from  North  4th  to  North 

5th  streets,  etc. 
Railroad  avenue  from  1st  street  to  s.  1. 

Union  Add.,  etc. 


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Page 
91 

92 
93 

94 
95 
96 

111 
J12 

113 

114 
115 

116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
126 


148 


ORDINANCES. 


No. 

696 
700 
701 
702 
703 
704 
705 
706 
711 
712 
715 
722 
723 
727 
728 
729 
730 
731 
732 
733 
737 


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Page 


Oakes   avenue    from    Park    to    Alaska 

avenues,  etc.  (See  Ord.  1178.) 
Quinne  street  from  Stevens  to  E  streets, 

etc. 
32nd    street  from   Pacific  avenue   to  P 

street  west,  etc. 
Alley  between  Tacoma  avenue  and  G  St. 

from  So.  9th  to  So.  10th  streets. 
South  24th   street  from   Pacific  avenue 

to  West  C  street,  etc. 
North  4th  street  from   Yakima  avenue 

to  Division  avenue,  etc. 
6th  avenue  through  Coulter's  Addition. 

(See  Ord.  759.) 
N  street  from  Division  avenue  to  North 

6th  street,  etc. 
A  street  from  Puyallup  avenue  to  26th 

street,  etc.     (See  Ord.  1107.) 
West  D  street  from  So.  28th  to  So.  35th 

streets,  etc. 
South    K    street  from  35th   St.  to  n.  1. 

Ouimette's  Addition,  etc. 
Division  street   from   Porter  to  Quinne 

streets,  etc. 
Alley  between  blocks  2302  and  2303  from 

23rd  St.  to  Puyallup  Ave.,  etc.     • 
Adelaide    street    from    Pine    to    Poplar 

streets,  etc. 
Alder    street     from     Pine    to     Poplar 

streets,  etc. 
8th  street  from  e.  1.  Wintermute's  Add. 

to  Union  Ave.  etc. 
43rd   street    from  Kitsap  Ave.  to  e.  1. 

Sec.  17-20-3  e.  etc.     (See  Ord.  1059.) 
Asotin   street    from   Oakes   to  Hosmer 

avenues,  etc.     (See  Ord.  1093.) 
Georgfie  and  Bessie  streets  from   E  St. 

to  w.  1.  Pacific  Addition,  etc. 
N  street  from  North  to  South  line  Sec. 

17-20-3  e.,  etc. 
Elm  street  from  Adams  to  South  25th 

streets,  etc. 


127 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 

136 

I 
"  I  137 

11  143 
•'  144 
"  i  147 

"  I  ir>« 

"  157 
11  161 
"  '  162 
163 
164 
165 
166 
167 


tTNRKPKALKD    ORDINANCES. 


149 


No. 

'38 
'5G 

758 

759 

762 

765 

767 

769 

775 
796 

810 

811 

818 
819 
820 
824 
831 
832 


Bk. 


Page 


South  26th  street  between  A  and  East 

D  streets,  etc.  !  D      174 

5th  street  between  Alder  St.  and  Puget 

Sound  avenue,  etc.  "      199 

East  H  street  from  25th  St.  to  alley  be- 
tween 26th  and  27th  streets,  etc/  "      202 
(>th  avenue  through  Coulter's  Addition, 

etc,     (See  Ord.  705.)  |  "•  |   203 

North  E  street  from  North  oth  to  North 

6th  streets,  etc.  "      206 

Broadway    from   n.  1.  Mechanic's   Add. 

(South    street)    to    s.  1.   Philadelphia 

street,  Hunt's  Praisie  Addition,  etc.        "      211 
East  D,    E,   P,  G,  H,    I,   J,  K,  L,  M, 

etc.,  and  So.  4th,    5th,   7th,   8th,   9th, 

10th  etc.  Sts.  |  "  [   213 

North  43rd  street   from   Stevens   street   ' 

to  Mason  avenue,  etc.  [/'  |   216 

Margie    street    in   Rigedale  Add.   from 

Wayne  to  Bay  streets,  etc.  "  1  224 

Sprague  street,  (formerly  Chicago  Ave. 

or  Hall  St.,)  from  s.  1.  Chicago   Ave. 

Add,  to  s.  1.  Division  Ave.  Add.,   etc. 

(See  Ord.  839.)  "      285 

Center  street  from  South  J  to   South   I 

streets,  etc.      (See  Ord.  896. )     (Error 

in  printing.)       (Ordinance  cancelled. )      "      315 
Center  street   from  alley  between  So.  O 

and  So.  N  streets  to  So.  J  street,  etc.      "      316 
C  street  from  North  4th  to  North  6th 

streets,  etc.  I  "      328 

South  J  street  from  South  35th  to  South   : 

48th  streets,  etc.     (See  Ord.  990.)  "      329 

Yakima  avenue  from   Columbia  Ave.  to 

South  48th  street,  etc.  "      330 

46th  street  from   N   to   Asotin   streets, 

etc.  "      339 

North  36th  street  from  Cheyenne  St.  to 

w.  1.  Sec  25,  etc.     (See  Ord.  1062.)  347 

North  7th  street  from  Warner  to  Pine 

streets,  etc.     (See  Ord.  1184.)  "      348 


UNKKPEAI.KD     OKDlNANCKS. 


No. 
833 

842 
843 
844 
854 
857 

859 
866 

896 
1265 


North  34th  street  from  Mason  St.  to  w. 

1.  Goodwin's  Add. 
North  25th   street  from   Puget    Sound 

Ave.  to  e.  1.  Wintermute's  Part,  etc. 
North  27th  street  from  Alder  St.  to  e.  1. 

Wintermute's  Part,  etc. 
South  45th  street   from   N  to  Wilkeson 

streets,  etc.     (See  Ord.  1060.) 
South  34th  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to 

Puyallup  Indian  Reservation,  etc. 
North    5th    street    from    alley  between 

blocks  3408-9  and  3508-9  to  North    C 

street,  etc. 
Alder  street  from   north   to  south    line 

Wintermute's  Part,  etc. 
Bristol  street  from  North  45th  street  to 

North  50th  street,  etc. 
Amends  Section  3  of  Ordinance  No.  810. 
South  10th  street  from  A  street  to  Pa- 
cific Ave.     (See  Ord.  1288.) 


Bk.  Pag-e 


D 


E 


VII. 

Parking-  the  following-  avenues  and  streets: 


No. 


1187 
1268 
1285 
1294 


Bk, 


West  side  Tacoma  Ave.  from  So.  17th 
St.  to  bridg-e  at  So.  27th  street. 

East  side  North  1st  street  from  Tacoma 
avenue,  etc.,  to  Prospect  street. 

South  side  Division  Ave.  from  I  street 
to  6th  avenue. 

North  side  South  7th  street  from  Ta- 
coma avenue,  etc.,  to  6th  avenue. 


UNREPKALKD   ORDINANCES, 

VIII. 

Planking"  the  following"  streets: 


No. 

Bk. 

Tage 

747 

South  26th  street  from  180  ft.  west  of 

East  C  to  East  D  streets,  etc. 

D 

183 

748 

South  26th  street  from  Pacific  avenue 

to  165  ft.  east  of  A  street,  etc. 

1  1 

185 

IX. 

Re-assessment  for  improving  the  following*  avenues 
and  streets: 


No. 


892 

043 

944 

990 

1020 

1055 
1059 

1060 
1062 


Bk. 


South  25th  street  from   Pacific  Ave.  to 

East  G  street.     Void  made  on  wrong* 

property.     (See  Ord.  1020.) 
East  D  street  from  South  21st  to  South 

37th  Sts.     (See  Ords.  476,  1124.) 
Union    avenue     from    1st    St.    to   s.    1. 

Reeves'  Add.     (See  Ords.  596,  1110.) 
South  J  street  from  South  35th  to  South 

48th  streets.   (See  Ords.  819,  1109.) 
South  25th  street   from  Pacific  avenue 

to  East    G    street.    (See    Ord.    892.) 

(Set  aside  because  not  made  accord- 
ing* to  front  foot  basis.) 
Oak  street  from  Ross   Ave.    (now  No. 

8th   St.)  to  North   I   (now  No.  21st) 

S+.     (See  Ord.  693.) 
South  45th  (43rd)   St.  from   So.  N   St. 

(Kitsap  Ave.)   to  e.  1.    Sec.   17.   (See 

Ords.  730,  1116.) 
South  45th  (43d)  St. from  N  St.  to  Wilke- 

son  St.,  Oakes  Add.  (See  Ord.  1117.) 
North  36th  street  from  w.  1.  Cheyenne 

St.  tow.  1.  Sec.  25  in  Hope  Park  and 

Glenn's   1st    Additions.      (See    Ords. 

831,  1129.) 


D 


E 


Page 


451 

524 
526 
611 

23 
94 

115 
121 

151 


152 


UNKKPEALKD    ORDINANCES. 


1093  Asotin    street     from    South    40th     St.    j 

(Oakes  Ave.)  to  South  56th  St.  (Hos- 
mer  Ave.),  etc.  (See  Ords.  731, 
1170.)  E  212 

1094  North   12th  street  (N   St.)  from  Steele 

to  Pine  Sts.  (See  Ords.  688,  1126.)  "      218 

1102  East  D  street   from   South  21st  St.   to 

Wright  Ave.  (See  Ords.  531,  11?5.)         "      233 

1103  30th  street  (Park  Ave.)  from  Wilkeson 

(Bailey)  St.  to  Sprague  Ave.  (Wal- 
nut St.)  (See  Ord.  1169.)  "  238 

1104  Water  St.  from  s.  s.  Drew's  Plat  to  n.l. 

Law's  Add.  (See  Ords.  559,  1128.)  "  242 
1107  A  street  from  South  26th  St.  to  Puy- 

allup  Ave.  (See  Ord.  711.)  "  249 

1113  L  street  from  Division  Ave.  to  South 

llth  street.  "  259 

1115  North  28th  St.  (4th),  from  Junett 

(Chestnut)  St.  to  Pine  St.   (See  Ord. 

1171.)  .  •«      264 

1177  South  8th  street  from  Tacoma  Ave.  to  G 

St.  (See  Ords.  465,  1210.)  "      356 

1178  South   40th  street   (Oakes    Ave.)   from 

South  Park  to  Alaska  Aves.  (See 

Ords.  696,  1212.)  "I  360 

1184  1  North  7th  street  from  Warner  to  Pine 

streets.  (See  Ords.  832,  1211.)  4l  370 

1190  |  North  42nd  street  (Georgie  and  Bessie) 
from  e.  1.  Pacific  Add.  to  w.  1.  of 
same.  (See  Ord.  1218.)  "  379 

1194  East  H  street  from  Wright  Ave.  to  n.l. 

Sec.  16.     (See  Ords.  685,  1217.)  "      388 

1195  E  street  from   North  4th  to   North  5th 

streets.     (See  Ords.  537,  1216.)  "      393 

1205  Mason  avenue  from  North  41st  street  to 
e.  1.  Hope  Park  Add.  (See  Ords.  650, 
1223.)  "  409 

1213  North  4th  street  from  E  street  to  Yak- 

ima  Ave.     (See  Ord.  1226.)  "      421 

1214  Tacoma  avenue  from  No.  4th  to  No.  5th 

streets,     (See  Ord.  1225.)  "     425 


UNREPEALED   ORDINANCES. 


153 


No. 

Bk. 

Page 

1263 

Pacific  11  venue   from   So.  17th    St.  to  320 

ft.  So.  of  So.  24th  street.     (See  Ords. 

!       876,  1293.) 

E 

523 

1291 

North    3  1st    street    from   McCarver   to 

Steele  streets. 

t  1 

577 

1304 

South  34th  street  from  Pacific  Ave.  to 

Puyallup  Indian  Reservation. 

1  1 

599 

X. 


Vacating-    the    following-    alleys,    avenues,    streets, 
parcels  of  land  and  Plats: 


No. 

Bk. 

Page 

59N.T. 

Part  of  C,  or  Ranier,  street   in   New 

Tacoma.                                                      A 

88 

Q/I    4  . 

Cliff  avenue  between  So.  9th  and  So. 

10th  streets. 

153 

105  " 

The   alley    between  blocks  1114  and 

1115. 

203 

1  (  W\  *  ' 

The  alley  between    blocks   3012  and  j 

3013.                                                          j  44 

205 

109  " 

Strip  along   South    17th  St.  between 

Railroad  and  Hood  streets.                     " 

210 

110  kk 

East  half  of  Railroad  St.  between  So. 

17th  and  Hood  streets. 

211 

112  " 

Ranier  street  between  block  705  and 

Railroad  St. 

t  i 

214 

25 

Adams  street  between  Pacific  avenue 

and  So.  2Jst  street,  etc. 

B      40 

65 

G  street  between  Division  avenue  and 

No.  1st  street. 

44      109 

89 

The  alley  between  blocks  712  and  713. 

':'             146 

172 

Portions  of  South  7th  street  and  Cliff 

avenue. 

k'      335 

205 

Part  of  alley  between  Tacoma  avenue 

and  E  street. 

44  i  424 

208       |   Parts  of  East  G,   H,   I,   J,    etc.,  So. 

28th,  29th,  30th  and  31st  streets,etc. 

44     433 

154 


TJNRKPKAL,KD    ORDINANCES. 


209  East  B  street  between  So.  30th  St.  and 
Puyallup  Ave. 

212  The  alley  between  blocks  3108  and  3109. 

213  Portions  of    South  9th   street  and    St. 

Helen's  street. 

232  Bryant  street,  Hawthorne  Ave.,  etc.,  in 

Forbes'  Addition. 

233  Part  of  alley  between  E  St.  and  Tacoma 

Ave.  and  block  410  and  Tacoma  Ave. 
236      Part  of   alley  between  blocks   320  and 

321. 
239      South  22nd  street  between  Pacific  Ave. 

and  Adams  St.,  etc. 

241  Portion   of    Cliff    avenue.     (See    Ordi- 

nance.) 

242  Portion    of     Cliff    avenue.     (See    Ordi- 

nance.) 

243  Part    of    alley    from    North    6th    to    C 

streets. 
248      Part  of  alley  between  blocks  18  and  19, 

Smith  and  Fife's  Add.,  etc. 
271      Part  of  alley  between  blocks   7534  and 

7633. 
284      Plat  of  Tisdale's  2nd  Addition. 

300  Cliff  avenue  between   South   12th    and 

South  13th  streets. 

301  2nd  street  in  Byrd's  Addition. 

327  Part  of  alley  between  blocks  406  and 
407. 

332      Cliff  avenue  as  described  in  Ordinance. 

334  Cliff  avenue  between  North  1st  and  E 
streets. 

338  Delin  street  between  C  street  and  Ta- 
coma Ave. 

340      South  street  in  Kellogg's  Addition. 

369  Strip  of  land  west  of  Pacific  Ave.  north 

from  So.  9th  street. 

370  Cliff    avenue  between  South   10th    and 

South  12th  streets. 
372      Plat  of  Chandler's  Addition. 
377      Jefferson  street  between  South  14th  and 

South  15th  streets. 


ONREPEAtED  ORDINANCE^. 


No. 

Bk. 

Page 

! 

394 

Part  of  plat  of  Lyon's  Addition.                   C      474 

450 

South  24th  street  between  I  and  J  streets 

in  Lewis'  Addition. 

4  4 

548 

498 

Part  of  alley  between  blocks  3712  and 

3713. 

4  4 

606 

518 

Harrison  street,  Westbrook   Ave.,    etc., 

in  Phoenix  Addition. 

4  4 

638 

.576 

Portion  of  East  street  in  Kellog-g-'s  Ad- 

dition. 

4  4 

700 

619 

Jefferson   street   between  So.  14th   and 

vSo.  15th  streets. 

D 

37 

658 

Butler  street,   etc,    in  Wing-ard's   Addi- 

tion. 

4  4 

88 

795 

Parts  of  East  E,  F,  G,  H,  I,  J,  K,  etc. 

4  4 

280 

849 

Part  of  Pacific   avenue   at   its  northern 

limit. 

376 

906 

Alley  between  blocks  2809  and  2708. 

4  4 

468 

915 

Portion  of  Lawrence  street. 

'.* 

478 

933 

Parts  of  Wichita  street,  Saratog-a  street, 

etc. 

4  4 

503 

969 

Part  of  alley  between  blocks  3312  and 

3313. 

4  4 

561 

1011 

Plat  of  St.  Ang-elo  Addition. 

E 

8 

XI. 

Miscellaneous  ordinances  relating-  to 

N0. 

Bk. 

Page 

1 

12  O.T. 

Payment  by  officers  of  public  monies.      () 

15 

13  " 

Purchase  of  road,  poll  and  dog-  tax  re-   I 

ceipts. 

14 

22" 

Collection  of  fees. 

24 

23  " 

Directing-  City  Marshal  to  open   Carr 

street,  etc. 

25 

13N.T. 

Municipal  poll  tax  for  1880. 

A 

14 

18  " 

Municipal  elections. 

4  4 

20 

21  " 

Expenditure  of  road  fund  of  1880. 

4  4 

22 

156 


tJNKKPKALKD    ORDINANCES. 


No. 


24  N.T 

27  " 

28  " 

32  " 

34  " 

35  " 
37  " 
43  " 
58  " 

70  " 

77  " 

100  " 

101  " 

2 
11 
12 

13 


14 
16 

23 


29 
42 

55 
66 

67 


Protection  of  water  right  of  town  of 
New  Tacoma. 

Time  for  payment  of  road  tax  for 
1880. 

Organizing  New  Tacoma  Hook  and 
Ladder  Co.  No.  1. 

Municipal    election  of    1881. 

Drainage  of  block  704  on  Ranier  and 
Railroad  streets. 

Municipal  poll  tax  for  1881. 

Expenditure  of  road  fund  of  1881. 

Special  tax  for  small  pox  expenses. 

Time  and  manner  of  assessing  taxa- 
ble propei  ty. 

Municipal  tax  for  1882. 

Creating  fund  for  grading  Pacific 
avenue. 

Time  for  payment  of  road  tax  for 
1883. 

Municipal  tax  for  1883. 

Requiring  City  officers  to  sfive  bonds. 

Contract  for  oil,  etc. 

Contract  for  excavating  at  South  9th 
and  C  streets. 

Authorizing  the  purchasing  commit- 
tee to  bind  the  City  up  to  $50  with- 
out written  contact. 

Contract  for  lumber. 

Contract  for  Hook  and  Ladder  truck, 
etc. 

Special  tax  to  pay  warrants  outstand- 
ing pursuant,  to  Act  of  the  Legis- 
lature approved  Nov.  5,  1881. 

Contract  for  lumber. 

Authorizing  the  collection  of  road  poll 
tax  for  1884. 

Municipal  tax  for  1884. 

Authorizing  contract  for  building 
truck  and  hose  house. 

Designating  fund  from  which  to  pay 
for  truck,  etc.,  house. 


ORDINANCES. 


157 


No.  Bk.  Pag-e 

69  Authorizing-  contract  for  the  purchase 

of  23  lamp  posts.  B      114 

70  Designating*  fund  from  which   to   pay 

for  23  lamp  posts.  "      111 

71  Authorizing  contract  for  the  purchase 

of  23  lamps.  ?'      116 

72  Designating  fund  from  which   to  pay   i 

for  23  lamps.  I  "      117 

73  Authorizing  contract  for  the  purchase 

of  2000  feet  of  hose,  etc.  "      118 

74  Designating  fund  from  which  to  pay 

for  2000  feet  of  hose,  etc.  "119 

76          Organizing  Pire  Department,  etc.  "      123 

78  Authorizing     contract    for    building 

sidewalk.  "      130 

79  i  Designating  fund   from  which  to  pay 

for  building  sidewalk.  "  131 

96  Municipal  tax  for  1885,  |  "  166 

.09  City  Assessor  to  make  yearly  road 

poll  tax  list.  "      185 

115  Municipal  and   road  property  tax   for 

1886.  "      194 

116  !   Special  tax   to  pay  outstanding  war- 

rants. "      195 

117  Road  poll  tax  for  1886.  "      197 
119          Approving  contract  with  T.  L.  &  W. 

Co.  for  supplying  water  from  April 

1,  1886,  to  Sept.  30,  1886.  "  203 

123  Contract  for  improving  C  St.  from 

So.  9th  to  Jefferson  streets.  "  207 

127  Contract  for  deed  of  land  for  park 

purposes.  "  210 

131  Payment  of  street  improvement  war- 
rants from  Road  Fund.  "  215 

156  Contract  to  pay  damages  for  re-estab- 
lishing the  grade  of  Railroad  street 
in  front  of  block  1105.  "  299 

162  Road  poll  tax  for  1887.  "      315 

163  Municipal  and  road  property  tax  for 

1887.  "      316 
169       I   Revising,  compiling  and  printing  or- 
dinances.                                                      "      328 


158 


ONREPEALED  ORDINANCES'. 


No. 


Bk. 


199  Municipal    and    road    property   tax    for 

1888.  B 

200  Road  poll  tax  for  1388. 

214  Re-surveying*  and  re-platting"  C.  P. 
Perry's  Addition. 

244  Municipal    and    road    property  tax    for 

1889. 

245  Road  poll  tax  for  1881). 

247        Special  tax  for  building-  a  City  building-. 

(See  Ord.  272.) 
252        Special  tax  for  providing-   fire   eng-ines, 

etc.     (See  Ord.  272.) 
264        Authorizing-    the    purchase   of    lot    17, 

block  1709. 

266  Authorizing-  the  purchase  of  two  Silsby 

steam  fire  engines. 

267  Authorizing-  the  purchase  of  lot  7,  block 

4214. 

269  Authorizing-  the  purchase  of  a  Hayes' 
Hook  and  Ladder  truck. 

272  Transfer  to  General  and  Road  Funds 
the  money  collected  under  Ordinances 
Nos.  247  and  252,  etc. 

279  Authorizing-  the  purchase  of  three  teams 
of  horses. 

281  Authorizing-  the  purchase  of  lots  5  and 
6,  block  207,  Tacoma. 

285  Transfer  $10,636.11  from  General  to 
Sewer  Fund. 

310  Taking- census  and  appointing-  enumer- 
ators. 

312  Purchase  of  a  tract  of  land  for  fire  en- 
g-ine  house. 

314  Re-org-anizing-  the  Volunteer  Fire  De- 
partment. (See  Ord.  764.) 

316  Election  of  fifteen  freeholders  to  frame 
new  Charter. 

401  Authorizing-  the  Mayor  to  execute  a 
deed  to  Madeline  Nickel. 

413         Revoking*  license  of  H.  Dedenhoff. 

418         Revising"  and  compiling-  ordinances. 


UNRKPEALED    ORDINANCES, 


159 


No. 


Bk.,  Tage 


Conveyance  to  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce land  at  So.  9th  and  C  Sts. 

Purchase  from  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce land  at  Pacific  avenue  and 
South  7th  street. 

Purchase  of  certain  lots  in  blocks  2306 
and  2406  for  a  public  market. 

Creating*  Water  Works  Commission, 
etc. 

Fixing  the  salary  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
Water  Commission. 

Fixing-  the  salary  of  the  Superintendent 
of  building-  the  City  Hall. 

Authorizing"  the  Mayor  to  execute  a  deed 
to  Wm.  Urquhart  et  als. 

Transfer  of  S-'OOO  from  General  to  Park 
Fund. 

General  election  for  April  5th,  1892. 

Committee  for  entertaining-  National 
Editorial  Association. 

Transferring-  credits  and  indebtedness 
from  Road  and  Sewer  Funds  to  Gen- 
eral Fund. 

Appointing-  committee  for  4th  of  July 
celebration. 

Repairing-  McCarver  street  wharf. 

Granting*  T.  D.  Powell  right  to  improve 
North  5th  street. 

Authorizing-  the  issuance  of  warrants 
for  the  completion  of  the  City  Hall. 

Revoking-  the  liquor  license  of  Henry 
Halstead. 

Volunteer  Fire  Department.  (Amend- 
ing- Ord.  No.  314.) 

Issuing-  §12,000  of  warrants  for  com- 
pleting; the  City  Hall. 

Designating-  voting-  places,  etc.,  for  Spe- 
cial election  on  April  1  1,  1893. 

General  election  for  April  4th,  1893,  etc. 

Designating-  voting-  places,  etc.,  for  Spe- 
cial election  on  May  9,  1893, 


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611 
613 
637 
660 
669 

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54 

87 

100 

101 
102 

148 
188 
198 
209 
266 

271 

288 

304 


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806         Revoking"   the  liquor    license   of  W.    L.    ' 

Tileston.  D 

813  Condemning1  land  for  the  extension  of 

South  llth  street  westerly,  providing- 
for  payment,  etc. 

814  Condemning'    land    for    widening-    Carr 

street,  etc. 

852  Condemning-  land  for  widening-  6th  ave- 
nue, etc. 

885  Condemning-  the  sidewalk  in  front  of 
block  1304. 

909  Construction  of  a   bridge  across  Union 

avenue  from  North  31st  to  North  33rd 
streets. 

910  Construction  of  a  roadway  through  the 

Tacoma  Mill  Company's  property. 
912        Condemning-  the  sidewalk    in    front  of 

block  1203. 
918        Drawing-  warrants  on  the  General  Fund 

for  interest  hereafter  to  be  due  for  the 

improvement  of  Pacific  avenue,  etc. 

922  Transferring-  $19,050   from   W.  and  L. 

Extension  Fund  to  W.  and  L.  Fund. 

923  Transferring-  $19,050  from   W.  and   L. 

Fund  to  W.  and  L.  Extension  Fund. 
935  General  election  for  April  3rd,  1894,  etc. 
941  Payment  of  the  officers  at  the  General 

election. 
949        Condemning-  lot  7  in  Brown's  Add.  for 

fire  eng-ine  house. 
958        Condemning-   the   sidewalk   in   front    of  j 

blocks  703,  803,  903,  1003  and  1103. 
964        Transferring-    $1,000    to    Salary    Fund   ; 

for  accountants. 
975        Transferring-  the  balance  in  the  General 

Expense  Fund  on  Jan.  1,  1895,  to  the 

Salary  Fund. 
981        General  election  for  April  2nd,  1895,  etc.    j 

991  Letting-  contract  for  public  printing-. 

992  Transfer  $24,000    from  General  to  In-  | 

terest  Fund. 


UNREPEALED    ORDINANCES. 


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No. 


994      Granting"  license  to  Syndicate  Show  and 
Circus. 

Transferring  $8,000  from  W.  and  L. 
Extension  Fund  to  W.  and  L.  Fund 
for  payment  to  Robt.  Rigney,  etc. 
(See  Ord.  1007.) 

Granting-  the  erection  of  a  wooden  and 
iron  structure  in  block  1502. 

Transferring-  §16,500  from  General  to 
Interest  Fund. 

Transferring-  $16,500  from  any  and  all 
funds  to  Interest  Fund. 

Levying-  Special  tax  on  certain  lots  to 
pay  the  first  installment  of  principal 
and  interest  on  District  No.  1  Im- 
provement bonds.  (See  Ordinances 
Nos.  1221  and  1312.) 

Requiring-  City  Treasurer  to  give  addi- 
tional bond. 

)25  Prohibiting- trade  of  barbers  on  Sunday. 
(Declared  unconstitutional  by  the 
Supreme  Court  in  the  case  of  the 
"City  of  Tacoma  ag-ainst  Henry 
Krech.") 

>26  !  Authorizing  a  settlement  with  the 
Scandinavian-American  Bank. 

Fixing-  the  penal  amount  of  the  City 
Treasurer's  bond. 

Authorizing-  a  compromise  of  the  City 
taxes,  etc.,  for  1893  and  prior  years. 
(See  Ordinances  Nos.  1071,  1105  and 
1273.) 

General  election  on  April  7th,  1896,  also 
for  Charter  amendments,  etc. 

Transferring-  $2,500  from  W.  and  L. 
Fund  to  Interest  Fund. 

Transferring-  $2,000  from  W.  and  L. 
Fund  to  Interest  Fund.  (See  Ord. 
No,  1033.) 

Fixing-  the  amount  of  the  bond  of  the 
incoming-  Treasurer. 


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1071  Authorizing'  a  compromise   of   the  City 

taxes,  etc.,  for  1893  and  prior  years. 
(See  Ordinances  Nos.  1050,  1105  and 
1273.)  E 

1072  Fixing-  the  amount  of  the  bond   of  the 

County  Treasurer  to  the  City. 
1079      Transferring-   $500    from    W.    and    L. 

Fund  to  W.  and  L.  Extension  Fund. 
1087      Issuing-  warrants    on  Salary  Fund  for 

past  due  salaries. 

1095  !  Authorizing-  the  receipt  of  $12,936.24  of 

warrants  from  the  Columbia  National 
Bank. 

1096  Transferring-    $500    from    W.    and     L. 

Fund  to  W.  and  L.  Extension  Fund. 
1105      Authorizing*   a  compromise  of   the  City 

taxes,  etc.,   for  1893  and  prior  years. 

(See  Ordinances  Nos.   1050,   1071  and 

1273.) 
1114  I   Reward   of  $1,000  for  conviction  of  the 

ballot  thief. 
1139   |   Transfer  $16,500   from  the   General    to 

the  Interest  Fund. 
1146  !   Transfer  $125  from  W.  and  L.  Fund  to 

W.  and  L.  Extension  Fund. 

1152  Requiring-    a    new    bond    of    the    Cit\T 

Treasurer  on  account  of  the  with- 
drawal of  Chester  Thome  et  als. 
(This  ordinance  was  never  pub- 
lished.) 

1153  Fixing-  the  amount  of  a  new  bond  by  the 

Cit}7  Treasurer. 

1154  Releasing-  Chester  Thome  et  als  on  City 

Treasurer's  bond. 

1168      General    election    for   April    6th,    1897, 
etc. 

1174  Authorizing-   the   receipt   of   a   dividend 

from  the  Tacoma  Trust  and  Saving's 
Bank. 

1175  Directing-  the  payment  of  interest  on  in- 

terest coupons,  )  " 


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1179  Reducing  the  number  of  flume  tenders, 

etc. 

1180  I   Transfer  $600  from  General  Expense  to 

Peed  Emergency  Fund. 

1221  ;  Levying-  Special  tax  on  certain  lots  to 
pay  the  first  installment  of  principal 
and  interest  on  District  No.  1  Im- 
provement Bonds.  (See  Ordinances 
Nos.  1023  and  1312. 

224      Authorizing1  the  compromise  of  all  claims 

for  street  assessments. 

1 248  Transferring  $250  from  W.  and  L.  Fund 
to  W.  and  L.  Extension  Fund. 

250      Transferring-  $927.54  from  licenses   and 
fines  to  Park  Fund. 

1270  Creating  "South  9th  Street  Fund  from 

Pacific  avenue  to  C  Street."  (See 
Ord.  No.  1255.) 

1271  !  Creating  "South  llth  Street  Fund  from 

Pacific  avenue  to  C  street."  (See  Ord. 
No.  1256.) 

1273  Authorizing  a  compromise  of  the  Cit}7 
taxes,  etc.,  for  1893  and  prior  years. 
(See  Ordinances  Nos.  1050,  1071  and 
1105.) 

278      General    election    for    April    5th,   1898, 
etc. 

1279  Creating  "South  12th  Street  from  Court 

A  to  A  Street  Sidewalk  Improve- 
ment Fund."  (See  Ordinance  No. 
1275.) 

1280  Creating    "South     13th     Street    from 

Court  A  to  A  Street  Sidewalk  Im- 
provement Fund."  (See  Ordinance 
No.  1276.) 

1281  Creating  "South  M   Street  from  South 

14th  to  South  15th  Streets  Improve- 
ment Fund."  (See  Ordinance  No. 
1277.) 

1286  Fixing  the  amount  of  the  bond  to  be 
given  by  the  City  Treasurer. 


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Transfer  $10,700  from  W.  and  L.  Fund 
to  Interest  Fund. 
Ordering1  reconstruction  of  Clover  Creek 
flume. 
Lev}  Ing  Special  tax  on  certain  lots  to 
]:ay  the  first  installment  of  principal 
and  interest  on  District    No.    1    Im- 
provement   Bonds.     (See    Ordinances 
Nos.  1023  and  1221.) 

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REVISED   ORDINANCES. 


The  following*  pages  contain  the  Ordinances  of  a 
General  Nature  of  the  City  of  Tacoma,  (Old  Tacoma) 
and  designated  by  the  letters  "O.  T."  after  the  number 
of  the  ordinance;  of  New  Tacoma,  known  by  the  letters 
"N.  T.,"  and  of  Tacoma,  (Consolidated  Cities),  after 
the  numbers  of  which  ordinances  no  letters  appear,  re- 
maining in  force  in  the  City  of  Tacoma. 

All  amendments  are  substituted  for  the  original  en- 
actments, and  are  duly  noted  as  amended. 

The  Ordinances  are  divided  into  two  parts: 

PART  I.  All  those  for  the  violation  of  which  a 
penalty  is  provided,  and  called  Penal  Ordinances. 

PART  II.     All  other  Ordinances. 

The  original  number  of  each  has  been  preserved  and 
they  are  printed  in  classes  as  set  forth  at  the  beginning 
of  each  part. 


PART   I. 

The  Penal  Ordinances  have  been  arranged  in   the 
following  classes  with  their  respective  subdivisions. 


CLASS  I. 

ANIMALS. 


Prevent   the  wearing  or  placing  of  bells 

on  animals. 

Taxing  and  killing  of  dosfs. 
Prevent   animals  being  left  loose  on  the 

streets,  etc. 

Prevent  cruelty  to  animals. 
Prevent  animals  running  at  large. 


Number 
of  Ord. 


61  N.T. 
40 


219 

275 
1243 


166 


RKVISED   ORDINANCES. 

CLASS  II. 

BICYCLES,    ETC. 


Number 

1 

2 

of  Ord. 

Prevent  placing-  tacks,  glass,  etc.,  on  bi- 
cycle paths. 
Construction  of    bicyle   bridge  south  of 
31st  street. 

1006 
1089 

3 

Bicycle  roadway  along  the   City 
conduit. 

's  water 

1131 

4 

Bicycle   path   on   C  street   from 
avenue  to  South  9th  street. 

Division 

1182 

5 

Regulate   use  of    bicycles,   etc., 
walks,  etc. 

on  side- 

1191 

6 

Licensing  use  of  bicycles,  etc.     (See  "Li- 
censes.") 

1252 

CLASS  III. 

BUILDINGS. 

Regulate  the  building  and  erection  of  re- 
taining walls. 

Construction  of  theaters,  concert  halls, 
etc. 

Regulate  the  erection,  alteration,  etc.,  of 
buildings. 

Removal  of  buildings  along  streets.  (See 
"Streets.") 

Erection  of  buildings  within  the  fire  lim- 
its. (See  "Fire  Department.") 


REVISED   ORDINANCES. 


OF   THK 

UNIVERSITY 


167 


CLASS   IV. 

FIRE   DEPARTMENT. 


Number 
of  Ord. 


1  Protection  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph. 

2  Granting-  rig-ht  of  way  on  streets  to  the 

Pire  Department    when   answering-  an 
alarm  of  fire. 

3  Regulating-  the  use  of  fire  hydrants. 

4  Establishing  fire  limits,  etc. 


302 


347 

829 

1000 


CLASS  V. 

HEALTH. 


Prevent  introduction  of  contagious  dis- 
eases from  incoming-  vessels. 

Prevent  the  spread  of  contagious  disease 
among  domestic  animals. 

Requiring  every  person  to  keep  his  pro- 
perty clean. 

Rules  and  regulations  of  the  Board  of 
Health. 

5  Prohibiting  the  sale  of  adulterated  milk. 

6  Regulating  the  manner  of  collecting-  etc. 

garbage. 

Providing  for  the  yarding  and  slaughter- 
ing of  cattle. 

8  Prohibiting  expectoration  in  public  places. 

9  Prevent  keeping  a  dairy  within   the   City 

limits. 

10  Regulations  for  preservation  of  public 
health  and  to  prevent  the  spread  of 
contagious  diseases. 


Number 
of  Ord. 


52N/T 

507 
137 

384 
718 

893 

978 
1295 

1267 
1319 


168 


REVISED   ORDINANCES. 

CLASS  VI. 
LICENSES. 


1  Regulate  manner  of  issuing  licenses. 

2  Auctioneers. 

3  Bicycles,    etc.     (See  also  Ordinance  No. 

1266,  "Funds") 

4  Billiards,  bowling  alleys,  etc. 

5  Bill  posting  and  distributing. 

6  Dogs.     (See  "  Animals.") 

7  Engineers  for  steam  boilers.   (See  "Mis- 

cellaneous.") 

8  Expressmen,  hackmen,  etc. 

9  Intelligence  offices. 

10  Junk  dealers. 

11  Liquors. 

12  Pawnbrokers. 

13  Peddling,  hawking,  etc. 

14  Plumbers. 

15  Sale  of  goods  by  automatic  machines. 

16  Sale  of  goods  by  stamps,  etc. 

17  Second  hand  dealers. 

18  Slaughtering  cattle.     (See  "Health.") 

19  Theatrical    shows   and    places  of   public 

amusement. 


CLASS  VII. 

MORALS    AND    GOOD    ORDER. 


1  Indecent  exposure. 

2  Gambling. 

3  Houses  of  ill  fame. 

4  Opium  smoking. 

5  Blasting  within  the  City  limits. 

6  Use  of  fire  crackers. 


KEVISED   ORDINANCES. 


169 


Number 
of  Ord. 

7 

Vagrancy. 

679 

8 

Storage,    transportation,    etc.,    of     gun- 

powder, etc. 

808 

9 

Sale  of  obscene  books,  etc. 

836 

10 

Sale  of  coal. 

874 

11 

Imprisonment  for  fines. 

900 

12 

Disorderly  persons. 

968 

13 

Malicious  mischief. 

982 

14 

Past  driving  on  llth  street  bridge. 

1017 

15 

Use  of  sling  shots. 

1183 

16 

Purchase  by  junk  dealers  from  minors. 

1196 

CLASS  VIII. 

RAILWAYS. 


Number 
of  Ord. 


Prevent  injuries  to  persons  and  property 

in  the  operation  of  railways. 
Regulate  construction  and  repair  of  street 

railways. 
Regulate  the  operation  of  street  railways 

in  the  City. 
Prohibit  minors  from  jumping  on  moving 

street  railway  or  steam  cars. 
Regulate  speed  of  street  railway  cars  in 

the  City. 


207 

297 

581 

1145 

1197 


CLASS  IX, 

SIDEWALKS. 


Number 
of  Ord. 


Regulate    the    construction  of  sidewalks 
and  the  material  to  be  used  therein. 


861 


170 


REVISED    ORDINANCES. 


2  Requiring*  sidewalks  and  adjacent  prop- 

erty to  be  kept  clean,  etc. 

3  Prevent   obstruction  of   sidewalks.   (See 

4 'Streets.") 


CLASS  X. 

STREETS. 


Keep    streets    and     alleys    clean.     (See 

"Health.") 
Regulate  the  use  of  streets,  wharves  and 

public  places. 

3  Planting-  shade  and  ornamental  trees  in 

streets,  etc. 

4  Prevent  obstruction  of  streets  and  side- 

walks. 

5  Prohibit  burning-  rubbish,  garbage,  etc., 

in  streets. 

6  Excavations  beneath  paved  streets. 

7  Prevent  obstruction  of  streets,  etc.,   by 

telegraph  poles,  etc. 

8  Removal    of    buildings    along    and    over 

streets. 

9  Prevent     excavating,     grading,    etc.,     in 

streets. 


CLASS  XI. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 


Forbidding  employment  of  Chinamen. 
Defining  nuisances,  etc. 


7 
133 


REVISED   ORDINANCES. 


in 


Number 
of  Ord. 


Provide  for  working-  city  prisoners. 

Protection  of  monuments,  stakes,  posts 
and  peg's. 

Manner  in  which  Lig"ht  and  Water  Com- 
panies shall  construct,  etc ,  their  lines. 

Regulate  plumbing-,  ventilation  and 
drainag-e  of  buildings. 

Establishing-  stands  for  hacks,  etc.,  on 
Pacific  avenue. 

Protection  of  Public  Parks. 

Establishing-  stands  for  Hacks,  etc.,  at 
Pacific  avenue  depot. 

Prohibit  the  deposit  of  refuse  in  the 
waterway  or  channel  along  the  west 
shore  of  Commencement  Bay. 

Fixing  and  designating*  a  Public  Market 
place. 

Manner  and  form  of  making  and  filing- 
plats. 

Establishing  Rules  for  the  use  and  main- 
tenance of  the  Public  Market. 

Operation  and  inspection  of  steam  boilers, 
etc.  (See  "Licenses.") 

Regulating  the  price  of  gas 

Procure  the  attendance  of  witnesses,  etc., 
before  the  Council. 

Prevent  persons  from  retaining-  books, 
papers,  etc.,  belong-ing  to  the  City. 

Regulate  the  laying  of  wires  to  convey 
electricity. 

Prohibit  the  wearing-  of  hats,  etc.,  in 
theatres. 

Harbor  Regulations  and  prescribing-  the 
duties  of  the  Harbor  Master. 

Declaring  certain  bulkheads  a  nuisance. 

Providing-  for  a  system  of  sewerage  and 
the  construction  of  sewers,  etc. 


183 
184 
299 
393 

405 
520 

677 

768 
785 
830 
870 

938 
1001 

1049 
1090 
1119 
1244 

1247 
1299 

1326 


172  ORDINANCE    NO.    61,     N.     T. 

CLASS  I, 

Animals. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  61,  N.  T. 

An  ordinance  to  prevent  the  wearing-  or  placing  of  bells  on  animals. 
The  Common   Council  of  New   Tacoma  does  ordain  as 


SECTION  1.  That  the  wearing*  by  or  placing-  of 
bells  upon  any  animal  to  be  worn  between  the  hour  of 
seven  p.  m.  and  the  hour  of  7  a.  m.  within  the  city  limits, 
is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance,  and  any  officer  is 
hereby  authorized  to  remove  the  same,  and  the  person 
placing-  such  bell  upon  any  animal  to  be  worn  within  the 
city  limits  shall  on  conviction  thereof  before  the  commit- 
ting- mag-istrate  be  fined  five  dollars  for  each  offense  and 
pay  the  cost  of  prosecution.  Provided  that  the  provis- 
ions of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  the  territory  with- 
in the  city  limits  outside  of  the  pound  limits. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1253,  approved  De- 
cember 17,  1897.) 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police 
to  make  complaint  to  a  justice  of  the  peace  having-  juris- 
diction of  municipal  offenses  of  any  violation  of  this  or- 
dinance coming-  to  his  knowledg-e. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1303,  approved  July 
29,  1898.) 

SEC.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  publication 
thereof. 

Approved  July  5th,  1882. 


ORDINANCE    NO,    40. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  40. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  taxing  and  killing  of  dogs. 

The  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 

as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  That  no  dog"  shall  be  permitted  to  go 
abroad  in  any  of  the  streets,  squares,  alleys  or  public 
places  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  without  a  collar  of 
leather  or  metal  properly  secured  about  its  neck,  with  a 
number  stamped  upon  metal  or  engraved  thereon. 

SEC.  2.  The  owner  or  person  having-  in  charge  any 
dog-  permitted  to  run  at  larg-e,  within  the  city  limits, 
shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  Aug-ust  of  each  year, 
pay  into  the  city  treasury  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  lawful 
money  of  the  United  States  of  America,  for  each  and. 
every  male  dog-,  and  the  sum  of  two  dollars  for  each  and 
every  female  dog-,  which  shall  entitle  him  to  a  receipt 
from  the  city  treasurer  designating-  the  owner's  name 
and  the  number  of  the  license. 

SEC.  3.  The  treasurer  shall  keep  a  record  of  all 
dog-  licenses  granted. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1311,  approved  Au- 
gust 5,  1898.) 

SEC.  4.     Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1311,  supra. 

SEC.  5.  No  female  dog-  in  time  of  heat,  no  habitually 
vicious  dog,  or  mad  dog,  shall  be  allowed  to  run  at  large 
within  the  city  limits,  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any  per- 
son to  kill  any  such  dog  running  at  large,  whether  wear- 
ing a  collar  duly  numbered  or  not,  and  the  owner  or  per- 
son permitting  any  such  dog-  to  run  at  large  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person  an  inhabitant  of  this  city  per- 
mitting any  dog,  of  which  he  owns  or  has  control  over, 
to  go  abroad  in  any  of  the  streets,  squares,  alleys  or  pub- 
lic places  of  this  city  without  having  first  paid  the  license 
required  by  this  ordinance,  showing  the  number  stamped 
or  engraved  on  the  collar,  upon  such  dog,  as  provided  in 
section  one  of  this  ordinance,  or  who  shall  suffer  or  cause 
a  collar  and  number  to  be  put  on  any  dog  with  intent  to 
avoid  payment  of  license,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof 
before  any  committing  magistrate  of  the  city,  be  subject 


174  ORDINANCE    NO.    40 — CON. 

to  a  fine  of  not   less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  7.  Any  owner  of  a  dog"  or  bitch  impounded 
shall,  before  redeeming"  such  dog"  or  bitch,  procure  a  li- 
cense for  the  same  and  exhibit  the  said  license  to  the 
poundmaster,  and  pay  to  the  poundmaster  a  fine  of  one 
dollar  ($1.00).  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  po- 
lice to  see  that  a  complete  record  is  kept  of  all  dogfs  and 
bitches  impounded  and  all  moneys  received  from  all 
sources  in  connection  with  the  city  pound.  Said  record 
shall  show  the  names  and  residence  of  all  persons  re- 
deeming- dogs  and  the  date  of  redemption;  the  chief  of 
police  shall  make  a  monthly  report  to  the  city  council 
showing  all  transactions  at  the  city  pound  and  shall  pay 
^  11  moneys  collected  from  every  source  to  the  city  treas- 
urer. 

(As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  1188.  Approved 
May  21,  1897.) 

SEC.  8.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  attempt 
to  prevent  or  hinder  any  person  or  persons  engaged  in 
seizing-  any  dog,  killing-  or  removing  the  carcass,  in  con- 
formity with  this  ordinance,  shall  be  liable  to  pay  a  fine 
not  exceeding- fifty  dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  the  city 
jail  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  for  each  offense. 

SEC.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police 
to  prosecute  all  violations  of  this  ordinance. 

(As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  1188  supra.) 

SEC.  10.  The  annual  time  for  issuing  licenses  as 
herein  provided,  and  the  time  when  all  and  each  license 
shall  expire,  shall  be  on  the  first  day  of  August  of  each 
year,  and  no  license  shall  be  issued  for  less  than  one 
year. 

SEC.  11.  All  ordinances  heretofore  passed  provid- 
ing- for  the  taxing  and  killing  of  dogs,  either  in  the  late 
City  of  New  Tacoma  or  the  late  City  of  Tacoma,  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  July  18th,  1884. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    219. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  219. 

An  ordinance  to  prevent  the  leaving-  of  any  horse,  mule  or  other  ani- 
mal, or  team  of  horses,  mules  or  other  animals  loose  or  unguarded 
in  the  public  streets;  or  stopping1  or  leaving-  any  horse  or  mule  or 
other  animal  or  team  of  horses,  mules  or  other 'animals  on  or  near 
the  crosswalks  of  streets;  or  riding-,  leading-  or  driving-  any  horse, 
mule  or  other  animal  or  team  of  horses,  mules  or  other  animals 
upon  or  over  any  sidewalk;  or  the  hitching-  of  any  horse,  mule  or 
other  animal  or  team  of  horses,  mules  or  other  animals  to  any  sign 
post,  lamp  post,  shade  tree,  ornamental  tree,  or  water  hydrant  in 
the  City  of  Tacoma. 

7 he  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as 

'follows  : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons  to  leave  any  horse,  mule  or  other  animal  or  team 
of  horses,  mules  or  other  animals  standing1  in  any  of  the 
public  streets  or  places  in  the  City  of  \  acoma,  unless 
the  same  is  properly  fastened  or  left  in  charge  of  some 
person  or  if  attached  to  any  wagon,  dray  or  other  vehi- 
cle that  the  wheels  of  the  same  be  properly  and  securely 
locked. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  hitch  or  leave  an}^  horse,  mule  or  other  animal  or 
team  of  horses,  mules  or  other  animals  on  any  street 
crossing  or  any  sidewalk  or  so  near  to  -any  street  cross- 
ing or  sidewalk  to  annoy  or  endanger  the  traveling  pub- 
lic in  the  City  of  Tacoma.  . 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  ride,  drive  or  lead  any  horse,  mule  or  other  ani- 
mal, or  team  of  horses,  mules  or  other  animals  upon  or 
over  any  sidewalk  in  the  City  of  Tacoma,  except  at 
crossings  prepared  therefor. 

f  As  amended  by  Amendment  No.  23  to  the  Charter. 
See  Ordinance  No.  1272.) 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  hitch  3.ny  horse,  mule  or  other  animal  or  team  of 
horses,  mules  or  other  animals  to  any  lamp  post,  sign 
post,  shade  tree,  ornamental  tree  or  water  hydrant  be- 
longing to  or  located  in  the  City  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  5.  Any  person  found  guilty  of  a  violation  of 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dol- 
lars and  be  imprisoned  until  such  fine  is  paid. 

Approved  October  31,   1888. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    275. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  275. 

An  ordinance  for  the  prevention  of  cruelty  to  animals, 

7 he  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordaiit   as 
follows : 

SECTION  1.  Every  person  who  shall  wilfully  tor- 
ture, torment,  or  deprive  of  the  necessary  food  or  water, 
or  who  shall  overdrive,  overload,  overwork,  or  work 
when  disabled,  cruelly  beat,  mutilate,  or  cruelly  kill  an 
animal,  or  cause  or  procure  an  animal  to  be  so  over-driv- 
en, overloaded,  driven  when  overloaded,  overworked,  tor- 
tured, deprived  of  the  necessarv  food  and  water,  cruelly 
beaten  or  killed,  and  any  person  having  the  charge  or 
custody  of  any  animal,  either  as  owner  or  otherwise,  who 
inflicts  unnecessary  cruelty  upon  it,  or  unnecessarily 
fails  to  provide  it  with  proper  food,  drink,  shelter  or 
protection  from  the  weather,  shall  on  conviction  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1309,  approved 
Augusts,  1898.) 

SEC.  2.  Every  owner,  possessor  or  person  having 
the  charge  or  custody  of  an  animal,  who  cruellv  drives 
or  works  it  when  unfit  for  labor,  or  cruelly  abandons  it, 
or  carries  it,  or  causes  it  to  be  carried  in  or  upon  a  vehi- 
cle, or  otherwise  in  an  unnecessarily  cruel  or  inhuman 
manner  or  knowingly  or  wilfully  authorizes  or  submits 
it  to  be  subjected  to  unnecessary  torture,  suffering  or 
cruelty  of  any  kind,  shall  on  conviction  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor. 

(As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  1309  supra.) 

SEC.  3.  Any  corporation  or  company  who  shall  vio- 
late any  provision  of  either  of  the  preceding  sections, 
shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance;  and 
corporations  in  regard  to  animals  transported,  owned  or 
used  by  them,  or  in  their  custody,  shall  be  responsible 
for  the  knowledge  and  acts  of  their  agents,  servants  and 
employes. 

SEC.  4.  All  prosecutions  for  violation  of  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  convicted  and  pros- 
ecuted before  anv  committing  magistrate  within  the 
limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  County,  Washing- 
ton authorized  to  issue  warrants  in  criminal 


ORDINANCE    NO.    275.  177 

cases,  and  such  magistrate  shall  have  power  and  juris- 
diction over  all  cases  that  may  arise  under  this  ordi- 
nance. 

SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police 
and  his  subordinates  in  office,  when  they  shall  observe 
any  violations  of  sections  1,  2  and  3  of  this  ordinance,  or 
when  they  shall  be  informed  when,  where  and  by  whom 
such  violations  were  committed  or  were  being*  committed, 
they  shall  proceed  at  once  to  arrest  such  violators  of 
this  ordinance,  and  bring-  them  before  a  committing-  ma- 
gistrate, who  shall  try  the  case,  and  on  conviction  to 
impose  such  fine  as  in  his  judg-ment  be  right  and  proper 
within  the  limits  of  this  ordinance,  such  fines  to  be  col- 
lected as  other  fines  under  existing  laws. 

SEC.  6.  Any  member  of  the  organization  or  associ- 
ation known  as  the  Tacoma  Society  for  the  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Animals,  or  Humane  Society,  may  appear  and 
prosecute  before  said  magistrate,  of  any  violation  of 
this  ordinance,  provided  that  all  such  prosecutions  shall 
be  conducted  in  the  name  of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  7.  Whenever  complaint  is  made  to  said  mag- 
istrate, authorized  to  issue  warrants  in  criminal  cases, 
that  the  complainant  believes,  and  has  reasonable  cause 
to  believe,  that  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  have 
been,  or  are  being,  violated  in  any  particular  building  or 
place  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  such  mag- 
istrate, if  satisfied  that  there  is  reasonable  cause  for 
such  belief,  shall  issue  a  search  warrant,  authorizing  any 
sheriff,  constable  or  police  officer  to  search  such  building 
or  premises  at  all  hours  of  the  day  or  night,  unless  oth- 
erwise directed  by  said  magistrate. 

SEC.  8.  Any  person  found  violating  the  provisions 
of  sections  one,  two  and  three  of  this  ordinance  may  be 
arrested  by  any  constable  or  public  officer  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  and  held  without  a  warrant  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided by  law  for  the  arrest  of  persons  accused  of  crime, 
and  the  person  making  such  arrest,  with  or  without  a 
warrant,  shall  use  reasonable  diligence  to  bring  such 
persons  to  a  speed}7  trial. 

SEC.  9.  The  President,  Secretary,  and  General 
Agent  of  the  Tacoma  Humane  Society  are  hereby  clothed 
with  full  police  powers  to  make  arrests  of  parties  violat- 
ing the  letter  of  this  ordinance,  but  without  pay  from 
the  city  treasury  for  such  services;  provided  the  said 


178 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1243. 


officers  of  the  Humane  Society  are  first  furnished  with  a 
suitable  badge  of  authority  furnished  by  the  city  govern- 
ment, and  to  be  withdrawn  from  said  officers  at  any 
time  by  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  City  Council  present 
at  any  meeting  of  the  Council. 

SEC.  10.  Every  person  convicted  of  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  $100.00;  one-half  of  such  fine,  ex- 
clusive of  costs,  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  and  the  other  half  of  said  fine,  exclusive 
of  costs,  shall  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  said  Hu- 
mane Society. 

SEC.  11.  All  ordinances  or  laws  of  the  said  city  of 
Tacoma,  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance,  or  heretofore 
passed  by  anv  authority  of  the  said  city  for  the  preven- 
tion of  cruelty  to  animals,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  September  25th,  1889. 


ORDINANCE  NO.   1243. 


Animals  run- 
ning1 at  larg-e. 


Limits  withiti 
which  prohib- 
ited. 


An   ordinance   prohibiting-   certain    animals    running-   at    large  within 
certain  limits  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City 


Taco  Dia : 


SECTION  1.  That  no  ass,  cattle,  goat,  horse,  mule, 
sheep,  swine,  domestic  animals  of  any  kind,  excepting 
licensed  dogs,  shall  be  permitted  to  run  at  large  during 
any  hours  of  the  day  or  night,  on  any  of  the  streets, 
alleys,  parks,  or  public  places  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
within  the  following  limits:  Commencing  at  a  point  on 
the  north  line  of  North  Forty-sixth  street,  Woodruff's 
second  addition,  where  said  street  intersects  the  west 
line  of  Water  street;  thence  along  the  north  line  of 
Forty-sixth  street  to  a  point  thirty-three  feet  east  of  the 
center  line  of  section  23,  tp.  21  north,  range  2  east  W. 
M.;  thence  north  on  a  line  parallel  to  said  center  line  of 
said  section  to  the  north  line  of  said  section  23;  thence 
east  along  said  section  line  to  its  intersection  with  Com- 
mencement bay;  thence  northwesterly,  westerly  and 
southeasterly  around  the  shore  line  of  said  bay  to  its  in- 
tersection with  the  north  line  of  section  22,  tp.  21  n.,  r. 
2  e-  W  M.;  thence  east  along  the  north  line  of  section[s] 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1243 — CON. 

22  and  23  to  the  west  line  of  Pearl  street;  thence  south 
along*  the  west  line  of  Pearl  street  to  the  north  line  of 
North  Forty-fourth  street  produced;  thence  east  along 
the  north  line  of  said  Forty-fourth  street  produced  to 
the  west  line  of  Shirley  street;  thence  south  along*  the 
west  line  of  Shirley  street  to  the  south  line  of  North 
Thirty-fifth  street;  thence  along*  the  south  line  of  North 
Thirty-fifth  street  to  the  west  line  of  Stevens  street; 
thence  south  along*  the  west  line  of  Stevens  street  to  the 
north  line  of  school  section  36  to  the  northeast  corner  of 
said  section  36;  thence  south  along*  the  east  line  of  said 
section  to  the  south  line  of  North  Twenty-third  street; 
thence  east  along  the  south  line  of  North  Twenty-third 
street  to  the  west  line  of  Alder  street;  thence  south  along* 
the  west  line  of  Alder  street  to  the  south  line  of  North 
Twenty-first  street  produced  to  the  west  line  of  Pine 
street;  thence  south  along  the  west  line  of  Pine  street 
to  the  north  line  of  North  Ninth  street  to  the  west  line 
of  Proctor  street;  thence  south  along-  the  west  line  of 
said  Proctor  street  to  the  south  line  of  South  Twelfth 
street;  thence  east  along*  the  south  line  of  said  South 
Twelfth  street  to  the  west  line  of  Union  avenue;  thence 
south  along*  the  west  line  of  Union  avenue  to  the  south 
line  of  Sputh  Fifteenth  street;  thence  east  along*  the 
south  line  of  said  South  Fifteenth  street  to  the  west  line 
of  O  street;  thence  south  along*  the  west  line  of  O  street 
to  the  south  line  of  South  Nineteenth  street;  thence  east 
along*  the  south  line  of  South  Nineteenth  street  to  the 
west  line  of  J  street;  thence  south  along*  the  west  line 
of  South  J  street  to  the  north  line  of  South  Twenty- 
seventh  street;  thence  west  along*  the  north  line  of  said 
South  Twenty-seventh  street  to  its  intersection  with  the 
north  line  of  North  street;  thence  west  along*  the  north 
line  of  said  North  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  cen- 
ter line  of  section  8,  tp.  20  n.,  r.  3  e.  W.  M.;  thence 
west  along*  center  line  of  section  8  to  its  intersection 
with  the  west  line  of  Sprag*ue  avenue;  thence  south  along1 
the  west  line  of  said  Sprague  avenue  to  its  intersection 
with  the  north  boundary  of  South  Thirty-fifth  street; 
thence  west  along-  the  north  line  of  said  South  Thirty- 
fifth  street  to  the  west  line  of  Pine  street;  thence  south 
along  the  west  line  of  Pine  street  to  the  south  line  of 
South  Fortieth  street;  thence  east  along*  the  south  line 
of  South  Fortieth  street  to  the  west  line  of  Sprag*ue 


-ISO 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1243 — CON. 


Seizure  of 
animals. 


of 
Animals, 


Notice  to 
"owner. 


Bale  of  animal 


Redemption  of 
•animal. 


4£eep  and  Care 
t)f  animals. 


avenue;  thence  south  along*  the  west  line  of  Sprague 
avenue  to  the  south  line  of  South  Fifty-sixth  street; 
thence  east  along-  the  south  line  of  South  Fifty-sixth 
street  to  the  west  line  of  section  21,  township  20  north, 
range  3  east  of  Willamette  Meridian;  thence  north  along 
the  west  boundary  of  section[s]  21  and  16  to  the  north- 
west corner  of  said  section  16;  thence  east  along-  the 
north  line  of  sections  number  16  and  15  to  the  eastern 
boundary  line  of  the  city;  thence  northerly  and  north- 
westerly along-  said  eastern  and  northern  boundary  lines 
of  the  city  to  the  place  of  beginning-. 

SEC.  2.  Any  of  the  animals  described  in  section  1  of 
this  ordinance  found  running-  at  large  within  the  limits 
aforesaid  may  be  taken  up  by  any  person  and  delivered 
to  a  police  officer  or  to  the  person  in  charge  of  the  pound, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police  and  of  all 
police  officers  to  receive  any  animals  so  delivered  and  to 
take  up  all  such  animals  found  running  at  large,  and  im- 
pound the  same  in  a  pound  or  inclosure.  Such  animals 
shall  be  provided  with  proper  care,  feed  and  water  while 
confined. 

SEC.  3.  The  police  officer  impounding  any  animal 
shall  give  immediate  notice  of  the  same,  with  the  de- 
description  of  the  animal,  by  posting  a  notice  in  a  con- 
spicuous place  at  the  pound,  and  by  publication  thereof 
in  the  newspaper  ordered  by  the  city  council  to  do  the 
city  printing, 

SEC.  4.  At  the  expiration  of  five  days  from  the 
date  of  such  notice  the  police  officer  shall  sell  such  ani- 
mal at  public  auction,  after  due  notice,  to  consist  of  at 
least  two  publications  in  a  daily  newspaper,  and  after 
deducting  his  legal  fees  and  costs,  expense  of  taking  up, 
keeping  and  selling,  shall  pa}^  the  remainder  of  the  pro- 
ceeds into  the  city  treasury. 

SEC.  5.  If,  at  any  time  before  such  sale  the  owner 
of  [the]  animal  so  taken  up  shall  claim  the  same  he  shall 
be  entitled  to  the  possession  thereof  upon  the  payment  of 
all  legal  charges  and  expenses  incident  to  such  taking  up 
and  keeping. 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  pound  master 
or  person  in  charge  of  the  pound  to  securely  keep 
within  said  pound  and  properly  care  for  all  animals  that 
may  be  delivered  into  his  custody,  until  the  same  shall  be 
released  or  sold  as  provided,  and  upon  receiving  any  such 


ORDINANCE     NO.    1243 — CON.  181 

animal  he  shall  enter  in  a  register  to  be  kept  by  him  for 
that  purpose  the  name  of  the  person  delivering  such  an- 
imal to  him,  the  date  and  the  hour  of  its  receipt  and  an 
intelligent  description  of  the  animal;  and  he  shall  also 
keep  a  correct  record  of  the  release  or  sale  of  all  animals  Record.  « 

coming-  under  his  charge,  showing  the  name  of  the  owner 
to  whom  any  animal  may  be  returned  and  the  name  of 
the  purchaser  of  each  animal  sold.  The  book  referred 
to  in  this  section  to  be  kept  by  the  person  in  charge  of 
the  pound,  shall  be  preserved  by  the  chief  of  police  as  a 
part  of  the  records  of  his  office. 

SEC.  7.     If  anv    person    shall    wilfully    prevent  or?reveni}?8 

1  •     j        j  1  i*  r  -i     c          i  •  A  impounding1. 

hinder  the  impounding  of  any  animal  found  running  at 
large  in  said  city,  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  section 
one  (1)  of  this  ordinance,  or  shall  by  force  or  otherwise 
remove  any  animal  from  the  public  pound,  without  au- 
thority of  the  pound  master  or  person  in  charge  of  the 
pound,  or  without  payment  of  all  lawful  charges  against 
such  animal,  or  shall  wilfully  resist  or  obstruct  the 
pound  master  or  person  in  charge  of  the  pound  in  the 
performance  of  any  official  duty,  such  person  so  offend- 
ing shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  three  dollars 
or  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

SEC.   8.     If  the   owner   or   owners   of  any  animals  Time  to  re- 
sold under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  at  any  £^ve  overplus 
time  within  one   year   from  the  date   of  such  sale,  make 
satisfactory  proof  of  his  ownership,  he  shall  be  entitled 
to  receive  the  net  proceeds  of  such  sale  on  deposit  in  the 
city  treasury. 

SEC.  9.  The  owner  or  person  having  charge  of  any  Penalty, 
animals  described  in  section  one  (1)  of  this  ordinance 
who  shall  suffer  or  allow  the  same  to  go  at  large,  con- 
trary to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall,  on  con- 
viction thereof  before  a  committing  magistrate,  be  fined 
five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

SEC.  10.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  the  date  of  its  final  passage  and  ap- 
proval by  the  ma}^or. 

Approved  October  8,  1897. 


182  ORDINANCE    NOS.     100^    AND    1089. 


CLASS   II. 

Bicycles,  Etc. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  1006. 

An  ordinance  prohibiting  the  putting  or  placing-  of  glass,  tacks,  etc.r 
upon  any  street,  lane,  alley  or  other  public  place  within  the  City  of 
Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma\ 

SP:CTION  1.  No  person  shall  put  or  place,  or  cause 
to  be  put  or  placed  in  or  upon  an>  street,  lane,  alley  or 
other  public  place  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  any  ashes, 
glass,  crockery,  scrap  iron,  nails,  tacks  or  any  other  ar- 
ticles which  would  be  liable  to  injure  or  damage  the  tires 
of  wheels  of  bicycles  or  any  other  vehicles  which  have 
wheels  with  rubber  or  pneumatic  tires. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating-  the  provisions  of  the 
preceding  section  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
$2  nor  more  than  $20  for  each  offense. 

Approved  August  2,  1895. 


ORDINANCE  NO.    1089. 

An  ordinance  ordering  the  construction  of  a  bridge  for  the  exclusive  use 
of  wheelmen,  pedestrians,  bicycles  and  other  like  contrivances  and 
vehicles  of  light  construction,  and  bridging  a  gulch  ;  said  bridge  to 
be  located  at  and  beginning  at  a  po*nt  in  the  center  of  South  31st 
street  and  176  feet  westerly  from  the  intersection  of  the  center  lines 
of  South  31st  and  Delin  streets,  thence  on  a  deflection  of  20  degrees 
to  the  right,  northwesterly  a  distance  of  330  feet  to  end  of  bridge, 
appropriating  money  for  payment  of  the  same,  and  authorizing  the 
issuance  of  warrants  against  said  funds  not  to  exceed  in  the  ag- 
gregate the  sum  of  $700,  and  repealing  ordinance  No.  1078. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  a  bridge  is  hereby  ordered  to  be 
constructed,  bridging  a  gulch,  said  bridge  to  be  located  at 
and  beginning  at  a  point  in  the  center  of  South  31st 
street  and  176  feet  westerly  from  the  intersection  of  the 
center  lines  of  south  31st  and  Delin  streets,  thence  on  a 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1089 — CON. 

deflection  of  20  degrees  to  the  right,  northwesterly  a  dis- 
tance of  330  feet  to  the  end  of  bridge,  according-  to  the 
plans  and  specifications  thereof  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works. 

SEC.  2.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  is  here- 
by authorized  and  directed  forthwith  to  call  for  bids  and 
to  enter  into  a  contract  in  the  name  of  the  city  of  Tacoma 
for  the  construction  of  said  bridge. 

SEC.  3.  A  sum  not  exceeding-  $700  is  hereby  taken, 
appropriated  and  set  apart  from  the  fund  known  as  the 
bicycle  road  fund,  and  warrants  are  hereby  authorized  to 
be  drawn  thereon  for  the  payment  of  the  construction  of 
said  bridg-e,  not  exceeding-  said  sum  of  $700  in  favor  of 
all  persons  furnishing-  materials  or  labor  for  said  bridg-e, 
at  any  time  as  the  work  progresses,  provided  the  same 
be  recommended  and  the  amount  thereof  certified  to  by 
the  commissioner  of  public  works,  and  bills  therefor  au- 
dited by  the  controller  and  city  council  and  filed  with 
the  city  controller. 

SEC.  4.  Said  bridg-e  shall  be  reserved  expressly  for 
the  use  of  pedestrians  and  bicycles  and  tricycles  and 
other  like  contrivances  of  a  lig-ht  character,  which  shall 
be  propelled  by  the  person  riding-  the  same;  that  no 
wagon,  carriages  or  other  heavy  vehicles  and  no  horses, 
cows  or  other  live  stock  shall  be  permitted  to  go  upon 
the  same,  and  any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
exceeding  $100. 

SEC.  5.  That  ordinance  No.  1078  entitled  "An  or- 
dinance ordering  the  construction  of  a  bridge  for  the  ex- 
clusive use  of  wheelmen  and  pedestrians  and  bridging 
South  30th  street  from  a  point  110.5  feet  west  from  the 
east  line  of  Tacoma  avenue  and  six  feet  north  from  the 
south  line  of  said  30th  street  to  a  point  westerly  a  dis- 
tance of  409.5  feet  on  said  South  30th  street;  appropriat- 
ing funds  for  payment  of  the  same,  and  authorizing  the 
issuance  of  warrants  against  said  funds  not  to  exceed  in 
the  aggregate  the  sum  of  $700,"  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved  June  15,  1896. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1131. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1131. 

An  ordinance  reserving-  the  use  of  a  strip  of  land  between  certain 
points  along-  the  city's  water  conduit  right  of  way  as  a  bicycle,  tri- 
cycle and  pedestrian  roadway. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  that  certain  piece  of  land  begin- 
ning- at  the  city  reservoir  situated  in  the  east  half  of  the 
southeast  quarter  of  section  8,  in  township  20  north  of 
range  3 east  of  Willamette  Meridian,  at  a  point  ten  feet 
north  from  the  center  of  the  cross  cut  where  the  water 
conduit  enters  said  reservoir  and  in  width  to  the  north 
line  of  the  right-of-way  through  which  said  water  con- 
duit is  laid,  thence  following  the  several  courses  of  water 
conduit  and  ten  feet  from  the  center  thereof,  westerly 
from  said  reservoir  through  said  section  8;  thence  south- 
westerly to  the  point  where  said  conduit  right-of-way  in- 
tersects South  Fortieth  street;  thence  south  westerly  to 
Elm  street;  thence  south  easterly  to  the  intersection  of 
said  right-of-way  with  South  Union  street  at  South 
Forty-seventh  street.  Thence  along  the  city  water 
right-of-way  maintaining  the  same  width  as  heretofore 
mentioned,  through  section[s]  18-19-30  and  31  of  town- 
ship 20  north  of  range  3  east.  Section[s]  25  and  36  of 
township  20  north  of  range  2  east,  section  1  of  town- 
ship 19  north,  range  2  east,  and  sections  6,  7, 
17  and  20  township  19  north,  range  3  east,  to  Spanawj 
lake,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  reserved  and  set  apart  f( 
the  exclusive  use  of  pedestrians,  bicycles,  tricycles  an< 
other  like  contiivances  of  light  construction  propell< 
by  the  person  using  the  same  (subject,  however,  to  tl 
right  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  use  said  flume  right-oi 
way  as  may  be  necessary),  and  the  improvement  of  tl 
same  by  the  city  of  Tacoma  is  hereby  authorized  out 
the  bicycle  road  fund;  and  that  the  said  road  may 
graded  the  full  width  thereof,  and  in  such  manner  thai 
it  shall  be  a  proper  roadway  for  bicycles,  tricycles  and 
pedestrians. 

SEC.  2.  That  no  horse,  cow  or  other  live  stock, 
wagon,  carriage  or  other  heavy  vehicle,  shall  be  permit- 
ted to  go  upon  said  roadway  except  at  the  proper  and 
established  crossings.  Provided,  however,  that  the  same 
may  be  used  to  go  upon  with  anything  for  any  purpose 


ORDINANCE    NO.    278. 


required  by  the  city.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  exceeding  $100. 

Approved  September  19,  1896. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1182. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  improvement  of  a  certain  part  of  South 
C  street  from  Division  avenue  to  South  Ninth  street,  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  providing  a  fund  therefor,  and  reserving-  the  same  as  a, 
bicycle,  tricycle  and  pedestrian  roadway. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  all  that  certain  part  of  South  C 
street,  from  Division  avenue  to  South  Ninth  street,  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  described  as  follows,  to-wit:  A  strip 
eight  (8)  feet  in  width  from  Division  avenue  to  South 
Ninth  street,  the  inner  edge  of  the  same  being  fourteen 
(14)  feet  west  of  the  east  boundary  line  of  South  C 
street,  and  the  outer  edge  being  twenty-two  (22)  feet 
west  of  the  east  boundary  line  of  said  South  C  street,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  reserved  and  set  apart  for  the  ex- 
clusive use  of  pedestrians,  bicycles  and  tricycles  and 
other  light  contrivances  of  light  construction,  propelled 
by  the  person  using  the  same,  and  the  improvement  of 
the  same  is  hereby  authorized  by  the  city  of  Tacoma,  to 
be  paid  for  only  out  of  the  bic}rcle  road  fund;  that  the 
said  part  of  said  South  C  street  so  described  shall  be 
graded  to  conform  with  the  grade  of  the  sidewalk  and 
parking  as  now  built  and  constructed  on  the  said  east 
side  of  said  South  C  street,  except  at  the  intersection  of 
streets  as  now  opened;  that  from  said  Division  avenue  to 
South  Sixth  street  said  improvement  shall  consist  of  an 
earth  foundation  with  a  surface  coating  of  locomotive 
cinders,  and  from  said  South  Sixth  street  to  South  Ninth 
street  shall  consist  of  planking  laid  longitudinally;  that 
said  improvement  shall  be  made  according  to  the  plans 
and  specifications  thereof,  prepared  by  the  city  engineer 
and  to  be  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  pub- 
lic works. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  commissioner  of  public  works  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  forthwith  to  call  for  bids 
and  enter  into  a  contract  in  the  name  of  the  city  ol  Ta- 
coma for  the  construction  of  said  path  or  roadway. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1191. 

SEC.  3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding*  four  hundred 
and  eighty  dollars  ($480)  is  hereby  appropriated  and  set 
apart  from  the  bicycle  road  fund  and  warrants  are  hereby 
authorized  to  be  drawn  thereon  for  the  payment  of  said 
improvement,  not  exceeding-  the  said  sum  and  in  favor  of 
the  person  to  whom  the  contract  for  said  improvement 
may  be  awarded;  provided,  the  same  be  recommended 
and  the  amount  thereof  certified  to  by  the  commissioner 
of  public  works  and  the  bills  therefor  audited  by  the  city 
controller  and  the  city  council  and  filed  with  the  city 
controller. 

SEC.  4.  That  said  path  or  roadway  shall  be,  and  is, 
expressly  reserved  for  the  use  of  pedestrians,  bicycles 
and  tricycles  and  other  lig-ht  contrivances  of  like  charac- 
ter which  shall  be  propelled  by  the  person  riding-  the 
same;  that  no  wagons,  carriages  or  other  heavy  vehicles, 
and  no  horses,  cows,  or  other  live  stock,  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  g*o  upon  the  same;  and  any  person  violating" 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  is  hereby  declared 
to  be  g-uilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding-  one  hun- 
dred dollars  ($100.) 

Approved  April  24,  1897. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1191. 

An  ordinance  regulating-  the  running-  and  use  of  bicvcles,  tricycles,  ve- 
locipedes or  other  vehicles  of  like  character  upon  the  sidewalks, 
streets  and  pathways  of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons  to  run  by  riding-  on  a  bicycle,  tricycle,  veloci- 
pede, or  other  vehicles  of  like  character  upon  the  side- 
walks of  the  following*  streets,  of  the  city  of  Tacoma: 

A  street  from  South  7th  street  to  South  Fifteenth 
street. 

Pacific  avenue  from  South  7th  street  to  South  25th 
street. 

Railroad  street  from  South  Seventh  to  South  17th 
streetfs]. 

JelTerson  avenue,  full  length  thereof. 

Center  street,  full  length  thereof. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1191 — CON.  187 

Tacoma  avenue,  from  South  Ninth  street  to  the 
bridge  south  of  South  27th  street,  after  June  30,  1897. 

St.  Helen's  avenue,  from  South  Sixth  street  to  South 
Ninth  street  on  east  side. 

On  all  up  hill  streets  commencing-  with  South  Sev- 
enth street,  from  A  street  to  Tacoma  avenue  down  to 
-and  including  South  Nineteenth  street. 

North  30th  street  from  Steele  street  to  Starr  street. 

McCarver  street  from  27th  street  to  the  water. 

South  J  street  from  20th  to  21st  streets. 

C  street  from  Division  avenue  to  South  17th  street, 
after  June  1st,  1897. 

Sixth  avenue  from  Q  street  eastward  on  the  south 
side  the  entire  length  thereof. 

All  of  Wright  park  lying  on  the  west  side  of  Yak- 
ima  avenue,  and  on  all  sidewalks  within  one  block  of 
congregation  or  audience,  assembling  or  dispersing  from 
any  church,  public  meeting  or  entertainment. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  run  Rate  of  speed, 
by  riding,  any  bicycle,  tricycle,  velocipede  or  other  vehi- 
cle «f  like  character  upon  the  sidewalking  or  parking  of 
sidewalks,  of  any  street,  at  a  greater  speed  than  six  (6) 
miles  per  hour,  or  upon  any  bicycle  paths,  roads,  or  any 
streets  within  the  city  limits,  at  a  greater  speed  than 
twelve  (12)  miles  per  hour. 

SEC.   3.     It  shall  be  unlawful  to  run  by  riding,   any  Careless 
bicycle,  tricycle,  velocipede,  or  other  vehicle  of  lil^e  char-  riders, 
acter,  in  a  careless,  reckless  or  immoderate  manner,   so 
as  to  endanger  the  safety  of  others;  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person,  or  persons,  to  run  by  riding  on  a  bicycle, 
tricycle,  velocipede  or  other  vehicle  of    like    character 
upon  any  of  the  sidewalks  or   parking*  of    sidewalks  of 
any  of    the  streets,   or   upon  any  of  the  bicycle  paths, 
roads  or  any  streets,  within  the  city  limits  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma   in   the   manner   known  as    ''coasting,"  that  is,  "Coasting-." 
with  the  feet  not  resting  upon  the  pedals;  or  in  a  manner 
known  as  "hands  off,"  that  is,  with  both   hands  off  the  "Hands off." 
handle  bars  of  the  wheels. 

SEC.  4.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per-  Bights  re- 
sons,  to  run  by  riding  on  any  bicycle,  tricycle,  velocipede  quired, 
or  other  vehicle  of  like  character  upon  the  sidewalks,  or 
parking   of    sidewalks,    bicycle  paths,   roads,    or  any  of 
the  streets  in  the  city  ot  Tacoma,  one  hour  and   twenty 
minutes  after  sunset,   unless  a  light  be  carried  on  the 


188 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1252. 


Ringing  the 
bell, 


Right  of  way. 


Penalty, 


liability  for 
accident. 


Repealing. 


front  of  such  vehicle  and  visible  by  those  whom  such 
vehicle  is  approaching*. 

SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons, to  run  by  riding-  on  a  bicycle,  tricycle,  velocipede  or 
other  vehicle  of  like  character  upon  any  of  the  sidewalks 
or  parking-  of  sidewalks,  or  upon  any  of  the  bicycle 
paths,  roads,  or  any  of  the  streets  within  the  city  limits 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  when  approaching-  any  pedest- 
rian, riders,  or  street  crossing-,  or  intersection  of  streets, 
unless  the  person  so  riding-  shall  g-ive  warning-  of  their 
approach  by  ring-ing-  a  bell. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person,  or  persons,  riding-  on  a  bicy- 
cle, tricycle,  velocipede  or  other  vehicle  of  like  character 
upon  any  sidewalks,  or  parking-  of  sidewalks,  street  cross- 
ing-, foot  paths,  bicycle  paths,  or  any  of  the  streets  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  turn  to  the  rig-ht  to  pass  any 
person  riding-  on  a  vehicle  of  like  character  coming-  from 
the  opposite  direction  and  shall  turn  to  the  left  to  pass 
any  person  riding-  on  a  vehicle  of  like  character  g'oing- 
in  the  same  direction  on  the  same  walk  or  path. 

SEC.  7.  Any  person  violating-  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  g-uilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  less  than  one  dollar  ($1.00)  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 

SEC.  8.  Nothing-  contained  in  this  ordinance  shall 
be  construed  as  to  relieve  any  person  riding  any  bicycle, 
tricycle  or  velocipede,  or  other  vehicle  of  like  character 
from  any  liabilities  in  case  of  accident. 

SEC.  9.  Ordinances  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  num- 
bered 464,  873,  940,  976,  997,  and  all  ordinances  and  parts 
of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith  arejhereby  repealed. 

Approved  May  21,   1897. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1252. 


Licensing-  the  use  of  bicycles,  etc. 

See  "Licenses." 


ORDINANCE    NO,    499. 

CLASS  III. 

Buildings. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  499. 

An  ordinance  regulating"  the  building   and   erection  of   retaining  walls 
enclosing  areas  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  outside  of  all  retaining  walls, 
enclosing"  areas,  and  built  in  the  streets  of  lacoma, 
shall  not  be  within  two  and  a  half  feet  of  the  curb  line. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  such  walls  constructed  within 
the  fire  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  be  built  of 
stone  or  well  burned  brick,  arid  shall  be  constructed  in  a 
good  and  workmanlike  manner  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works;  provided,  however,  that 
upon  the  recommendation  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works,  with  the  consent  of  the  city  council,  all  retaining 
walls  now  constructed  of  wood  may  be  repaired  and 
maintained  in  such  manner  and  with  such  material  as, 
may  be  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

(As  amended  "by  Ordinance  No.  1220.  Approved 
July  30,  1897.) 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and, 
upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  and 
the  continuance  or  maintaining  of  such  violation  shall  be 
deemed  a  new  offense  for  each  day  on  which  the  same  is, 
so  continued  or  maintained,  and  shall  be  punished  accord- 
ingly. 

Approved  July  27,  1891. 


190  ORDINANCE    NO,    998. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  998. 

An  ordinance  regulating-  the  construction,  arrangement  and  equipment 
of  theatres,  opera  houses  concert  halls,  and  of  all  buildings  in 
which  preparation  has  been  made  for  public  entertainments  of  any 
kind  and  to  provide  a  penalty. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.     Every  theatre,    opera    house,    concert 
hall,   or  building-   to   be  used  for  public  entertainment, 
hereafter  erected,  altered  or  changed,  shall  have  at  least 
JTront  on  pub-  one  front  on  the  public  highway  or  on  a  public  street, 
ic  highway.     an(j  jn  fronj.  there  shall  be  a  suitable  means  of  entrance 
and  exit  for  the  audience.     An  open  space  shall  be  re- 
served for  the  use  of  the  audience  in  leaving-  the  building 
and    for  service   in  event  of  fire,  to  be  on  three  sides  of 
the  portion  of  any  structure  in  which  an  auditorium  hav- 
ing- a  stage  is  placed.     The  said  space  shall  not  average 
less  than  ten  (10)  feet  in  width  for  places  accommodating 
Outlets.  one  thousand  (1000)  persons,  and  it  shall  have  outlets  on 

the  highway  or  public  streets  aggregating  not  less  than 
twenty  (20)  feet  in  width,  and  proper  outlets  shall  be 
provided  for  the  stage.  The  above  mentioned  space  and 
outlet  shall  be  kept  free  from  any  obstruction  whatever. 
No  portion  of  any  building  hereafter  erected,  altered, 
changed  or  used,  or  to  be  used  for  any  of  the  above  pur- 
poses, shall  be  occupied  or  used  as  a  hotel,  boarding  or 
lodging  house,  factory,  or  for  storage  purposes,  unless 
the  same  is  completely  isolated  by  brick  walls,  which 
shall  pass  up  and  through  the  roof  at  least  four  (4)  feet; 
Property  room,  and  no  workshop  or  storage  room  for  theatrical  purposes 
shall  be  allowed  above  either  the  stage  or  auditorium. 
Carpenter  shop  and  property  room  for  the  storage  of 
furniture  and  other  accessories  may  be  provided  for  on 
the  premises,  in  which  case  they  shall  be  separate  from 
the  other  portions  of  the  theatre  by  means  of  the  fire- 
Scenery,  proof  ceilings  and  partitions;  the  painted  scenery  and 
other  decorations  may  be  stored  in  a  contingent  store- 
room, but  they  shall  be  enclosed  with  fire-proof  parti- 
tions, ceilings  and  floors;  and  no  place  in  the  building 
shall  be  left  for  the  storage  or  sale  of  any  article  classi- 
fied by  insurance  companies  as  hazardous  or  extra-haz- 
Roof.  ardous  material.  The  roof  of  the  building  shall  be  di- 
vided by  means  of  fire-proof  partitions  into  compart- 
ments, not  more  than  twent}r-five  feet  in  length,  by  the 


ORDINANCE    NO.    998 — CON.  191 

full   width   of  the  building1,  and  said  partitions  shall    ex- 
tend from  the  ceiling*  to  the  underside  of  the  sheathing- 
of  the  roof,  and  proper  doorways  shall  be  placed   in  the 
center  of  each  partition  with  a  self-closing-  wooden  door 
covered  with  tin,   and  there  shall   be  a  substantial  pas- 
sag-eway  from  rear  to  rear  of  said  roof  for  the  conveni- 
ence of  firemen,  and  shall  have  a  substantial  railing-  at 
each  side.     All  ventilator  shafts   from   the  ceiling-   line  Ventilator       j 
shall  be  of  fire-proof  material,   and   shall  pass  at  least8 
four  (4)  feet  above   the  roof.     The   roof  over  the  stag-e 
shall   have  skylig-hts  (g-lazed  with  thin  elass)  equal  in  Skylig-hts. 
area  to  one-quarter  of  said  roof,  and  the  whole  shall  be 
so  arrang-ed  as  to  open   instantly  on  the  cutting-  or  burn- 
ing- of  a  hempen  cord,  which  shall   be  arranged  to  hold 
said  sk}Tlig-hts  closed;  or  some  other  device  in  the   judg-- 
ment  of  the   inspector  of  building's  and  licenses  may  be 
used  if  equally  simple.     All  stag-e  scenery  or  decorations 
made  of  combustible  material,  and  all  wood-work  about 
the  stag-e    shall    be   saturated  with    some  incombustible 
preparation    or  material,    or    otherwise    rendered    safe 
ag-ainst  fire,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  inspector  of  build- 
ing's  and  licenses.     All   seats  in   the  auditorium,  except  Seats, 
those  contained  in  the  boxes,  shall   be  firmly  secured  to 
the  floors,  and  no  seat  in  the  auditorium  shall  have  more 
than  six  (6)  seats  intervening-  between   it  and   the  aisle, 
and  no  camp  stools  or  other  oostruction  shall  be  placed 
in  any  aisle  or  passag-eway.    All  aisle?  in  the  auditorium  Aisles, 
shall  have  at  least  one  inch  for  every  five  running-  feet  or 
part  thereof.     livery   doorway   communicating-  between  Doorways, 
the  aisles  and  passag-eways  about  the  auditorium,  or  any 
lobby  or  corridor,  shall  have  a  clear  opening-  of  not  less 
than  the  full  width  of  the   aisles  and  passag-eways  lead- 
ing- to  such  doorway,  and  each  door  shall  open  outwardly. 
The  ag-greg^ate    capacity   of   the   lobbies,  corridors,  pas- 
sages and  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  audience  must,  on  each 
floor  of    the   g-allery,  be  sufficient    to   contain    the  entire  Gallery, 
number  to  be  accommodated   on  said   floor  or  g-allery,   in 
the  following-  ratio,  viz:    Two   hundred  and   fifty  super- 
ficial  feet  of  floor  room  is  to   be   allowed  for  every  one 
hundred     persons.     Every   theatre,    concert   hall,  opera 
house,  church  or  other  building-  used  for  any  public  en- 
tertainment,    accommodating-    three     hundred    persons,  Exits  and 
shall  have  not  less  than  two  exits;  when  accommodating-  entrances. 
five  hundred   persons  at   least  three  exits  shall  be  pro- 


192 


ORDINANCES    NO.    998 — CON. 


Doors.  vided,  and  no  doorway,  or  exit,  or  entrance  for  the  use  of 

the  public  shall  be  less  than  six  feet  in  width;  and  for 
every  one  hundred  persons  additional,  or  portions  thereof, 
to  be  accommodated  in  excess  of  five  hundred  persons, 
twenty  inches  additional  width  shall  be  allowed;  and  all 
doors  of  exit  or  entrance  shall  open  outwardly,  and  no 
such  doors  shall  be  closed  or  locked  during"  any  repre- 
sentation, or  when  the  building-  is  open  to  the  public. 

Exits.  Distinct  and  separate  places  of  exit  and  entrance  shall  be 

provided  for  each  g-allery  above  the  first  floor.  A  com- 
mon place  of  exit  may  serve  for  the  main  floor  of  the 
auditorium  and  the  first  g-allery;  provided,  however, 
its  capacity  is  equal  to  the  aggregate  capacity  of  the 

Stairs.  outlets  from  the  main  floor  and  g-allery.     All  stairs  shall 

be  constructed  of  fire-proof  material  throug-hout;  stair- 
ways serving-  for  the  exit  of  one  hundred  people  must,  if 
straig-ht,  be  four  feet  wide,  and  if  curved  or  winding1, 
shall  be  not  less  than  five  feet  six  inches  wide;  and  for 
every  additional  one  hundred  people  to  be  accommo- 
dated nine  inches  must  be  added  to  the  width  of 
the  stairs;  and  in  no  case  shall  the  risers  exceed  seven 
and  a  half  inches  in  heig-ht  and  the  tread  shall  not  be  less 
than  eleven  inches  in  width,  and  in  circular  or  winding- 
staiis  the  point  or  narrowest  part  of  the  steps  shall  not 
be  less  than  seven  inches.  Not  less  than  two  independ- 
ent stair-cases  with  direct  exterior  outlets  shall  also  be 
provided  for  the  g-alleries  in  the  auditorium,  and  the  same 
shall  be  located  on  the  opposite  sides  of  the  said  galleries; 

Staircases,  at  least  two  independent  staircases  shall  also  be  provided 
for  the  use  of  the  stag-e  people,  and  shall  be  located  on  op- 
posite sides  of  the  same,  and  all  of  said  staircases  shall 

Straightstairs.be  inclosed  to  the  height  of  the  ceiling-.  When  straig-ht 
stairs  return  directly  upon  themselves,  a  landing-  of  the 
full  width  of  both  flights,  and  of  the  depth  of  not  less 
than  one  and  a  half  the  leng-th  of  the  steps  shall  be  pro- 
vided. Stairs  turning-  at  an  ang-le  must  have  a  proper 
standing-  without  risers  at  the  turn.  In  stairs  where 
two  side  flig-hts  connect  with  one  main  flig-ht,  no  win- 
dows shall  be  introduced,  and  the  width  of  the  main 
flig-ht  must  be  equal  to  the  ag-greg-ate  width  of  the  side 

Circular  stairs,  flig-hts.     Circular*  or   winding-  stairs  shall   have   proper 

Ceilings.  landing's  introduced  at   convenient  distances.     The  ceil- 

ings of  the  auditorium  and  of  the  lobbies  and  staircases 
shall  be  lathed  and  finished  with  three  gx>od  coats  of  mor- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    998 — CON.  193 

tar.     All  inclosed  passages,    corridors    and    staircases 
shall  have  on  both  sides  a  strong-  hand   rail,   firmly  se- 
cured to  the  walls,  three  inches  distant  therefrom,  and 
not  less  than  three  feet  above  the  floor  or  stairs,  and  no 
passage  leading1  to  any  stairs  or  exit  shall  be  less  than 
four  feet  wide  at  the  narrowest  point.     Every  portion  of  L . 
the  building-  devoted  to  the  use  or  accommodation  of  the 
public,  also  all  outlets  leading  to  the  highway  or  street, 
shall  be  well  and  properly  lighted  during-  every  perform- 
ance, and  the  same  shall  be  kept   lig-hted   until   the  au- 
dience   shall    have    departed  from  the   premises.  '    Gas 
mains     supplying    any     of     the    above     named     places  uons!01 
shall  have  independent  connection   from   the  stag-e  and 
auditorium,  and  proper  provision  shall  be  made  for  cut- 
ting- or  shutting-  off  the  gas  from  the  outside  contig-uous 
to  the  premises.    All  stag-e  lig-hts  shall  have  strong-  metal  stag-e  lights, 
wire  g-uards  or  screens  of  sufficient  firmness  so  that  any 
materials  coming-   in   contact  therewith   shall  not   be   in 
dang-er  from  the  flame.     In  some  conspicuous   place   on  Regulations 
every  g-allery  or  floor  the  reg-ulations  for  the  protection  posted, 
of  the  public  ag-ainst  fire  or  accident  shall  be  posted,  to- 
g-ether with  a  diagram  or  plan  of  the  gallery  or  floor 
showing-  distinctly   the   mode  of  exit   therefrom.      And 
every  exit  shall  have  over  the  same  on  the  inside,    the 
word,  "Exit,"  painted  in  larg-e  letters  not  less  thaneig-ht 
inches  in  leng-th.  The  wall  separating-  the  stage  from  the  Stage  wall, 
auditorium  shall  be  of  brick  or  stone,  and  the  opening  in 
same  shall  be  protected  by  a  curtain  of  steel  or  asbestos 
hung  with  steel  and  steel  guides.     The  wall   separating  Auditorium 
the  auditorium  from  the  vestibule,  refreshment  or  other  walls, 
rooms,  also  those  inclosing  the  staircase,   shall   be  built 
of  brick  or  stone,  or  shall  be  formed  of  iron,    and  plas- 
tered on  both  sides,  and  the  doorways  in  said  walls  shall 
be  provided  with  wrought  iron  doors.     All  walls  or  par-  other  walls, 
titions  in   that   portion   of  the   building   which   contains 
the  auditorium,  the  entrance,  vestibule,  or  another  room 
or  passage  devoted  to  the  use  of  the  public,  shall  be  con- 
structed of  fire-proof  material,   and  all  doorways  shall 
be  provided  with  self-closing  wrought  iron  doors.     The 
partitions  separating  the  actor's  dressing  room  from  the 
stage  shall  be  lathed  with  wire  lathing,  or  iron  laths  on 
both  sides  and  shall  be  finished  with  three  good  coats  of 
mortar. 

SEC.  2.     ForJ«the  protection   of  theatres  and  other  Stand  pipes. 


194  ORDINANCE    NO.    998 — CON. 

places  of  public  assembly,  and  where  stages  and  scenery 
are  used,  stand  pipes  shall  be  provided  with  loose  at- 
tachments on  every  floor  and  gallery  as  follows,  viz: 
One  on  each  side  of  the  auditorium  and  one  on  each  side 
of  the  stage  and  one  in  the  property  room,  and  they  shall 
be  kept  full  of  water  with  a  pressure  direct  from  the 
street  main,  and  shall  connect  with  a  system  of  perfo- 
rated pipes  or  sprinklers  to  be  provided  on  and  over  the 
stage  and  in  the  auditorium,  and  then  shall  pass  up  and 
into  the  space  over  the  ceilings;  automatic  sprinklers 
ma^  be  substituted  for  perforated  pipes,  but  must  be 
supplied  also  by  a  tank  of  sufficient  elevation  and  capac- 
ity, used  only  for  that  purpose,  at  least  one  hundred  feet 

Hose.  of  2J  inch  hose,  with  proper  nozzles,  shall  be  provided 

and  set  at  each  connection,  and  shall  be  kept  in  full  view 
and  ready  for  immediate  use,  and  there  shall  be  kept 
upon  the  stage  on  each  side  thereof,  in  full  view,  not  less 
than  twelve  buckets  always  to  be  full  of  water  and  the 

Fire  buckets,  words  "Fire  buckets"  plainly  painted  thereon,  and  they 
shall  not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose;  and  there  shall 
also  be  two  of  what  are  known  as  Johnson  pumps;  and 

Extinguishers.  n°t  less  than  six  Babcock  or   more   improved   fire   extin- 

etc.  guishers  distributed  on  the  stage.  There  shall  be  two 

axes  placed  on  each  side  of  the  stage  and  two  large  fire 
hooks  one  on  each  side,  contiguous  to  said  axes,  all  to  be 
in  plain  view.  And  all  of  said  stand  pipes  are  not  to  be 
less  than  four  inches  in  diameter;  the  hose,  pumps, 
buckets,  fire  extinguishers,  gas  pipes,  footlights  and  all 
other  apparatus  herein  provided  shall  be  in  charge  of 
the  fire  department;  and  the  inspector  of  buildings  and 
licenses  is  hereby  directed  to  see  that  the  arrangements 

Passages  to  i be  in  respect  thereto  are  carried  out  and  enforced.     In  all 

lighted,  passages  of  exit  there  shall  be  placed,  in  addition  to  the 

gas  lights,  oil  lamps  of  sufficient  illuminating  capacity 
to  light  said  passageway  in  the  event  of  any  accident  to 
the  gas  pipes  during  any  performance,  so  that  the  audi- 
ence shall  be  able  to  see  their  wav  out;  and  said  lamps 
shall  be  of  brass  and  filled  with  non-explosive  oil,  and 
shall  be  lighted  during  the  performance  and  until  the 
audience  shall  have  passed  out. 

Exits.  SEC.  3.  Doorways  and  means  of  exit  for  public 

buildings.  Every  theatre,  concert  hall  or  building  seat- 
ing 1,000  persons  or  over,  used  for  dramatic,  operatic  or 
other  entertainments  involving  the  use  of  a  stage  with 


ORDINANCES    NO.    998 — CON. 

movable   scenery,  curtains   or   machinery,  shall    for  the 

public  safety  have  on   three  sides  of  the  auditorium  a 

clear  space  for  the  use  of  the  audience  in  leaving-  the 

building-.     The  space  on  each  side  from  the  side  walls  to 

the  seats  shall  not  be  less  than  six  feet  wide;  provided, 

that  in  every  theatre,  concert  hall  or  other  building-  used 

as  aforesaid,  seating-  less  than  1,000  persons,  the  space 

on  each  side  from  the  side  walls  to  the  seats  shall  not  be 

less  than  five  feet  wide,  and  the  third  side  of  all  theatres, 

concert  halls  or  buildings  used  as  aforesaid  facing-  the 

stag-e  and  in  the  rear  of  the  auditorium,  shall  be  at  least 

10  feet  in   width   from   the  seats  to   the   wall,  and  said  Obstructions 

spaces  shall  be  kept  entirely  free  from  obstructions  dur- pl 

ing-  the  time  of  the  performance.     All  doorways  in  build-  Doorways. 

ing's   used   for   public   assemblages,  in  whole  or  in  part, 

shall  have  the  doors  for  egress  or  ingress  of  the  public 

constructed  so  as  to  swing-  outwardlv  and  inwardly,  and 

in  no   case  shall  they  be   constructed   to   open   inwardly 

only  or  to  slide;  and  all  building's  used  for  public  assem- 

blag-es  shall  be  made  to  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this 

section. 

SEC.  4.  The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  apply 
to  the  owners  or  ag-ents  of  all  building's  subject  to  the 
conditions  set  forth  herein,  and  to  all  contractors  or  sub- 
contractors of  all  such  building's  in  course  of  construc- 
tion or  repair;  and  any  owner,  ag-ent,  contractor,  sub- 
contractor or  other  person  violating  any  of  these 
provisions  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  in  any 
sum  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
($50)  dollars,  and  the  continuance  or  maintainance  of 
such  violation  shall  be  deemed  a  new  offense  for  each  day 
on  which  the  same  is  so  continued  or  maintained,  and 
shall  be  punished  accordingly. 

SEC.  5.  Ordinance  No.  265  and  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  any  ordinance  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  June  27,  1895. 


1%  ORDINANCES    NO.    999. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  999. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  erection,  alteration  and  repair  of  build- 
ing's in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  to  provide  a  penalty, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

Words  denned.  SECTION  1 .  Words  and  terms  defined.  The  words 
"tenement  house"  as  used  in  this  ordinance  shall  include 
every  building  occupied  or  used  as  a  dwelling*  house  by 
more  than  three  families  living  independently  of  each 
other  and  doing  their  own  cooking*  on  the  premises. 

The  words  "brick"  or  "stone"  or  "brick  and  stone 
building's"  shall  mean  all  building's  whose  side  and  end 
walls  are  constructed  of  stone  or  brick  or  both;  and 
"iron  construction"  building's,  those  whose  weig-ht, 
loads,  thrusts,  etc.,  are  carried  upon  iron  or  steel  col- 
umns, girders,  lintels,  trusses,  etc.,  or  on  what  is  known 
as  an  iron  or  steel  frame,  and  whose  outside  walls  are  of 
stone,  brick  or  terra  cotta. 

The  words  "wooden  building's"  shall  include  all 
wooden  or  frame  building's  and  all  building's  of  wood  ve- 
neered with  brick,  iron  or  other  material. 

The  term  "division  wall"  shall  appty  to  floor  bear- 
ing- walls  extending-  throug-h  building's  or  blocks  owned 
by  the  same  party  and  separating-  stores  or  tenements; 
and  "bearing  walls"  shall  apply  to  those  walls  which 
carry  the  weight  of  the  partitions,  floor  beams  or  joists, 
girders,  trusses  and  columns  above. 

The  word  "basement"  shall  apply  to  a  story  whose 
main  floor,  at  the  street  front,  is  not  less  than  three  feet 
below  the  surface  of  the  ground  or  grade  of  the  sidewalk, 
or  whose  height  does  not  exceed  eight  feet  above  the 
ground  or  sidewalk  grade. 

"Embankment  or  retaining  walls"  shall  be  under- 
stood as  structures  of  brick  or  stone,  or  brick  and  stone, 
or  concrete,  erected  for  the  purpose  of  sustaining  the 
pressure  of  the  earth,  sand,  filling  or  backing. 

"Bulkhead  or  area  walls"  shall  be  those  walls  usu- 
ally erected  in  connection  with  a  building  for  the  pur- 
pose of  sustaining  sidewalks  or  yards,  and  are  to  be  cov- 
ered over. 

The  word  "street"  shall  mean  all  streets,  avenues, 
alleys  and  public  highways. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    999 — CON.  197 

* 'Sheds"  shall  be  considered  as  open  structures  en- 
closed on  one  side  and  ends  only  and  built  on  the  ground. 

The  width  of  building's  shall  be  computed  as  length- 
vise  of  the  floor  beams. 

SEC.  2.  Construction  of  brick  or  stone  buildings  Brick  and  stone 
;V11  brick  or  stone  buildings  hereafter  constructed  in  thebuildinsa- 
;ity  of  Tacoma  and  every  building  of  brick  or  stone,  or  of 
Doth,  that  shall  be  newly  roofed  or  covered,  shall  be 
instructed  with  side  walls  or  party  walls  of  brick  or 
itone,  or  of  both,  and  such  side  walls  or  party  walls 
shall  extend  from  the  foundation  to  the  top  and  through 
;he  roof  ot  the  building,  and  said  walls  shall  be  so  con- 
structed as  to  separate  all  wood  work  thoroughly  and 
;ompletely  of  the  interior  and  exterior  of  such  building 
?rom  all  and  every  part  of  the  interior  and  exterior  of 
my  adjoining  building;  and  every  such  side  wall  or 
party  wall  shall  pass  through  the  roof  of  the  building-  to 
which  it  may  appertain  in  such  manner  as  to  break  en- 
tirely any  communication  of  wood  whatever  between  such 
roof  and  any  other  building. 

PARTITIONS. 

All  division  and   partition   walls  in  the  basement  of  Partition  walls 
any   brick   building,  and   all    division   walls  in    the  first 
story  of  brick   buildings  more  than  one  story  high  shall 
be  of  brick. 

Stud  partitions  in  brick  or  stone  buildings  shall  have  Stud  partitions 
two  rows  of  solid  bridging1  not  less  than  two  inches  in 
thickness,  to  finish  flush  on  both  sides  of  the  studs  of 
each  story;  and  when  the  partitions  are  formed  with 
more  than  one  row  of  studding  or  are  cross-furred,  the 
bridging  shall  finish  flush  with  the  face  of  the  studs  or 
fnrring  at  each  side,  so  as  to  effectually  prevent  the  pas- 
sage of  fire  or  smoke.  Furring  against  brick  walls  shall 
not  exceed  one  inch  in  thickness,  and  no  wedges  of  wood 
or  iron,  spikes  or  nails,  shall  be  driven  into  the  walls 
within  four  inches  of  any  flue  or  fireplace;  and  when Flnes- 
chimney  breasts  are  furred  out  and  the  flues  are  of  less 
[width]  than  the  chimney  breast,  the  space  between  the 
furring  and  the  flue  shall  be  so  bridged  at  each  half- 
story  and  at  the  ceiling  line  as  to  prevent  the  passag-e  of 
fire  or  smoke. 

FLOORS,    ROOFS,    ATTICS. 

The  floors  of  all  buildings  shall  be  constructed  to  Floors, 
bear  with  safety  upon  each   superficial  foot  of  floar  sur- 


198 


OK'DIXANCE    NO.    <W<)       C'O.V. 


material. 


Gas,  water 
pipes,  etc. 


face,  75  pounds.  If  used  for  the  following*  purposes 
they  shall  be  constructed  to  bear  upon  each  superficial 
foot  of  floor  surface  as  follows:  Por  a  place  of  public  as- 
sembly, 120  pounds;  for  a  flour  store,  mill,  sugar  refinery 
or  storehouse,  500  pounds;  for  a  warehouse  for  miscel- 
laneous goods,  400  to  600  pounds;  jewelry  stores  with 
safes,  300  pounds;  tenement  houses,  100  pounds;  dry 
gx>ods  stores,  310  pounds;  roofs,  50  pounds.  These 
weights  are  to  be  exclusive  of  the  weight  of  the  floors 
Dimensions  of  and  roofs.  The  requisite  dimensions  of  each  piece  of  ma- 
terial is  to  be  determined  by  computation  by  the  rules 
given  by  Tredgold,  Hodgfkinson,  Barlow  or  Trautwine, 
or  the  treatises  of  other  authors  now  or  hereafter  to  be 
used  at  the  United  States  academy  at  West  Point  on  the 
strength  of  material,  using  for  constants  in  the  rules 
only  such  numbers  as  have  been  deduced  from  experi- 
ments on  materials  of  like  kinds  with  those  proposed  to 
be  used.  And  the  safe  load  shall  not  exceed  one-third  of 
the  breaking  weight  as  determined  by  said  rules.  All 
water,  gas,  steam  or  other  pipes  which  may  be  intro- 
duced into  any  building  shall  not  be  let  into  the  beams 
at  a  greater  distance  than  twelve  inches  from  the  ends  of 
the  beams,  and  then  not  to  exceed  one  and  one-half  inches 
in  depth  for  all  beams  of  ten  to  twelve  inches  in  depth, 
nor  more  than  two  inches  for  all  beams  of  greater  depth; 
for  beams  less  than  ten  inches  the  sinking  must  not  ex- 
ceed one  inch  in  depth.  All  buildings,  three  or  more 
stories  in  height,  shall  have  all  their  floors  deadened 
with  mortar  or  its  equivalent,  spread  at  least  one  inch 
thick.  The  covering  of  all  roofs  shall  be  made  and 
constructed  of  metal  or  asphaltum,  covered  with  gravel 
or  some  fire-proof  composition  and  all  buildings  now 
standing  requiring  re-roofing  in  whole  or  in  part,  the 
covering  of  such  roofs  shall  be  made  of  metal  or  as- 
phaltum, covered  with  gravel  or  some  fire-proof  ma- 
terial. All  timber  and  lumber  used  in  the  construction 
and  erection,  or  alterations  or  repairs  to  buildings  shall 
be  sound  and  free  from  blemish. 

The  blind  attic  between  the  ceiling  of  the  upper 
story  of  the  building  and  the  roof  shall  be  divided  by 
tight  board  or  other  partitions  so  placed  that  no  section 
of  said  attic  shall  include  more  than  two  thousand  square 
feet. 


Floors  dead- 
ened. 


Roofing. 


Blind  attic. 


ORDTNANCK    NO.    999 — CON.  199 

FOUNDATION    WAIvIyS. 

SEC.  3.  All  foundation  walls  shall  be  built  of  stone  Foundation 
:>r  brick,  and  shall  be  laid  on  a  good  solid  earth  founda-  walls, 
tion;  and  in  case  the  nature  of  the  earth  should  require 
t  a  bottom  of  driven  piles  or  laid  timbers  of  sufficient 
size  and  thickness  shall  be  laid  to  prevent  the  walls  from 
settling1,  the  top  of  each  pile  or  timber  to  be  driven  or 
aid  below  the  water  line.  All  piers  or  columns  resting  piers. 
)n  the  earth  shall  have  footing  courses  in  size  capable  of 
sustaining  all  the  weight  which  may  be  required  of  them 
uid  shall  have  good  stone  caps  not  less  than  ten  .(10) 
nches  in  thickness  with  level  beds,  or  iron  caps  of  equal 
strength,  the  projections  of  the  brick  work  not  to  exceed 
;wo  (2)  inches;  every  isolated  pier  less  than  ten  (10)  su- 
3erficial  feet  at  the  base,  and  all  piers  supporting  a  wall 
>uilt  of  brick  or  stone,  or  under  any  arch,  girder  or  beam 
supporting  a  wall,  shall,  at  intervals  of  not  less  than 
;hirty  (30)  inches  in  height,  have  a  bondstone  built  in,  to 
>e  not  less  than  five  (5)  inches  in  thickness  by  the  full 
iize  of  the  pier,  and  have  level  top  and  bottom  beds. 

BOOTING   OR   BASE   COURSE  UNDER    FOUNDATIONS,    ETC. 

SEC.  4.  The  footing  or  base  course  under  all  foun-  -Base  course, 
lation  walls  shall  be  of  stone  or  brick,  and  shall  not  be 
ess  than  twice  the  width  of  the  bottom  course  of  the 
oundation  wall,  each  course  of  footing,  if  formed  with 
>rick,  shall  not  project  more  than  two  inches,  and  if 
ormed  of  stone  the  thickness  of  each  course  shall  not 
>e  less  than  twelve  inches,  and  shall  not  project  more 
han  six  inches.  If  a  wall  be  built  on  isolated  piers  isolated  piers, 
here  must  be  inverted  arches  at  least  twelve  inches 
hick,  turned  under  and  between  the  piers,  the  spring  of 
he  arch  not  to  be  less  than  one-third  of  the  span;  or 
wo  footing  courses  of  large,  well-shaped  stone,  at  least 
welve  inches  in  thickness  for  each  course  and  to  project 
tot  more  than  six'  inches  each.  All  foundation  walls  Foundation 
.hall  be  at  least  four  inches  thicker  than  the  walls  next  walls, 
tbove  them,  to  a  depth  of  sixteen  (16)  feet -below  the 
:urb  level  as  lawfully  fixed  and  shall  be  increased  four 
nches  in  thickness  for  everv  additional  five  feet  in  depth 
>elow  said  sixteen  feet.  Foundation  walls  in  dwelling 
louses  shall  be  below  the  basement  floor  beams  four 
nches  thicker  than  the  walls  next  above  them.  All 
walls*  f>halj  be  understood  to  mean  that 


XTNIVERSITY 


200 


ORDINANCE   NO.    999 — CON. 


Height  of 
stories. 


Increase  in 
height. 


Outer  walls  of 
dwellings,  etc. 


tion  of  the  wall  below  the  level  of  the  street  curb,  and 
depth  shall  be  computed  from  the  curb  level  downward. 
The  depth  of  fourteen  feet  below  said  curb  level  of  the 
street  is  hereby  fixed  as  a  standard  depth  of  foundation 
for  brick  and  stone  building's. 

HEIGHTS   OF  FOUNDATIONS    AND    STORIES. 

SEC.  5.  The  heig'hts  of  foundations  shall  be  that 
portion  of  the  structure  below  the  line  of  the  curb  of 
the  street,  in  front  of  the  center  of  the  front  line  of  the 
building-,  and  the  heig-hts  of  the  several  stories  shall  be 
computed  from  the  level  of  the  surface  of  the  floor  to 
the  line  of  the  ceiling-  above — measured  at  the  wall  line; 
for  a  three-story  building-  the  third  story  shall  not  ex- 
ceed 12  feet  in  heig-ht;  and  for  a  four-story  building-  the 
third  story  shall  not  exceed  13  feet  in  heig-ht,  and  the 
fourth  story  shall  not  exceed  11  feet  in  heig'ht;  for  a  five- 
stor>  building-  the  third  story  shall  not  exceed  13  feet  in 
heig-ht  and  the  fourth  story  shall  not  exceed  12  feet  in 
heig'ht,  and  the  fifth  story  shall  not  exceed  11  feet  in 
heig'ht. 

It  shall  be  lawful  to  vary  these  heig-hts  when  the 
same  thickness  of  walls  is  used  for  both  stories — that  is, 
one  story  may  be  made  hig-her  and  the  other  story  must 
be  made  as  much  lower. 

If  any  increase  in  the  heig-ht  of  stories  other  than 
these  herein  mentioned  shall  be  made,  the  walls  shall  be 
strengthened  either  by  piers,  buttresses  or  columns  so 
placed  as  not  to  exceed  12  feet  from  centers.  All  foun- 
dation walls  shall  be  four  inches  thicker  than  the  wall 
next  above  them  for  a  depth  of  sixteen  feet  below  the 
curb  level,  and  shall  be  increased  four  inches  in  thick- 
ness for  every  five  feet,  or  part  thereof,  below  that 
depth. 

THICKNESS  OF  OUTER  WALLS  OF  DWELLINGS,  STABLES 

AND  SHEDS. 

SEC.  6.  The  outer  walls  of  all  building's  of  either 
brick  or  stone,  or  both,  used  or  to  be  used  as  dwelling- 
houses,  stables,  sheds  or  other  outhouses,  shall,  for 
two-story  buildings  or  less,  be  twelve  inches  thick  for 
first  story,  and  eig-ht  inches  for  second  story;  provided, 
the  height  of  the  first  story  shall  not  exceed  in  heig'ht 
ten  feet  in  the  clear  of  the  floor  and  ceiling-,  and 
the  second  story  shall  not  exceed  in  height  eight  feet  in 


ORDINANCE    NO.    999 — CON. 


201 


the  clear  of  the  floor  and  ceiling-;  the  foundation,  or  that 
portion  below  the  level  of  the  curb,  shall  be  at  least  six- 
teen (16)  inches  in  thickness.  For  a  building  of  three 
stories  or  less  the  foundation  of  that  portion  below  the 
level  of  the  curb  shall  be  twenty  inches  in  thickness,  the 
first  story  sixteen  inches  in  thickness,  the  second  story 
twelve  inches,  the  third  story  eight  inches;  the  third 
story  shall  not  exceed  in  height  eig-ht  feet  in  the  clear  of 
the  floor  and  ceiling-. 

When  brick  work  is  used  for  deafening-  between  par- Deafening 
titions  of  frame  work  it   shall   be  commenced  on  proper  Partltlons- 
footing*,  and  shall  not  be  less  than  one-half  brick  or  four 
inches  in  thickness,  and  shall  be  solidly  laid  in  g-ood  lime 
mortar,  and  the  joints  shall   be  smoothly  struck  at  each 
side,  and  there  shall  be  proper  cross  ties   not  to  exceed 
one  and  one-half  inches  in  thickness  by  the  full  width  of 
the  stud  placed  at  each   half  story  in  heig-ht,  and  they 
shall  be  securely  spiked  to  the  studs,  which  are  in  no  in- 
stance to  exceed  two  feet  from  centers. 

THICKNESS   OF    WALLS   OF    BRICK   OR    STONE    BUILDINGS 
OTHER  THAN  DWELLINGS,  STABLES  AND  SHEDS. 

SEC.  7.  The  outer  walls  of  all  brick  or  stone  build-  Outer  walls  of 
ings  other  than  dwelling's,  stables  and  sheds,  shall  be  as  other  buildings 
follows: 

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202 


ORDINANCE    NO.    999 — CON. 


Whenever  it  is  sought  to  increase  the  height  of  any 
building-  beyond  the  height  for  which  the  original  per- 
mit was  granted,  the  thickness  of  the  walls  thereof 
shall  also  be  increased  in  accordance  with  the  above 
table. 

In  all  brick  or  stone  [store]  buildings,  warehouses 
or  factories  over  twenty-five  feet  wide  and  more  than  one 
story  high,  division  walls  or  girders  supported  by  iron 
or  wooden  columns  shall  be  placed  not  more  than  twenty- 
seven  feet  apart,  and  in  case  girders  and  columns  are 
substituted  for  partition  walls  the  space  between  the 
brick  fire  or  division  walls  shall  not  be  more  than  fifty- 
Columns,  piers  five  feet.  All  columns,  piers  and  girders  thus  used  shall 
and  girders.  ^  of  suf£cient  strength  to  carry  the  weight  placed  upon 
them,  allowing  for  the  various  floor  loads  as  prescribed 
in  section  2  of  this  ordinance.  These  columns  and  piers 
shall  have  proper  footing  courses  and  foundation  walls 
as  described  in  sections  3  and  4;  and  inverted  arches 
shall  be  placed  between  piers  or  columns  carrying  walls. 
All  piers  shall  be  properly  bonded  and  have  capstones 
not  less  than  11-g  inches  thick  nor  less  than  12  inches 
wider  each  way  than  the  size  of  the  columns  placed  upon 
them. 

All  foundations  shall  be  increased  according  to  the 
height  of  the  building  and  the  additional  load  resting 
upon  them. 

In  all  buildings  hereafter  erected  on  a  street  corner 
the  bearing  wall,  that  is,  the  outside  wall  upon  which 
the  beams  rest,  if  there  are  openings  in  it,  shall,  in  all 
cases,  be  four  inches  thicker  than  is  otherwise  provided 
for  in  this  ordinance;  and  where  the  joists  or  timbers 
rest  upon  a  front  or  rear  wall,  in  any  case  the  said  walls 
shall  be  four  inches  thicker  than  is  otherwise  provided  in 
this  ordinance. 

All  brick  buildings  that  are  over  one  hundred  feet 
in  depth  without  cross-walls  or  proper  piers,  shall  have 
the  side  or  bearing  walls  increased  four  inches  in  thick- 
ness more  than  is  provided  for  in  sections  6  and  7  of  this 
ordinance,  where  the  specified  thickness  of  the  wall  is 
twelve  inches  in  thickness.  Piers  may  be  used  for  the 
used  for  the  same  purpose  and  they  shall  project  at  least 
four  inches  from  the  face  of  the  walls,  and  shall  have 
an  aggregate  length  of  not  less  than  one-fourth  of  the 
depth  of  thf?  bvnUljng,  Cross-walls  are  to  be 


Street  corner 
walls. 


Side  walls. 


Cross 


ORDINANCE  NO.    999— CON.  203 

as  interior  walls,  and  may  be  four  inches  less  in  thickness 
than  bearing-walls  of  the  same  story,  but  must  not  be 
less  than  twelve  inches  in  thickness.  And  all  the  walls 
of  every  building  shall  be  erected  straight  and  plumb, 
and  during*  the  process  of  erection  or  alteration  shall  be 
strongly  braced  from  the  beams  of  each  story  until  the 
building  is  enclosed.  And  every  temporary  support 
placed  under  any  structure  or  part  thereof  shall  be  equal 
in  strength  to  the  permanent  support  thereof. 

No  recess  tor  water  or  other  pipes  shall   be  made  in  Recess  for 
a  sixteen  inch  party  wall,   nor  in   any   other   wall  more  pipes. 
than  one-quarter  of  its  thickness;  and  the  recess  around 
said  pipe  or  pipes  shall  be  filled  up  solid  tor  the  space  of 
two  feet  on  top  and  bottom  of  each  story  to  prevent    the 
passage  of  fire  or  smoke. 

No  portion  of    the  brick   walls   shall  be  carried  up  Height  of 
more  than  one  story  higher  than  the  other  portions  and  brick  walls, 
then  it  shall  be  securely  anchored  to  the  other  portions 
at  distances  not  to  exceed  eight  feet   in   height  and  the 
work  shall  be  racked  back  not  less  than    eight    feet  for 
the  purpose  of  securely  bonding  the  work. 

THICKNESS  OF  WALLS  OF  ROOMS  HAVING  TRUSSED  CEILINGS, 
OR  LARGE  ROOMS  WITHOUT  CROSSWALLS,  SUCH  AS  CHURCHES, 
THEATRES,  FOUNDRIES,  MACHINE  SHOPS,  ETC. 

The  outer  walls  of  rooms  having  trussed  ceilings,  or 
large  rooms  without  cross-walls,  such  as  may  occur  in 
buildings  of  a  public  or  manufacturing  character,  if  over 
15  feet  high,  shall  not  be  less  than  16  inches,  if  over  25 
feet  high  shall  not  be  less  than  20  inches  and  if  over  45 
feet  not  less  than  24  inches  thick. 

Buttresses  or  piers  shall  be  placed   wherever  con-  Buttresses, 
sidered  necessary  by  the  inspector  of    buildings  and  li- 
censes to  make  a  substantial  building. 

In   all    hollow  walls  the  same  amount  of  material  Hollow  walls 
shall  be  used  in  their  construction  as  if  they  were  solid, 
and  their  two  walls  shall  be  connected  by  proper  ties  of 
brick  or  galvanized  iron  straps  placed  not  over  20  inches 
apart,  and  of  the  proper  stiffness. 

PARTY   WALLS. 

SF,C.  8.     Party   walls  shall  be  of  the  same  size  and  1'su-ty  walls. 
thickness  as  required  by  section  7  of  this  ordinance  for 
the  outer   walls   of  brick  and   stone   buildings.     Party 


204  ORDINANCE   NO.    999  —  CON. 

walls  shall  be  understood  to  be  of  solid  brick  or  stone 
walls.  Should  opening's  be  required  in  said  walls  they 
shall  not  exceed  six  feet  in  width,  and  shall  have  a  solid 
brick  arch  formed  with  three  rollocks,  and  shall  have 
double  wood  doors  covered  with  tin  on  sides  and  edges  at 
each  side  of  the  wall,  and  not  more  than  two  opening's 
shall  be  allowed  in  said  walls  for  each  story. 

DIVISION    WAI^IvS. 

Division  walls.  Where  a  building-  is  divided  by  division  walls  they 
shall  not  be  of  any  less  thickness  than  the  outer  walls  of 
the  building1,  and  where  they  support  the  floor  timbers 
on  both  sides  they  shall  be  of  the  required  thickness  of 
party  walls. 

BULKHEAD     OR     AREA     WAI^S,    EMBANKMENT     OR     RE- 
TAINING  WAIyLS   AND   FENCES. 


Bulkhead  walls  Bulkhead  or  area  walls,  if  constructed  of  brick  or 
stone,  or  brick  and  stone,  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve 
inches  in  thickness  for  a  heigiit  not  to  exceed  four  feet, 
and  shall  be  increased  four  inches  in  thickness  for  every 
four  feet  or  part  thereof  in  heig-ht  additional,  and  shall 
have  footing-  or  base  courses  of  not  less  than  three- 
fourths  of  the  thickness  of  the  wall,  and  the  proper  pro- 
vision must  be  made  for  the  drainage  of  the  same.  The 

Mortar.  mortar  used  for  the  brickwork  shall  be  formed  with 

hydraulic  cement  four  parts,  quicklime  one  part,  and 
sharp  sand  two  parts.  If  the  bulkhead  or  retaining-  wall 
is  near  the  street  line  the  foundation  shall  be  at  least 
four  feet  below  the  grade  of  the  street. 

Retaining-  Embankment  or  retaining-  walls  shall  be  constructed 

walls.  in  conformity  with  the  rules  g-iven  by  Trautwine  or  oth- 

er treatises  or  authors  now  or  hereafter  used  at  the 
United  States  academy  at  West  Point  for  such  work. 

Fence  walls.  Fence  walls  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  inches  in  thick- 
ness for  a  heig-ht  of  eig-ht  feet  and  shall  be  increased  four 
inches  more  in  thickness  for  every  four  feet  or  part  there- 
of of  additional  heig-ht. 

BEAMS    IN    PARTY   WALLS  —  HOW    SEPARATED,    ETC. 

Wooden  beams.  All  wooden  beams  or  other  timbers  in  the  party  wall 
of  every  building*  hereafter  erected  or  built  of  stone  or 
brick  or  iron  shall  be  separated  from  the  beam  or  tim- 
ber entering'  in  the  opposite  side  of  the  wall  by  not  less 


ORDINANCE    NO.  999 — CON.  205 

than  four  inches  of  solid  mason  work,  and   every   beam, 

joist  or  bearing-  timber  shall  rest  at  least  four  inches  in 

the  wall  or  on  the  g-irder,  as  authorized  by  this  ordinance. 

No  timber  shall   be   used   in   any   wall   of  any   building- Timber  to  be 

where  stone,  brick  or  iron  is  commonly   used,    except  as  used. 

provided  in  this  ordinance.     No  bond  timber  shall  exceed 

four  inches  in  width  and  three  feet  in  leng-th.  They  shall 

be  laid  horizontal  and  there  shall  be  eig-hteen  inches  of 

solid  mason  work  between  them.   In  all  building's  of  brick 

or  stone  the  ends  of  the  joist  shall  be  cut  with  a  bevel 

of  not  les  than  three  inches.     Every  trimmer  or   header  TV; 

,!  •       r       .L   1  i     •  i-ii«  xriminers, 

more  than  six  teet  long-  used  in  any  building-,  except  a 
dwelling-  house,  shall  be  hung-  in  stirrup  of  wroug-ht 
iron  of  a  proper  thickness  and  width  for  the  size  of  the 
timbers;  and  all  g-irders,  trimmers  and  tie  beams  and 
other  principal  framing-  timbers  shall  rest  at  least  eig-ht 
inches  on  the  wall  or  g-irders.  In  all  buildings  in  which  j  . 
the  joists  exceed  ten  inches  in  depth  there  shall  be  a 
row  of  solid  bridg-ing-  set  in  and  securely  nailed;  said 
line  of  bridg-ing-  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  feet  apart 
and  shall  be  not  less  than  two  inches  in  thickness,  so  as 
to  prevent  the  passag-e  of  fire  or  smoke. 

BUILDING    BRICK    OVER    WOOD. 

SEC.  9.     No  brick  or  stone  wall  shall  be  supported  Brick  over 
upon  posts   or   string-ers   of  wood  and   no  stone   or  iron  wood« 
steps  shall  be  set  upon  wooden  carriag-es  in  any  part  of 

the  city. 

STONE    WALLS,     HEADERS,     BRICK   WALLS,     HOW   CONSTRUCTED, 
WALLS    FACED   WITH    ASHLAR,    HEADING    COURSES. 

SEC.  10.  All  stone  walls  less  than  twenty-four  stone  walls, 
inches  thick  shall  have  at  least  one  header  extending- 
throug-h  the  wall  in  every  six  square  feet,  and,  if  over 
twenty-four  inches  in  thickness,  shall  have  one  header 
for  every  six  superficial  feet,  on  both  sides  of  the  wall 
and  running-  into  the  wall  at  least  two  feet.  In  every 
brick  wall  every  seventh  course  of  brick  shall  be  a  head-  Brick  walla 
ing-  course,  except  where  walls  are  faced  with  pressed 
brick,  in  which  case  every  fifth  course  shall  be  bonded  into 
the  backing-  by  cutting-  the  courses  of  the  faced  brick 
and  putting-  in  diagonal  headers  behind  the  same,  or  by 
splitting-  face  brick  in  half  and  backing-  the  same  by  a 
continuous  row  of  headers.  In  all  walls  which  are  faced 
with  thin  ashlar  anchored  to  the  backing-,  or  in  which  the 


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ORDINANCE    NO. 


Backing  of 
brick. 


Anchoring. 


Strapping 
beams. 

Wall  anchors. 


ashlar  has  not  either  alternate  headers  and  stretchers  in 
each  course,  or  alternately  heading-  and  stretching- 
courses,  the  backing  of  brick  shall  not  be  less  than  eight 
inches  thick,  and  all  eight  inch  backing1  shall  be  laid  up 
in  cement  mortar,  and  shall  not  be  built  to  a  greater 
height  than  prescribed  for  eight  inch  walls.  All  head- 
ing- courses  shall  be  of  good,  hard,  perfect  brick. 

ANCHORING     WALLS,       STONE      FACING,       BEAMS    —ALL      TO     BE 
STRAPPED,      CONSTRUCTION    OF   ANCHORS. 

SEC.  11.  All  walls  shall  be  securely  anchored  with 
iron  anchors  to  each  tier  of  beams.  The  front,  rear, 
side  and  party  walls  shall,  if  not  carried  up  together,  be 
anchored  to  each  other  every  six  feet  in  their  heig-ht  by 
tie  anchors  made  of  one  and  three-quarter  inch  by  three- 
eig-hts  of  an  inch  wrought  iron.  The  said  anchors  shall 
be  built  into  the  full  thickness  of  the  front  and  rear 
walls,  and  shall  have  flat  heads  not  less  than  eight 
inches  in  diameter  on  the  outside  of  said  walls,  so  as 
to  secure  the  front  and  rear  walls  to  the  side, 
end  or  party  walls;  and  all  stone  used  for 
the  facing  of  any  building-,  except  where  built  with 
alternate  headers  and  stretchers,  as  hereinbefore  set 
forth,  shall  be  strong"!}'  anchored  with  iron  anchors,  and 
all  such  anchors  shall  be  let  into  the  stone  at  least  one 
inch.  The  sides,  front,  rear  and  party  walls  shall  be 
anchored  to  each  tier  of  beams  at  intervals  of  not  more 
than  eig-ht  feet,  with  good,  strong-,  wroug-ht  iron  anchors, 
three-eig-hths  by  one  and  one-half  inches,  built  in  not 
less  than  two-thirds  of  the  thickness  of  the  side  walls, 
and  have  the  ends  turned  up  into  the  bottom  of  the 
joists  and  securely  spiked  thereto;  and  where  the  beams 
are  supported  by  girders  (the  ends  of  the  beam  resting 
on  the  g-irder)  shall  be  strapped  by  wroug-ht  iron  straps 
of  the  same  size  and  at  the  same  distance  apart  and  in 
the  same  beams  as  the  wall  anchors.  All  wall  anchors 
used  in  any  building-  shall  be  not  less  than  three-eighths 
by  one  and  one-half  inches,  or  three-fourths  of  an  inch 
round  wrought  iron,  not  less  than  three  feet  six  inches 
in  length,  turned  up  into  the  bottom  of  the  joists  or 
backtie,  and  shall  have  a  flat  head  of  either  wrought  or 
cast  iron  not  less  than  six  inches  square,  riveted  on. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    999 — CON.  207 

WALLS   TO     EXTEND   ABOVE    THE    ROOF,    PARTITION   WALL   CAR- 
RIED   UP,    MANSARD    OR    FRENCH    ROOF. 

SEC.  12.  All  side  or  party,  and  front  and  rear  Wails  extend 
wall[s]  of  any  building  fifteen  feet  or  more,  shall  be  built  above  roof, 
up  and  extended  at  least  four  feet  above  the  roof;  pro- 
vided, that  where  partition  walls  are  carried  up  or  where 
Mansard  or  French  roofs  are  built  over  a  hotel  or  block 
of  houses  the  partition  and  division  walls  shall  be  carried 
up  at  least  four  feet  above  the  roof  and  the  said  roof 
shall  be  covered  with  such  materials  as  will  afford  pro- 
tection against  fire.  And  where  a  Mansard  or  French  Mansard  roof, 
roof  or  a  roof  having*  30  degrees  pitch  or  over  shall  be 
placed  on  any  brick  building*  the  same  shall  be  con- 
structed as  follows:  The  rafters  shall  be  of  iron  and  the 
roof  shall  be  covered  on  the  outside  with  cement  mortar, 
laid  on  wire  or  inside  lathing1  or  iron  laths,  wood  furring" 
strips  being-  bolted  to  rafters,  or  with  tiles  and  lathed 
with  iron  laths  or  wire  lathing-  and  finished  with  three 
good  coats  of  the  best  lime  mortar  on  the  inside.  If 
there  is  a  level  platform  over  the  sloping  sides,  then  it 
shall  be  constructed  in  the  same  manner  as  before  men- 
tioned for  the  sloping*  portion;  except  that  the  lathing* 
maybe  laid  upon  sheathing*  in  place  of  furring*.  The  steeples,  etc. 
covering's  of  all  steeples,  towers  and  turrets  within  the 
city  shall  be  of  fire-proof  material. 

OPENINGS  FOR  DOORS  ANL-  WINDOWS  TO  BE  ARCHED  OVER 
WITH  BRICK  OR  STONE  OR  TO  HAVE  IRON  OR  STONE  LIN- 
TELS, ALL  TO  BE  CONSTRUCTED  AS  FOLLOWS: 

SEC.    13.     All  opening's  for  doors  and  windows  in  all  Doors  and 
building's,  except  as  otherwise  provided,  shall    have  a  windows, 
good  and  sufficient  arch  of  brick  or  stone  well  built  and 
keyed    and  with  g*ood  and  sufficient  abutments,  or  they 
shall  have  a  lintel  of  iron  or  stone. 

For  an  opening*  of  not  more  than  four  feet  in  breadth  stone  lintels: 
over  which  a  lintel  of  stone  is  placed,  the  lintel  shall  not 
be  less  than  eigfht  inches  in  breadth,  for  an  opening*  of 
five  feet  wide  the  lintel  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve 
inches  in  breadth,  and  shall  increase  not  less  than  one 
inch  in  breadth  for  each  additional  foot  of  opening*  over 
five  feet.  These  lintels  shall  be  the  full  thickness  of  the 
wall  over  them,  unless  lintels  of  iron  are  placed  back  of 
them,  in  which  case,  if  they  carry  part  of  the  wall  above 
and  are  not  supported  by  the  iron  lintel  they  shall  be  one- 


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Iron  lintels. 


third  the  thickness  of  the  wall;  provided,  that  in  no 
case  shall  they  be  less  than  eight  inches  thick.  Open- 
ings less  than  four  feet  wide,  in  walls  over  eight  inches 
thick  may  have  stone  lintels  seven  inches  in  breadth  and 
not  less  than  one-third,  and  in  walls  eight  inches  thick 
not  less  than  one-half  the  thickness  of  the  wall;  and  lin- 
tels of  good  timber,  chamfered  at  each  end,  and  having 
a  bearing  of  four  inches  at  each  end  shall  be  placed  in 
the  wall  back  of  these  stone  lintels.  A  double  rollock 
arch  shall  be  turned  over  these  inside  lintels,  or  a  suffi- 
ciently strong  arch  of  not  less  than  two  rollocks  may  be 
turned  over  a  center  and  can  be  struck  after  the  arch  is 
turned;  provided,  the  piers  or  abutments  are  sufficient  to 
bear  the  thiust  of  the  arch. 

All  iron  lintels  used  to  span  openings  six  feet  wide 
or  over  and  to  carry  a  brick  or  stone  wall  above  or  the 
weight  of  floor  joists  shall  have  a  bearing  on  the  walls 
or  piers  not  less  than  twelve  inches,  or  if  resting  on  iron 
columns  not  less  than  four  inches,  by  the  full  depth  of 
the  wall  or  posts  resting  on  them. 

Cast  iron  lintels,  brackets  or  corbels  must  be  so  pro- 
portioned that  the  compression  stress  upon  the  same 
shall  not  exceed  13,500  pounds  per  square  inch  and  the 
tensile  stress  shall  not  exceed  3000  pounds  per  square 
inch. 

Steel  girders,  beams,  corbels,  brackets  and  trusses 
shall  be  so  proportioned  that  the  maximum  fibre  stress 
will  not  exceed  16,000  pounds  per  square  inch;  if  the 
above  are  made  of  iron  the  maximum  fibre  stress  shall 
not  exceed  12,000  pounds  per  square  inch. 

All  girders,  I  beams,  trusses,  Z  bar  columns,  etc., 
shall  be  of  the  standard  sizes  and  construction  set  forth 
in  the  hand-books  and  catalogues  of  the  leading  [iron] 
manufacturers,  such  as  Carnegie,  Phipps  &  Co.,  Tren- 
ton Steel  and  Iron  Works,  Jones  &  Loughlen,  or  other 
equally  reliable  firms. 

Vault  beams,  lintels  or  girders  bearing  a  sidewalk 
shall  rest  on  stone  or  brick  piers  or  iron  columns  and  be 
bolted  thereto,  and  in  sidewalks  they  shall  be  of  suffi- 
cient strength,  exclusive  of  the  weight  of  material,  to 
carry  a  load  of  400  pounds  to  the  superficial  foot. 

PIRRS,    COLUMNS   OK    PILLARS — HOW    CONSTRUCTED. 

Stone  or  brick  Stone  or  brick  piers    which   carry  the  weight  of  a 

piers/  waj]  above,  or  which  support  the  weight  of  beams  or 


Cast  iron 
lintels,  etc. 


Steel  girders. 


Trusses,  etc. 


Vault  beams. 


ORDINANCE    NO,    999 — CON.  209 

girders,  shall  in  no  case  be  less  than  12  inches  square, 
and  in  front  of  party  walls  where  used  for  two  buildings 
they  shall  be  not  less  than  16  inches  on  the  face  by  the 
full  depth  of  the  wall  above;  provided,  that  in  no  case 
shall  they  be  constructed  so  as  to  carry  a  load  of  more 
than  one-eighth  of  the  ultimate  ciushiug  weight  of  the 
material  of  which  they  are  constructed. 

All  iron  or  steel  columns  shall  be  amply  strong  to  iron  or  steel 
support  the  weight  resting   upon  them,  as  calculated  by  colutnns: 
formulas  given   in  Trautwine,  Kidder  or  other  standard 
authorities,  and  wherever  they  support  walls  above,  they 
shall  have  an  outside  shell  of  iron  or  be  covered  with 
some  tire-proof  material. 

CORNICES, 

SEC.  14.  No  cornice,  entablatures,  belt  courses  or  cornices,  etc. 
other  ornamental  projections  of  wood  shall  be  placed  on 
any  brick  building  within  the  city.  All  exterior  cor- 
nices, entablatures,  belt  courses  and  other  projections  of 
an  ornamental  character  shall  be  constructed  of  some 
fire-proof  material — if  of  iron,  to  be  rivited  together  with 
rivets  not  more  than  two  inches  apart,  and  shall  be  sup- 
ported on  wrought  iron  brackets,  built  into  the  wall  at 
distances  not  to  exceed  two  feet  apart;  and  in  every  in- 
stance the  greatest  weight  of  stone,  iron  or  other  ma- 
terial of  which  they  shall  be  composed  shall  be  on  the 
inside  of  the  outer  line  of  the  wall  on  which  they  may 
rest,  in  the  proportion  of  two  of  wall  to  one  of  cornice  of 
weight.  Allowance  must  be  made  of  the  excess  of  lever- 
age produced  by  the  projection  of  cornice  beyond  the  face 
of  the  wall.  All  cornices  shall  be  well  secured  to  the 
wall  with  iron  anchors,  independent  of  any  wood  work; 
and  in  all  cases  the  walls  shall  be  carried  up  to  the 
planking  of  the  roof;  and  when  the  roof  is  below  the  cor- 
nice then  the  walls  shall  be  carried  up  to  the  top  of  the 
cornice  or  the  blocking  over  the  same,  and  shall  be  coped 
with  some  fire-proof  material.  All  wooden  cornices  or 
gutters  on  brick  buildings  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter 
become  unsafe  shall  be  taken  down  and  reconstructed  of 
some  fire-proof  material,  upon  an  order  from  the  inspec- 
tor of  buildings  and  licenses. 

MATERIAL   TO    BE   USED. 

SEC.   15.     No    swelled    or    refused    brick  shall    be  Brick, 
allowed  in  any  wall  or  pier,  and  brick  used  in  the  con- 


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struction,  alteration  or  repairs  of  any  building-  or  part 
thereof  shall  be  good,  hard,  well-burned  brick. 

MORTAR — OF   WHAT   MATERIAL. 

Mortar.  The  mortar  used  in   the  construction,  alteration  or 

repairs  of  any  building-  shall  be  composed  of  lime  or 
cement,  mixed  with  sand  in  a  proportion  of  three  (3)  of 
sand  to  one  (1)  of  cement;  and  no  lime  and  sand  mortar 
shall  be  used  within  twenty-four  (24)  hours  after  being 
mixed;  and  all  walls  or  parts  thereof  below  the  curb 
level  shall  be  laid  in  cement  mortar,  the  proportion  of 
one  (1)  of  cement  to  two  (2)  of  mortar.  No  inferior  lime 
or  cement  shall  be  used;  and  all  sand  shall  be  clean, 
sharp  grit,  and  free  from  loam,  and  all  joints  and  all 
walls  shall  be  entirely  filled  with  mortar. 

CONSTRUCTION   OF   FRAME    BUILDINGS. 

SEC.  16.  All  frame  buildings  heraafter  erected  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  have  the  outer  walls  formed 
with  studding-  and  covered  with  rustic  or  patent  siding 
on  the  outside  and  in  no  case  shall  studding  be  allowed 
against  the  siding  of  an  adjoining  building. 

For  a  building  of  one  story  height  the  studding 
shall  be  of  not  less  than  two  by  four-inch  scantling;  for 
a  building  two  stories  in  height  the  studding  shall  be  of 
not  less  than  2x4;  for  a  building  three  stories  in  height 
the  studding  shall  be  not  less  than  6x2-inch  scantling. 

For  factories,  the  studding  for  the  outside  walls 
shall  be  not  less  than  six  by  two  inches  for  a  height  not 
to  exceed  fourteen  feet  to  the  wall  plate;  for  a  height 
exceeding  14  feet  and  in  not  more  than  18  feet  the  stud- 
ding shall  not  be  less  than  6x3  inches;  and  tor  a  height 
not  less  than  18  feet  and  not  more  than  25  feet,  the  stud- 
ding shall  be  not  less  than  8x3  inches,  all  to  be  properly 
braced  and  framed  together.  Por  dwelling  houses  the 
studs  shall  not  be  more  than  16  inches  from  centers,  an( 
shall  set  upon  the  plates  upon  which  the  joists  rest  where 
it  is  practicable. 

FOR  BUILDINGS  OTHER  THAN  DWELLINGS  THE  STUDS  SHALI 
BE  PLACED  NOT  TO  EXCEED  TWO  FEET  APART  AND  SHALI 
BE  BRIDGED  AND  BRACED. 

Bridging.  All    frame   buildings    hereafter    built,    altered,    re 

paired  or  changed  shall  have   not  less  than   two  rows  o 


Frame  build- 
ings. 


Studding. 


Factories. 


Dwelling- 
houses. 


tfO.   999 — CON. 

bridging  in  each  story  extending  around  the  outside 
[rame  and  through  all  the  dividing-  partitions  between 
LWO  or  more  building's,  and  the  bridging-  shall  be  placed 
n  the  interior  petitions  the  same  as  in  the  outside  frame. 
Said  bridging  shall  be  in  all  cases  the  same  breadth  as 
;he  studding,  flush  on  both  sides.  And  if  girts  are  used, 
;here  shall  be  a  row  of  solid  bridging  at  the  ceiling  line; 
ind  when  studding  is  cross-furred  the  bridging  shall  be 
)f  sufficient  width  to  finish  flush  with  the  face  of  said 
Furring,  so  as  to  prevent  the  passage  of  fire  or  smoke. 
A.11  joists  over  each  partition  shall  be  bridged  with  solid 
two-inch  bridging  filling  the  entire  space.  All  dividing  close  boarding- 
partitions  between  buildings  shall  be  close-boarded  from 
the  lower  floors  to  the  ground,  and  from  the  upper  ceil- 
ings close  to  the  underside  of  the  roof-boarding.  Said 
boarding  is  to  be  done  with  cedar  so  as  to  effectual!}7 
:heck  all  connection  from  one  building  to  another. 

The  blind  attic  between  the  ceiling  of  the  upper 
story  of  the  building  and  the  roof  shall  be  divided  bv 
tight  board  or  other  partitions,  so  placed  that  no  section 
:>f  said  attic  shall  include  more  than  two  thousand  square 
Feet. 

FOUNDATIONS. 

The  foundations  or  underpinning  of  all  frame  build- Foundations, 
ings,  except  dwellings  costing  less  than  eight  hundred 
dollars,  shall  be  formed  with  cedar  or  fir  and  the  under- 
pining  shall  in  all  cases  be  not  less  than  three  inches  in 
thickness  by  the  full  width  of  the  studding.  The  joists 
shall  rest  upon  the  outside  walls  except  where  trimmed 
out  for  stairs  or  other  openings.  Should  it  be  impracti- 
cable to  rest  the  joists  at  each  end  on  the  outside  walls, 
it  shall  be  required  to  have  the  partition  or  girder  upon 
which  they  may  rest,  of  equal  bearing  strength  with  the 
outside  walls.  When  brick  walls  are  used  as  a  founda- 
tion for  frame  buildings  they  shall  not  be  less  than  eight 
inches  in  thickness  for  a  one-story  frame  building  and 
for  a  building  of  not  more  than  three  stories  in  height 
the  foundation  walls  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  inches. 
If  there  are  no  cross-walls  there  shall  be  piers  of  not 
less  than  8  inches  thick  projectien  by  a  face  or  width  of 
two  feet  four  inches,  built  to  strengthen  the  walls  at  dis- 
tances not  to  exceed  16  feet  apart  Where  chimney 
breasts  are  carried  out  they  shall  be  considered  as  piers. 
It  is  to  be  understood  that  the  main  longitudinal  or  bear- 


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ORDINANCE   NO,    999— CON. 


etc. 


Passenger 
elevators. 


ing*  partitions  are  to  be  underpinned  the  same  as  the  out- 
side walls. 

HOISTS,    ELEVATOR   SHAFTS,    LIGHT   SHAFTS. 

Elevator  shafts  SEC.  17.  The  opening's  through  or  upon  each  floor 
of  any  building  in  which  there  is  a  hoist  or  elevator  car 
not  running-  in  a  shaft  shall  be  protected  by  sufficient 
automatic  gates,  which  shall  be  opened  and  closed  by  the 
passage  of  the  car,  and  shall  also  be  closed  at  each  floor 
by  sufficient  trap  doors,  to  be  closed  at  night,  and  every 
elevator  car  and  hoist  shall  be  provided  with  proper  ap- 
paratus to  prevent  the  falling1  of  the  car  or  hoist  in  the 
event  of  any  accident  to  the  ropes,  pulleys  or  other  hoist- 
ing apparatus.  All  passenger  elevators  shall  be  run  in 
a  shaft,  which  shall  be  formed  with  brick  work  not  less 
than  twelve  inches  in  thickness,  or  it  may  be  formed 
with  substantial  frame  work  each  side  of  which  shall  be 
covered  with  smoke  proof  iron  laths  or  wire  lathing-, 
and  finished  with  three  good  coats  of  mortar,  and  said 
shaft  shall  pass  up  through  the  roof  at  least  three  feet, 
and  shall  be  covered  with  a  ventilating  skylight,  glazed 
with  light  glass.  Doors  in  such  shafts  shall  be  covered 
with  metal  on  the  inside,  and  so  placed  that  they  can  be 
opened  and  closed  from  the  inside,  and  shall  be  entirely 
under  the  control  of  the  elevator  operator. 

Open  passenger  elevators,  within  the  well-holes  of 
fire-proof  stairs  are  not  prohibited  if  said  stairs  are  en- 
closed within  brick  or  stone  walls.  The  valve  in  the 
main  pipe  of  all  hydraulic  elevators  shall  be  closed  at 
night. 

LIGHT   SHAFTS. 


Light  shafts. 


Scuttles  and 
skylights. 


Light  shafts  shall  be  formed  with  substantial  fram- 
ing, both  sides  of  which  shall  be  covered  with  smoke- 
proof  iron  laths  or  wire  lathing,  and  finished  with  two 
good  coats  of  mortar.  The  frames  and  sashes  in  said 
light  wells  are  to  be  formed  with  metal  and  glazed  with 
thick  glass. 

SCUTTLES   AND   SKYLIGHTS. 

SEC.  18.  All  store  buildings  over  one  story  in 
height  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  whether  already  erected 
or  hereafter  to  be  built,  shall  have  scuttle  frames  and  cov- 
ers of  bulkheads  and  doors  made  of  or  covered  with  some 
fire-proof  material;  and  all  scuttles  shall  have  ladders 
[leading]  to  the  same;  and  all  such  scuttles  or  bulkheads 


ORDINANCE   NO.    999 — CON.  213 

shall  be  kept  so  as  to  be  ready  for  use  at  all  times,  and 
all  scuttles  shall  not  be  less  in  size  than  two  by  three 
feet;  and  if  a  bulkhead  is  used  or  substituted  in  any 
building-  in  place  of  a  scuttle,  it  shall  have  stairs  with  a 
sufficient  guard  or  hand-rail  leading-  to  the  roof.  The 
•door  in  the  bulkhead,  or  any  scuttle,  shall  at  no  time  be 
locked,  but  may  be  fastened  on  the  inside  by  movable 
bolts  or  hooks. 

All  skylights  in  frame  building's,  not  inclosed  with 
substantial  railing-  at  least  three  feet  hig-h,  shall  be  pro- 
tected with  screens  of  No.  10  or  heavier  wire,  the  meshes 
not  to  be  more  than  one  and  a  half  inches,  such  screen  to 
be  secured  to  the  sash  and  be  kept  four  inches  above  the 
glass.  All  skylig-hts  placed  in  brick  building's  shall  be 
made  of  metal  and  glazed  with  glass  not  less  than  three- 
sixteenths  of  an  inch  in  thickness. 


BAY   OR   ORIEL   WINDOWS — SWELL   FRONTS. 

SEC.  19.  No  person  shall  build  a  bay  or  oriel  window  Bay  windows, 
which  shall  project  over  the  line  of  any  street  more 
than  three  feet,  or  more  than  nine  in  width,  nor  shall  the 
bottom  of  said  bay  or  oriel  window  be  less  than  13  feet 
from  the  sidewalk.  No  bay  or  oriel  window  shall  be 
constructed  upon  any  street,  lane,  alley  or  place  less 
than  thirty-five  (35)  feet  in  width.  No  #vvell  front  shall 
be  erected  unless  the  walls  are  entirely  of  fire-proof  ma- 
terials, and  no  bay  or  oriel  window  shall  project 
from  any  swell  front.  Bay  or  oriel  windows  constructed 
in  brick  buildings  shall,  for  a  two-story  building,  have 
piers  of  not  less  than  six  feet  in  width  between  them,  and 
for  a  four-story  building  the  piers  separating  said  win- 
dows shall  be  not  less  than  eight  feet  in  width;  and  no 
bay  or  oriel  window  shall  be  more  than  four  stories  in 
height  above  the  sidewalk.  No  bay  or  oriel  window  shall 
be  erected  on  the  corner  of  any  brick  building.  The 
joists  of  bay  windows  in  brick  buildings  shall  be  sup- 
ported on  lintels  of  iron  at  each  story,  said  lintels  to  be 
the  full  width  of  the  wall  and  rest  eight  inches  on  each 
jam,  and  the  top  of  the  opening  shall  be  covered  with  a 
brick  or  stone  arch.  The  exterior  frame-work  of  such 
bay  or  oriel  windows  constructed  in  brick  buildings  shall 
be  covered  with  fire-proof  material. 


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FIRE   ESCAPES   AND   STAND   PIPES. 

Fire  escapes.  SEC.  20.     All   dwelling-    houses    now   or    hereafter 

erected  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  more  than  three  stories  in 
height,  occupied  by  three  or  more  families  above  the  first 
story,  and  building's  already  erected,  or  that  may  here- 
after be  erected  more  than  two  stories  in  height,  occu- 
pied or  used,  or  built  to  be  occupied  or  used,  as  a  hotel, 
lodging-house,  school-house,  home  for  children  or  aged 
•persons,  hospitals,  building's  for  officers  or  theaters;  and 
all  factories,  mills,  manufactories  and  workshops  where- 
in operatives  are  employed  on  any  of  the  stories  above 
the  first  floor,  shall  be  provided  with  suitable  fire  es- 
capes, wherever  the  same  shall  be  ordered  by  the  inspec- 
tor of  buildings  and  licenses,  who  shall  have  power  to 
determine  the  necessity  and  method  of  constructing  the 
said  fire  escapes;  and  the  owner  or  owners,  agents  or 
occupants  of  any  building  upon  which  any  fire-escape 
may  be  erected  as  aforesaid,  shall  keep  the  same  in  good 
repair,  and  no  person  shall  at  any  time  place  any  incum- 
brance  of  any  kind  whatsoever  thereon.  All  fire  escapes 
shall  extend  from  the  first  story  to  at  least  four  feet 
above  the  roof.  Every  building-  having-  fifty  rooms  or 
more  above  the  first  story  shall  have  an  additional  fire 
escape  for  each  additional  thirty  rooms  or  fraction  of  not 
less  than  twenty  rooms,  which  shall  be  so  placed  on  said 
building-  as  to  best  accommodate  the  rooms  in  said  build- 
ing-. 

(As   amended    by    Ordinance    No.   1325.     Approved 
August  19,  1898.) 

Stand  pipe.  Every  building"  of  four   stories   or   more    in    height, 

used  as  a  store,  warehouse,  factory,  workshop,  hotel, 
lodging  house  or  theater,  shall  have  a  four-inch  metallic 
stand  pipe  within  or  near  the  front  wall  extending  from 
four  feet  above  the  line  of  sidewalk  to  the  line  of  roof 
and  at  each  story  there  shall  be  proper  branches  with 
g-ate  valves,  and  there  shall  be  a  Siamese  inlet  at  the 
line  of  sidewalk,  all  to  be  of  the  proper  dimensions  to 
connect  with  the  hose  of  the  fire  department. 

No  grating's  or  bars  of  iron,  wood,  brass  or  other 
material  shall  be  either  temporarily  or  permanently 
placed,  fixed,  built  or  maintained  in  the  walls  or  frame 
work  of  an)  brick,  »stone  or  wooden  building  in  this  city 
in  the  basement  or  in  any  story  or  portion  of  any  story 
of  any  building,  or  in  the  openings  made  for  affording 


ORDINANCE    NO,    999 — CON.  215 


access  or  exit  to  or  from  any  building-,  or  in  any  space  or 
opening  for  affording-  light  or  air,  or  in  any  opening- 
made  in  any  building-  for  doors,  windows  or  other  pur- 
poses, without  the  permission  of  the  inspector  of  build- 
ing's and  licenses. 

CHIMNEYS,    CONSTRUCTION    OF — FLUES   IN    BRICK   WALLS. 

SEC.  21.     All  building's  now  erected,  or  which  may  Chinmeys» 
hereafter  be  erected  or  altered  or  chang-ed  within  the  city  fl  ies>  etc* 
of  Tacoma,    where  fire  is   to  be  or  may  be  used,  shall 
have  chimneys  of  either  brick  or  stone  attached  to  them. 
In  lieu  of  either   brick    or  stone  all  said  building's  now 
erected  or  hereafter  to  be  erected  or  altered  or  changed 
within  the  limits  herein   designated,    may  have  any  kind 
of  chimney  for  which  United   States  patents   shall   have 
been  issued;  provided,  that  no   patent  chimney  shall    be Patent  chim. 
placed  or  attached  to   any  building-   unless   the   name  ofneys. 
the  patentee  and  the  date  of  the  letters   patent  shall  be 
stamped  on  each  chimney,  so  that  the  same  can  be  readily 
seen;  provided,  that  hotels  and   restaurants  shall   in  all 
cases  provide  brick  chimneys. 

Provided,  that  whenever  chimneys  of  either  brick  or 
stone  are  used  or  attached   to  buildings,  the  same  shall 
commence  on  the  ground  and  be  carried  up  at  least  four 
feet  above  the  extreme  height  of  the   building-  to  which 
they  are  attached;  and  should  such  chimney  be  deemed  Height  of 
unsafe  to  the  building-  or  building's  adjoining-  by  the  in-  chimneys, 
spector  of  buildings  and  licenses,    they  shall   be   carried 
up  at  least  four  feet  above  the  extreme   height  of   said 
building-  or  building's  adjoining-. 

All  chimneys  in  frame  building's  shall  be  built  so  as 
not  to  increase  in  size  from  the  foundation,  and  be  plas- 
tered both  on  the  inside  and  outside.  When  flues  are 
built  in  brick  walls  the  same  shall  be  carried  up  at  least 
two  feet  above  the  top  of  the  fire  wall  and  subject  to  the 
same  rule  as  the  chimneys,  and  no  flue  or  chimney  shall  Flues, 
have  any  joist  or  timber  resting"  on  or  entering*  in  the 
same  farther  than  will  leave  at  least  six  inches  between 
the  end  thereof  and  the  inside  of  the  chimney  or  flue. 
All  patent  chimneys  standing-  on  the  floor  of  a  building- 
must  be  set  on  an  iron  plate  one-fourth  of  an  inch  thick, 
well  secured  to  the  floor.  There  must  be  an  opening- 
near  the  bottom  of  the  chimney  for  the  purpose  of  clean- 
ing the  same,  with  a  cover  to  fit  the  opening-,  the  cover 


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Joints. 


Patent  chim- 
neys, how 
erected. 


Size  of  flues, 
etc, 


to  be  smoke  tight.  All  the  joints  to  be  cemented,  and 
when  bands  are  used  they  must  be  filled  with  cement  or 
plaster  of  paris,  so  as  to  make  them  smoke  and  spark 
tight.  When  galvanized  iron  is  used  for  bands  or  for 
the  outside  of  the  chimney,  it  shall  be  of  the  best  No.  24 
iron,  and  the  same  rivited  together,  the  rivets  to  be  not 
more  than  three  inches  apart;  all  seems  and  joints  to  be 
smoke  tight.  When  fire  places  are  built  in  the  floor, 
they  shall  rest  on  trimmer  arches,  the  header  kept  at 
least  18  inches  from  face  of  chimney  breast.  The  backs 
of  all  fire  places  shall  be  not  less  than  eight  inches  thick. 
No  patent  chimney  shall  be  less  than  one  and  one- 
half  inches  from  the  wood- work;  the  opening  in  the  roof 
shall  be  covered  with  cast  iron  plate  or  some  other  fire- 
proof material.  No  patent  chimney  on  the  inside  or  out- 
side of  a  building  shall  be  fastened  to  the  laths  or  the 
siding  of  a  building,  but  shall  be  securely  fastened  to 
the  studding  or  cross-pieces,  with  good  iron  straps  or 
rods,  and  in  no  case  shall  such  patent  chimney  be  sus- 
pended to  any  roof,  timber  or  floor  beam,  but  shall  be 
built  from  the  floor  up,  and  be  put  up  solidly  and  of  good 
sound  material  in  a  workman-like  manner.  Every  chim- 
ney or  flue  shall,  be  pargeted  on  the  inside,  with  good 
parging  mortar,  or  the  joints  shall  be  struck  smooth  on 
the  inside  and  outside. 

SIZE     OF     CHIMNEYS     AND     FLUES — WOODWORK,      HOW     PLACED 

NEAR   FLUES. 

SEC.  22.  No  smoke  flues  of  brick  shall  be  less  than 
eight  by  eight  inches  in  the  clear;  for  a  bakery  the  oven 
flues  shall  be  not  less  than  twelve  by  twelve  inches  in 
the  clear;  and  for  factories  the  flues  shall  be  in  proper 
proportion  to  the  fire  or  grate  surface.  All  furnaces  and 
bake-oven  flues  shall  have  the  sides,  back  and  front  of 
brick  work  not  less  than  eight  inches  in  thickness,  or 
such  flues  may  be  built  of  fire-clay  mortar;  provided,  said 
pipe  shall  have  not  less  than  one  inch  of  an  air  space  and 
four  inches  of  brick  work  around  it.  All  boiler  flues  shall 
be  lined  with  four  inches  of  fire-brick  laid  in  fire-clay  to 
the  height  of  fifteen  feet  on  the  top  of  the  second-story 
joist  floor-beams;  and  no  flue  shall  be  used  as  a  furnace 
or  boiler  flue  unless  the  same  conform  to  the  require- 
ments of  this  section,  and  unless  the  same  is  used  as  such 
before  the  passage  of  this  ordinance;  and  all  such  flues, 


ORDINANCE    NO.    999— CON.  217 

out  of  order  or  dangerous,  shall  be  made  safe  in  the 
manner  herein  specified.  In  no  building,  whether  the 
same  be  a  frame  building  or  otherwise,  shall  any  wood- 
work be  placed  on  or  in  a  wall  within  eight  inches  of 
any  flue,  whether  the  same  be  a  smoke,  air  or  other  flue, 
nor  shall  any  timber  be  placed  under  any  fireplace  or 
hearthstone,  nor  shall  any  wainscoting,  base,  furring, 
heading  or  any  other  woodwork  be  placed  against  any 
smoke  flue,  unless  there  is  at  least  eight  inches  of  solid 
brickwork  between  it  and  the  flue. 

SMOKE    PIPES    AND     FURNACES,    HOW    GUARDED,    ETC. — HOT   AIR 
REGISTER,    ETC.,    HOW   SET   AND   MADE. 

SEC.  23.  No  tin  or  other  metal  flue  or  flues,  pipe  or  Metal  flues,etc, 
pipes,  or  register  box  or  boxes  of  a  single  thickness  of 
metal  used  or  intended  to  be  used  to  convey  heated  air 
in  any  building  or  buildings  hereafter  built,  altered  or 
repaired  in  any  part  of  the  city  shall  be  allowed,  unless 
the  same  is  enclosed  in  a  wall  of  brick  or  stone;  in  all 
other  cases  the  said  flue  or  flues,  pipe  or  pipes,  register 
box  or  boxes  shall  be  made  double,  at  least  one-half  inch 
apart,  and  the  space  between  the  pipes  shall  be  filled  in 
with  some  fire-proof  material,  and  no  furring  or  lathing 
of  wood  shall  be  placed  against  any  flue,  metal  pipe  or 
pipes,  used  to  carry  heated  air,  or  steam  or  water,  in  any 
building,  and  when  any  wall  shall  be  furred  or  lathed 
with  wood,  the  space  between  the  lathing  and  wall  shall 
be  filled  with  plaster  at  the  top  and  bottom  side  of  the 
floor  beams  of  each  story  and  the  ceiling  joists  of  the 
roof,  so  as  to  prevent  the  passage  of  fire.  All  hot  air  Registers, 
registers  hereafter  placed  in  the  floor  of  any  building 
shall  be  set  in  soapstone  borders  not  less  than  two  inches 
in  width.  All  soapstone  borders  shall  be  firmly  set  in 
plaster  of  paris,  or  guaged  morlar;  all  floor  register 
boxes  shall  be  made  of  tin  plate,  with  a  flange  on  top  to 
fit  the  groove  in  soapstone,  the  register  to  rest  upon  the 
same.  There  shall  also  be  an  open  space  of  two  inches 
on  all  sides  of  the  register  box  extending  from  the  under 
side  of  the  ceiling,  below  the  register,  to  the  soapstone 
in  the  floor,  the  outside  of  the  said  space  to  be  covered 
with  a  casing  of  tin  plate  made  tight  on  all  sides,  and 
shall  extend  from  the  under  side  of  the  aforesaid  ceiling 
up  to  and  turn  under  the  said  soapstone.  Registers 
twelve  by  nineteen  inches,  or  less  than  fifteen  by  twenty- 


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ORDINANCE    NO.    999 — CON. 


Furnaces. 


Stove  pipe 
holes. 


five  inches,  shall  have  a  space  of  three  inches  between 
register  box  and  casing*;  registers  of  fifteen  by  twenty- 
five  and  more  inches  shall  have  a  space  of  three  and  a 
half  inches. 

FURNACES. 

In  all  cases  where  hot  air,  steam,  hot  watei  or  other 
furnaces  aie  heraafter  placed  in  any  building,  due  notice 
shall  first  be  given  to  the  inspector  of  buildings  and  li- 
censes, by  the  owner  or  owners  or  his,  her  or  their  ageut- 
or  by  the  person  or  persons  placing  said  furnace  or  furs 
naces  in  said  building  or  buildings,  or  by  the  contractor 
for  said  work.  In  all  cases  where  hot  water,  steam,  hot 
air  or  other  furnaces  are  used,  the  furnace  smoke  pipe 
must  be  kept  at  least  two  feet  below  the  beams  or  ceil- 
ings above  the  same,  unless  said  beams  or  ceilings  shall 
be  properly  protected  by  a  shield  of  tin  plates  suspended 
above  said  smoke  pipe  with  sufficient  space  for  the  free 
circulation  of  air  above  and  below  said  shield;  and  the 
smoke  pipe  shall,  in  all  cases,  be  kept  at  least  18  inches 
from  the  beams  or  ceilings  ass  aforesaid,  and  the  top  of 
all  furnaces  set  in  brick  must  be  covered  with  brick, 
slate  or  tin  plate,  supported  by  iron  bars,  and  so  con- 
structed as  to  be  perfectly  tight;  said  covering  to  be  in 
addition  to,  and  not  less  than  six  inches  from  the  ordi- 
nary covering  to  the  hot  air  chamber.  If,  however,  there 
is  not  height  enough  to  build  the  furnace  top  at  least 
twelve  inches  below  the  floor  beams  or  ceiling,  then  the 
floor  beams  must  be  trimmed  around  the  furnace,  and 
said  covering,  and  trimmers  and  headers  must  be  at  least 
12  inches  from  the  same.  The  top  of  portable  furnace 
or  furnaces  not  set  in  brick  shall  be  kept  at  least  one 
foot  eight  inches  below  the  beams  or  ceiling,  with  a 
shield  of  tin  plate,  made  tight  and  suspended  below  the 
said  beams  or  ceiling,  and  extend  one  foot  beyond  the 
top  of  the  furnace  on  all  sides. 

STOVE  PIPE  HOLES. 

In  all  buildings  where  there  is  a  chimney  or  flue  into 
which  stove-pipes  enter  there  shall  be  either  a  double 
collar  of  metal  with  at  least  four  inches  of  air  space  and 
holes  for  ventilation  or  an  earthen  receiving  pipe  extend- 
ing from  the  inner  side  of  the  chimney  or  flue  and  com- 
ing out  flush  with  the  outside  of  the  plastering.  No 
smoke  pipe  in  any  building  with  wooden  or  combustible 


ORDINANCE   NO.    999 — CON.  219 


floors  or  ceilings  shall  enter  any  flue,  unless  the  said  pipe 
shall  be  at  least  eighteen  inches  from  either  floors  or 
ceilings;  in  all  cases  where  smoke  pipes  pass  through 
wooden  partitions  of  any  kind,  whether  the  same  be 
plastered  or  not,  they  shall  be  guarded  by  either  a  dou- 
ble collar  of  metal  with  at  least  four  inches  of  air  space 
and  holes  for  ventilation,  or  by  a  soapstone  ring  not  less 
than  three  inches  in  thickness  and  extending*  through  the 
partition  or  by  a  solid  coating  of  plaster  of  paris,  three 
inches  thick,  or  by  an  earthenware  ring  three  inches 
from  the  pipe. 

SPARK     ARRESTERS. 

SEC.  24.     All  cupolas  and  chimneys  or  smokestacks  Spark 
to  steam  boilers  shall   have  spark  arresters  placed  at ai 
their  top  whenever  deemed  necessary  by  the  inspector  of 
buildings  and  licenses. 

BOILER    ROOMS. 

SEC.  25.  All  boiler  rooms  or  boiler  houses  hereafter  Boiler  rooms, 
constructed  shall  be  built  of  brick,  stone  or  iron,  and 
shall  be  so  arranged  that  all  openings  between  said 
boiler  room  or  house,  and  other  parts  of  the  building  in 
which  it  is  placed,  shall  be  closed  by  doors  of  wood  cov- 
ered on  both  sides  and  edges  with  tin.  And  if  the  boiler 
is  set  within  any  building,  either  of  brick,  stone,  iron  or 
wood,  it  shall  be  isolated  from  the  other  portions  of  the 
building  with  fire-proof  partitions  with  doors  as  above 
provided  for. 

STEAM   PIPES. 

No  steam  pipes  shall  be  placed  closer  to  wood  than  steam  pipe*, 
three  inches,  and  if  said  space  is  objectionable  it  shall  be 
protected  by  a  soapstone  or  earthen  ring  or  tube. 

SMOKE   HOUSES   AND   DRY   HOUSES. 

SEC.  26.     All  smokehouses  or  dry  houses  shall  be  ^^e  and  drj 
built  of  brick  or  stone,  and  the  doors  and  roof  of  same 
shall  be  constructed  of  some  non-combustible  material. 

OPENINGS  IN  STREET  DOORS. 

SEC.  27.     The   front  or   main   door  of  all  buildings  Street 
used  as  warehouses,  stores,  etc.,  also  side  and  rear  doors, 
if  opening  on  any  street,  lane  or  alley,  shall  have  open- 
ings in  them  not  less  than  one  by  six  inches,  at  a  height 


220  ORDINANCE   NO.    999 — CON. 

of  five  feet  from  the  level  of  the  sidewalk,  or,  in  place 
thereof,  four  circular  holes,  one  inch  in  diameter,  and  not 
further  apart  than  one-half  inch  from  edges;  provided, 
that  in  buildings  so  occupied  that  have  a  frontage  of  over 
fifty  feet,  such  openings  shall  be  placed  in  every  door  not 
farther  apart  than  28  feet. 

FIRE   DOORS   AND   SHUTTERS. 

Fire  doors  and  SEC.  28.  All  brick  or  stone  buildings  hereafter 
erected  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  more  than  one  story  in 
height,  shall  have  iron  shutters,  or  shutters  made  of  two 
thicknesses  of  wood  and  covered  with  tin,  on  every  win- 
dow or  entrance  that  is  within  thirty  feet  of  any  opposite 
or  diagonally  exposed  building. 

All  owners,  occupants,  or  the  person  or  persons 
having  control  of  any  building  on  which  iron  or  fire  shut- 
ters are  placed,  shall  leave  all  such  shutters  above  the 
first  story  open,  and  fitted  so  as  the  firemen  can  readily 
close  them  when  needed  to  protect  the  building 
from  fire.  All  iron  or  fire  doors  and  shutters 
to  opening's  on  the  first  story  of  any  building 
shall  be  hung  on  hinges  and  the  locks  shall  be 
so  arranged  as  to  admit  of  easy  destruction  by  the 
fire  department;  provided  that  all  iron  or  fire  doors  or 
shutters  shall  be  securely  fastened  in  the  wall  or  be  hung 
to  an  iron  frame.  This  shall  apply  to  all  iron  or  fire 
doors  or  shutters  in  the  front,  on  the  sides  or  in  the  rear 
of  a  building,  and  in  no  case  shall  all  the  iron  or  fire 
doors  and  shutters  of  a  building  be  fastened  from  the  in- 
side, but  at  least  one  of  such  doors  in  the  front,  one  on 
the  side  and  in  the  rear  shall  be  fastened  with  a  lock  as 
above  prescribed,  Any  building  already  erected  shall  be 
changed  to  conform  to  the  requirements  of  this  section  if 
it  shall  be.  considered  necessary  by  the  inspector  of  build- 
ings and  licenses. 

BUILDINGS   WHICH   ARE    NUISANCES. 

Dangerous  SEC.  29.     Whenever  any  building  shall  be  so  much 

damaged  by  the  elements,  or  decay,  or  through  improper 
construction  as  to  become  in  the  judgment  of  the  in- 
spector of  buildings  and  licenses  a  dangerous  nuisance, 
the  owner,  owners  or  agent  for  the  same  shall,  within 
five  days  after  receiving  notice  to  that  effect  from  the  in- 
spector of  buildings  and  licenses,  have  the  said  building 
removed,  or,  provided  it  is  not  damaged  more  than  fifty 


ORDINANCE   NO.    999 — CON.  221 

per  cent,  he  may  have  the  same  repaired  in  accordance 
with  this  and  other  ordinances  relating  to  the  repair  of 
buildings.  Complaint  shall  be  entered  before  the  justice 
the  peace  having  jurisdiction  of  municipal  offenses 
jainst  any  person  or  persons  not  complying  with  the 
requirements  of  this  section,  and  if  found  guilty  the 
party  or  parties  maintaining  such  nuisance  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  day  that  said 
misdemeanor  is  continued.  Upon  further  failure  to  com-  Penalty« 
ply  with  this  section,  by  parties  thus  convicted,  the  city 
council  shall  direct  the  chief  of  police  to  forthwith  tear 
down  or  remove  the  building  in  question  and  the  cost  Removal  of 
thereof  shall  be  paid  in  the  first  case  by  the  city,  but  the  bl 
same  shall  be  taxed  and  recovered  from  the  defendant  as 
part  of  the  cost  in  said  action. 

BUILDING   OF   ADDITIONAL   STORY   OR    REPAIRS. 

SEC.  30.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  raise,  Additions  or 
build  upon  or  alter  any  building  of  brick  or  stone,  or re 
both,  unless  said  building  has  been  built  in  conformity 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  regulating  the  erec- 
tion of  brick  buildings.  No  building"  already  erected  or 
hereafter  to  be  built  in  said  city  shall  be  enlarged,  raised 
or  built  upon  in  such  a  manner  that  were  the  said  build- 
ing wholly  built  or  constructed  after  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance  it  could  be  a  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance.  And  before  any  buildings  of  orick. 
stone,  iron  or  wood  shall  be  enlarged,  raised,  altered  or 
built  upon  the  same  shall  be  first  examined  by  the  in- 
spector of  building's  and  licenses  to  ascertain  if  the  same 
is  in  good  condition  to  be  enlarged,  raised,  altered  or 
built  upon,  who  shall  certify  to  the  safety  of  making  said 
alterations. 

GUTTERS  AND  METALLIC  LEADERS. 

SEC.  31.      All    buildings   now  standing   or  hereafU-r  Gutters,  etc, 
to    be    erected    shall    have    proper  gutters  and   metall  c 
leaders   for  conducting*   the   water   from  the  roof  to  tl:.- 
ground,  sewer  6r  street  gutter,  in  such  a  manner  a<  sha.l 
protect  the  walls  and  foundations  from  damage. 

BUILDINGS   FOR    THE   STORAGE   OF   PETROLEUM,  ETC. 

SEC.  32.     Buildings  for  the  storage  of  petroleum.  sl^oieum  etc 
or  articles  of  like  nature,  shall  be  constructed  as  follows.  p 


222  ORDINANCE   NO.    999— CON. 


to-wit:  Their  walls  shall  not  be  less  than  16  inches 
thick  nor  more  than  16  feet  high;  their  floors  shall  be 
made  of  fire-proof  paving*  or  concrete,  upon  the  ground, 
which  shall  be  at  least  two  feet  below  the  street  grade; 
their  roofs  shall  be  of  metal,  or  in  the  best  manner  of 
composition  roof,  to  have  fire-walls  eighteen  inches  high 
all  around,  not  less  than  eight  inches  thick,  and  have 
coping's  of  incombustible  material. 

BUILDINGS    FOR   THE   MANUFACTURING   OF   COMBUSTIBLES. 

Making  com-  SEC.  33.     All  building's  over  two  stories  hig-h,  used 

for  the  manufacture  of  combustible  articles  or  materials, 
wherein  more  than  two  hundred  employes  are  kept  at  a 
time,  must  have  at  least  two  egress  stairways  which  are 
at  least  fifty  feet  from  each  other. 

INFLAMMABLE    BUILDINGS. 

SlOC.  34.  Any  building  within  the  limits  of  the  city 
of  Tacoma  used  or  occupied,  in  whole  or  in  part,  for  any 
of  the  trades  or  occupations  hereinafter  mentioned,  to- 
Planing  mills,  wit:  Planing-  mills,  sash,  door  and  blind  factories,  car- 
penter or  cooper  shop,  wagon  or  carriage  manufactories, 
cabinet  and  furniture  factories,  wood-turning  and  veneer- 
ing works,  agricultural  implement  manufactories,  box  or 
shingle  factories,  or  any  other  wood-working  factory  or 
shop,  shall  have  in  connection  with  it  a  brick  or  fire- 
proof vault  of  sufficient  capacity  to  contain  all  shavings, 
sawdust,  chips  or  other  light  combustible  refuse  con- 
nected therewith. 

PERMIT    REQUIRED. 

SEC.  35      No  building   shall   be  erected,  altered  or 
enlarged  within   the  city  of  Tacoma  without  first  obtain- 
Permit  re-        ing  from  the  inspector  of  buildings  and  licenses  a  permit 
quired.  so  to  do.    The  application  for  such  permit  shall  state  the 

exact  site,  dimensions,  material,  estimated  cost  and 
probable  time  to  be  occupied  in  building.  The  inspector 
of  buildings  and  licenses  shall  thereupon,  after  an  in- 
spection of  the  premises,  issue  a  permit  giving  permis- 
sion to  erect  a  building  at  the  place,  and  of  the  material 
and  dimensions  mentioned  in  the  application,  and  author- 
izing the  use  of  one-third  of  the  roadway,  and  one-half 
©f  the  sidewalk,  and  limiting  the  time  for  which  said 
permit  shall  continue;  plans  of  proposed  building,  alter- 


ORDINANCES    NOS.    1204    AND   1000.  223 

ation  or  addition  shall  be  submitted  for  inspection,  before 
permit  shall  be  issued,  if  so  required.  In  granting  per- 
mits to  alter  or  change  a  frame  building"  within  the  fire- 
limits  the  permit  shall  be  void  if  the  work  is  not  com- 
menced within  ten  days  after  said  permit  is  granted. 

PENALTY. 

SEC.  36.  The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  Penalty, 
apply  to  the  owners  of  all  buildings  situated  in  the  lim- 
its prescribed  in  the  various  sections  of  this  ordinance, 
the  agents  of  said  owners  and  the  builders,  contractors 
and  sub-contractors  of  all  buildings  in  course  of  con- 
struction or  repair  within  said  limits,  and  any  owner, 
agent,  builder,  contractor,  sub-contractor  or  person  vio- 
lating any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and,  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  in  any  sum  not  less 
than  five  ($5)  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  ($50)  dollars, 
and  the  continuance  or  maintaining  of  such  violation  shall 
be  deemed  a  new  offense  for  each  day  on  which  the  same 
is  so  continued  or  maintained,  and  shall  be  punished  ac- 
cordingly. 

SEC.  37.  That  ordinance  No.  265  and  all  ordinances 
and  parts  of  any  ordinance  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  June  27,   1895. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1204. 

REMOVAL   OF   BUILDINGS   ALONG   THE   STREETS. 

See  "Streets." 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1000. 

ERECTION   OF   BUILDINGS   WITHIN    FIRE   LIMITS. 

See  "Fire  Department." 


ORDINANCE  NO.   302. 

OLASS  IV. 
Fire  Department. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  302. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  protection  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph, 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as 

follows  : 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son or  persons  to  interfere,  obstruct,  meddle  with,  injure 
or  impair  or  remove  any  of  the  telegraph  poles,  wires, 
boxes,  gong's  or  striking-  or  other  apparatus  belonging-  to 
or  appertaining  to  the  fire  alarm  telegraph,  except  as 
hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  2.  No  person  shall  remove,  temporarily  or 
otherwise,  any  part  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph  wire,  or 
any  pole,  without  the  written  permission  of  the  superin- 
tendent of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph,  which  permit  shall 
specify  fully  the  change  required;  provided,  that  any 
person  feeling  himself  aggrieved  by  the  decision  of  the 
superintendent  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph  may  appeal  to 
the  city  council. 

SEC.  3.  All  removals  or  changes  made  shall  be  at 
the  expense  of  the  party  desiring  such  removal  or  change, 
and  all  wrork  done  shall  be  under  the  supervision  of,  and 
completed  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent  of 
the  fire  alarm  telegraph,  and  whenever  it  shall  be  neces- 
sary for  an}7  person,  in  the  pursuit  of  a  lawful  object,  to 
remove,  interfere  with  or  disturb  any  portion  of  the  fire 
alarm  telegraph  he  shall  give  or  cause  to  be  given  to  the 
superintendent  of  said  telegraph,  at  the  office  thereof,  a 
notice,  which  shall  be  [given  at  least  four  hours  before  it 
shall  be  necessary  to  interfere  with,  or  disturb  any  por- 
tion of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph,  stating  the  locality  at 
which,  and  in  the  manner  in  which  it  shall  be]  necessary  to 
remove,  interfere  with  or  disturb  the  same;  provided,  no 
such  notice  shall  be  given  between  the  hours  of  four 
o'clock  P.  M.  and  6  o'clock  A.  M. 

SEC.  4.     It  shall   be  unlawful   for  any  person  with 


ORDINANCE    NO.    302 — CON.  225 

intent  to  decive,  falsely  to  represent  himself  to  be  an 
-employe  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
•coma. 

SEC.  5.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  hereafter 
place  or  cause  to  be  placed  any  telegraph,  or  telephone, 
or  electic  light  wires,  on  any  of  the  poles  belonging"  to 
the  fire  alarm  telegraph  system,  or  place  or  cause  to  be 
placed  any  telegraph,  telephone  or  electric  light  wires, 
or  poles  or  fixtures  to  suspend  the  same,  within  the  dis- 
tance of  three  feet  from  any  of  the  wires  of  the  fire 
alarm  telegraph;  provided,  that  the  superintendent  of 
the  fire  alarm  telegraph  may  authorize  any  telegraph, 
telephone  or  electric  light  company,  engaged  in  carrying 
on  business  in  the  said  city  to  place  or  cause  to  be  placed 
on  the  poles  of  the  fire  alarm  system  and  only  at  loca- 
tions designated  by  the  superintendent  thereof,  their 
telegraph,  telephone  or  electric  light  wires,  in  considera- 
tion of  like  privileges  to  be  extended  to  said  superinten- 
dent of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph,  when  necessary  or  con- 
venient for  him  to  use  the  poles  of  any  such  telegraph, 
telephone  or  electric  light  company  in  maintaining  the 
fire  alarm  telegraph  system  of  said  city. 

SKC.  6.  That  all  persons  owning  or  maintaining 
shade  or  ornamental  trees  upon  or  [in]  front  of  the  prem- 
ises owned  or  occupied  by  them,  shall  keep  the  same 
trimmed,  and  in  such  condition  as  not  to  interfere  with 
the  fire  alarm  telegraph  wires  or  fixtures  of  the  fire  de- 
partment of  said  city,  or  come  in  contact  therewith. 
Whenever  any  such  shade  or  ornamental  trees  shall  in- 
terfere with,  or  come  in  contact  with  the  wires  or  fix- 
tures of  said  fire  alarm  system,  the  superintendent  of 
the  fire  alarm  telegraph  of  the  fire  department  of  said 
city  shall  notify  the  owner  or  occupant  of  the  premises 
to  which  the  same  shall  appertain  in  writing,  to  trim  the 
same  and  prevent  their  interfering  with  or  coming  in 
cantact  with  such  wires  or  fixtures,  and  such  owner  or 
occupant  so  notified,  shall,  within  ten  days  after  the  re- 
ceipt of  such  notice,  trim  and  prune  the  said  trees  as  re- 
quired and  in  such  manner  that  neither  said  trees  nor  any 
of  the  limbs  or  branches  thereof  will  come  in  contact  or 
interfere  with  the  said  wire  or  fixtures. 

SEC.  7.  If  the  owners  or  occupants  aforesaid  shall 
fail,  neglect,  or  refuse  to  trim  any  such  shade  or  orna- 
mental trees  within  ten  days  after  the  receipt  of  such 


226  ORDINANCE   NO.    347. 

notice,  as  provided  in  section  six  of  this  ordinance,  the 
said  superintendent  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  trim  and  prune  such  por- 
tions of  any  such  shade  or  ornamental  trees  as  may  in- 
terfere in  any  way  with  the  wires  or  fixtures  of  the  said 
fire  alarm  telegraph  system  so  as  to  prevent  such  inter- 
ence  doing*  damage  to  any  such  shade  or  ornamental 
trees. 

SEC.  8.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall,  on  conviction  before 
a  committing  magistrate,  be  fined  not  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars,  and  shall  stand  committed  until  the  fine 
and  costs  are  paid. 

SEC.  9.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  January  25,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  317. 

An  ordinance  granting  right  of  way  upon  the  streets,  avenues  and 
highways  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  the  fire  department  of  said  city 
of  Tacoma  when  answering  an  alarm  of  fire,  and  fixing  the  penalty 
for  obstructing  said  streets,  avenues  and  highways. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of   Tacoma  does  ordain    as 


SECTION  1.  All  fire  apparatus  shall  have  the  right 
of  way  upon  any  street,  alley,  avenue  or  highway  when 
going  to  an  alarm  of  fire  and  the  city  shall  not  be  held 
responsible  for  any  damage  done  to  any  person,  or  to  any 
property  of  any  person  or  corporation  who  shall,  or 
whose  agents  or  servants  shall,  carelessly,  wantonly, 
maliciously  or  negligently  intercept  or  in  any  manner 
obstruct  the  right  of  way  of  the  fire  apparatus  of  the 
city  while  going  to  a  fire;  and  any  person  or  persons 
who  shall  wantonly,  carelessly,  maliciously  or  negli- 
gently intercept  or  in  any  manner  obstruct  the  right  of 
way  of  the  fire  apparatus  of  the  city  while  going  to  a 
fire,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than 
five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars.  The  chief  of  police  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma  is  hereby  directed  to  cause  copies  of 
this  ordinance  to  be  printed  and  placarded  in  at  least 


ORDINANCE   NO.    829.  227 

twelve  conspicuous  places  in  each  police  district,  and  a 
copy  of  the  same  sent  to  the  office  of  every  street  and 
steam  railway  company  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1332.  Approved 
September  9,  1898.) 

Approved  August  4,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.   829. 

ordinance  regulating  the  use  of  fire  hydrants  or  standpipes  and  pro- 
viding a  penalty  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  No  person  shall  open  or  interfere  with 
any  of  the  hydrants  or  gates  of  the  city,  without  having 
the  proper  authority. 

SEC.  2.  Parties  engaged  in  sprinkling  the  public 
streets  shall  have  the  privilege  of  taking  water  from  the 
hydrants  or  standpipes  for  sprinkling  purposes,  after 
having  obtained  permission  from  the  commissioner  of 
public  works;  provided,  however,  that  no  water  can  be 
taken  from  any  stand-pipe  or  hydrant  other  than  the  ones 
designated  by  the  commissioner. 

SEC.  3.  Before  any  one  shall  be  granted  permission 
to  use  hydrants  he  shall  sign  a  written  agreement,  pledg- 
ing himself  to  keep  said  hydrants  in  good  repair,  and 
binding  himself  to  pay  for  any  damages  that  may  have 
occurred  to  said  hydrant  or  hydrants  by  said  parties 
using  the  same,  by  giving  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars  ($100.) 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  a  misdemeanor  for  any  one  not 
authorized  by  the  city  to  open  any  hydrant,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  less 
than  five  dollars  ($5)  and  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars 
($50),  and  may  be  imprisoned  until  said  fine  is  paid,  not 
exceeding  twenty- five  days. 

Approved  May  16,  1893. 


228  ORDINANCE    NO.    1000. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1000. 

An  ordinance  to  establish  fire  limits  and  to  regulate  the  erection,  altera- 
tion, repair  and  removal  of  buildings  within  the  same,  and  to  provide 
a  penalty. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  fire  limits  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma  are  hereby  established  and  declared  to  be  within 
the  following*  described  boundaries,  to-wit:  Beginning* 
at  a  point  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Pacific 
avenue  and  South  Seventh  street,  running*  thence  east 
along*  the  center  line  of  South  Seventh  street  to  a  point 
620  feet  east  of  the  center  line  of  Pacific  avenue;  thence 
southerly  along-  a  line  parallel  with  and  distant  620 
feet  from  the  center  line  of  Pacific  avenue  to 
an  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  right  of  way;  thence  southerly 
along  the  center  line  of  the  Northern  Pacific  right  of 
way  to  a  point  170  feet  east  of  the  center  line  of  Pacific 
avenue;  thence  south  on  a  line  parallel  to  Pacific  avenue 
and  170  feet  distant  from  the  center  thereof,  to  a  point 
on  the  center  line  of  South  Twentieth  street;  thence 
south  on  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Pacific 
avenue  and  A  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center 
line  of  South  Twenty-fourth  street;  thence  east  on  the 
center  line  of  South  Twenty-fourth  street  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  center  line  of  A  street;  thence  south  on 
the  center  line  of  A  street  to  its  intersection 
with  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street; 
thence  west  on  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty- 
fifth  street  to  the  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  the 
alley  between  Pacific  avenue  and  C  street;  thence  north 
on  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Pacific  avenue 
and  C  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
South  Twenty-third  street;  thence  north  on  the  center 
line  of  Railroad  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center 
line  of  the  Northern  Pacific  right  of  way;  thence  south- 
erly along  the  Northorn  Pacific  right  of  way  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-first  street; 
thence  west  along  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-first 
street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  the  alley 
between  C  and  D  streets;  thence  north  along  the  center 
line  of  the  alley  between  C  and  D  streets  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  center  line  of  South  Thirteenth  street; 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1000 — CON.  229 


thence  west  along  the  center  line  of  South  Thirteenth 
street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  the  alley 
between  D  and  E  streets;  thence  north  along-  the  center 
line  of  the  alley  between  D  and  E  streets  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  center  line  of  South  Seventh  street;  thence 
easterly  along"  the  center  line  of  South  Seventh  street  to 
its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  Railroad  street; 
thence  south  along1  the  center  line  of  Railroad  street 
250.71  feet  to  the  center  line  of  South  Seventh  street; 
thence  east  along1  the  center  line  of  South  Seventh  street 
to  the  point  of  beginning1. 

Also,  beginning  at  a  point  at  the  intersection  of  the 
•center  line  of  Tacoma  avenue  with  the  center  line  of 
South  Ninth  street;  thence  east  along"  the  center  line  of 
South  Ninth  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center 
line  of  the  alley  between  Tacoma  avenue  and  E  street; 
thence  south  along-  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between 
Tacoma  avenue  and  E  street  to  its  intersection  with  the 
•center  line  of  South  Fifteenth  street;  thence  west  along 
the  center  line  of  South  Fifteenth  street  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Tacoma 
avenue  and  G  street;  thence  north  along-  the  center  line 
of  the  alley  between  Tacoma  avenue  and  G  street  to  its 
intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street; 
thence  east  along  the  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street 
to  the  place  of  beginning. 

SEC.  2.  Buildings  constructed  of  frame  or  other 
material  may  be  erected,  provided  no  frame  building 
shall  exceed  two  stories  in  height,  within  the  following 
described  limits,  to-wit: 

Beginning  at  a  point  at  the  intersection  of  the  cen- 
ter line  of  E  street  with  the  center  line  of  South  Seventh 
street,  running  thence  east  along  the  center  line  of  South 
Seventh  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
the  alley  between  D  and  E  streets;  thence  south  along 
the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  D  and  E  streets  to 
its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  Ninth  street; 
thence  east  along  the  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street 
to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  D 
street;  thence  south  along  the  center  line  of  D  street 
with  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South  Nine- 
teenth street;  thence  west  along  the  center  line  of  South 
Nineteenth  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line 
of  the  alley  between  D  and  E  streets;  thence  north  along 


230  ORDINANCE    NO,    1000 — CON. 

the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  D  and  E  streets  to 
its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South  Fifteenth 
street;  thence  west  along-  the  center  line  of  South  Fif- 
teenth street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
the  alley  between  Tacoma  avenue  and  E  street;  thence 
north  along  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Tacoma 
avenue  and  E  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center 
line  of  South  Seventh  street;  thence  east  along-  the  cen- 
ter line  of  South  Seventh  street  to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning-. 

KIND    OF    BUILDING   WITHIN    FIRE    LIMITS. 

SEC.  3.  No  building-  except  brick  or  stone,  brick 
and  stone,  brick  and  terra  cotta,  or  iron  construction 
building's  shall  be  built,  erected  or  placed  within  the  fire 
limits.  No  building-,  addition  or  enlargement  of  corru- 
g-ated  iron  or  wood,  or  of  wood  covered  with  iron  or  other 
material  shall  be  built,  erected  or  placed  within  the  fire 
limits.  No  wooden  building-  shall  be  enlarg-ed  or  added 
to  unless  such  addition  or  enlargement  be  constructed  as 
prescribed  in  this  section.  The  words  "brick  or  stone" 
or  "brick  and  stone"  building's  shall  mean  all  building's 
whose  sides  and  end  walls  are  constructed  of  stone  or 
brick,  or  both,  and  "iron  construction"  buildings,  those 
whose  weig-hts,  loads,  thrusts,  etc.,  are  carried  upon  iron 
or  steel  columns,  g-irders,  lintels,  trusses,  etc.,  or  on 
what  is  known  as  iron  or  steel  frame,  and  whose  outside 
walls  are  of  stone,  brick  or  terra  cotta;  the  words 
"wooden  buildings"  shall  include  all  wooden  or  frame 
building's,  and  all  building's  of  wood  veneered  with  brick, 
iron  or  other  material. 

REPAIRS    OF    WOODEN    BUILDINGS. 

SEC.  4.  No  wooden  building-  within  the  fire  limits 
shall  be  repaired  or  altered  except  by  [written]  permis- 
sion from  the  inspector  of  building's  and  licenses,  pro- 
vided the  size  of  the  building-  is  not  increased  nor  the 
shape  changed;  and,  provided  such  building*  has  not  been 
damaged  by  the  elements  of  decay,  or  by  other  causes, 
to  more  than  thirty-five  per  cent,  of  its  value.  If  the 
damage  is  over  thirty-five  per  cent,  the  building  shall  be 
torn  down  or  removed.  The  decision  of  the  inspector  of 
buildings  and  licenses  shall  be  conclusive  as  to  the 
amount  of  damage  to  any  building-,  unless  the  owner  of 
the  building  objects  to  such  decision  and  files  with. 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1000 — CON. 


e  inspector  of  buildings  and  licenses  a  petition  for 
arbitrators  to  determine  the  question  of  damages,  or  pro- 
vided a  majority  of  the  property  owners  within  the  same 
block  of  the  building  in  question,  being-  dissatisfied  with 
his  decision,  may  file  a  similar  petition.  The  arbitrators 
shall  consist  of  three  disinterested,  competent  persons, 
one  to  be  chosen  by  the  inspector  of  buildings  and 
licenses,  one  by  the  party  filing  the  petition,  and  a  third 
selected  by-  the  two  thus  chosen,  who  shall  be  duly  sworn 
to  make  a  thorough  examination  of  the  damaged  prop- 
erty. The  decision  ot  the  majority  of  such  arbitrators, 
filed  with  the  inspector  of  buildings  and  licenses  shall  be 
final  and  conclusive.  The  party  asking  for  arbitration 
shall,  on  filing  his  petion,  pay  ten  ($10)  dollars  to  the  in- 
spector of  buildings  and  licenses,  which  shall  be  paid  to 
the  arbitrators  in  full  for  all  costs  of  arbitration. 

TO    KAISE    OR    LOWER    FRAME    BUILDINGS. 

A  frame  building  within  the  fire  limits  may  be  raised 
or  lowered  to  the  official  grade  of  the  street  by  permis- 
sion in  writing  signed  by  the  inspector  of  buildings  and 
licenses;  provided,  that  in  case  said  building  is  raised  a 
brick  foundation  or  basement  shall  be  built  under  it  up 
to  the  curb  level. 

REMOVAL   OF    FRAME    BUILDINGS    WITHIN   THE   FIRE  LIMITS. 

No  frame  building  shall  be  moved  except  to  a  point 
outside  the  fire  limits,  or  to  some  other  portion  of  the 
same  lot  to  make  room  for  more  permanent  improve- 
ments; provided,  that  no  building,  unless  worth  at  least 
fifty  per  cent,  of  what  it  would  cost  to  construct  such  a 
building  with  new  material,  shall  be  moved  from  its 
present  position. 

PENALTY. 

SEC.  5.  Any  person  or  corporation,  whether  owner, 
agent,  contractor  or  builder,  of  any  building  within  the 
fire  limits,  or  any  other  person  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
subject  to  a  fine  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  ($5)  nor 
more  than  fifty  ($50)  dollars  and  the  continuance  or  main- 
taining of  such  violation  shall  be  deemed  a  new  offense, 
for  each  day  the  same  is  maintained  or  continued,  and 
shall  be  punished  accordingly. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    52   N.    T. 

SEC.  6.  That  ordinances  Nos.  6,  189,  265,  542, 
and  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  any  ordinance  in  conflict 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  July  5,  1895. 


CZ.ASS  V. 

Health. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  52,  N.  T. 

To  prevent  the  introduction  of  any  contagious  disease  by  vessels  com- 
ing- from  infected  ports. 

The   Common  Council  of  New    Tacoma  does  ordain  as 
follows  : 

SECTION  1.  When  any  vessel,  steamship,  steam- 
boat or  other  craft  having-  on  board  any  person  sick  or 
thought  to  be  sick  with  a  contagious  disease  of  a  malig- 
nant character  shall  approach  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city  of  New  Tacoma,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  master 
of  such  vessel,  or  other  craft,  to  lie  to  not  less  than  one- 
quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  shore,  and  to  remain  at  that 
distance  from  the  shore  until  the  commissioner  of  health 
or  mayor  shall  investigate  and  give  directions. 

SEC.  2.  The  master  of  such  vessel  shall  not  per- 
mit any  one  to  leave  the  vessel  except  such  persons  be- 
longing to  the  crew  as  may  be  required  to  man  a  boat 
sent  for  the  purpose  of  notifying  the  authorities  that  a 
contagious  disease  is  prevalent  on  the  vessel,  which  boat 
shall  not  approach  within  fifty  feet  of  the  shore,  or  of  any 
wharf  or  landing  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city,  un- 
less permission  to  land  be  granted  by  the  commissioner 
of  health.  The  master  of  such  vessel  shall  not  permit 
any  person  from  the  shore  to  go  on  board  said  vessel, 
except  the  commissioner  of  health  or  person  sent  by  him. 

SEC.  3.  That  whenever  the  commissioner  of  health 
ascertains  that  there  are  on  board  any  vessel  any  infec- 
tious or  contagious  diseases  liable  to  be  communicated  to 
the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  he  shall  order  a 


. 


ORDINANCE     NO.    52,    N.    T, — CON. 


quarantine  of  said  vessel  and  shall  cause  the  same  and 
all  passeng-ers  thereon  to  be  quarantined  until  it  is  safe 
or  them  to  land;  and  he  shall  take  such  other  steps  in 
hat  regard  as  will  effectually  prevent  any  cnntag-ious 
r  infectious  disease  from  reaching-  the  city  of  Tacoma 
hroug-h  such  sources. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1322,  approved  Au- 
ust  19,  1898.) 

SEC.  4.  Any  vessel,  steamship,  steamboat,  or  other 
craft  coming-  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of 
New  Tacoma  from  a  port  where  any  contag-ious  disease 
of  a  malig-nant  character  is  prevalent  may  be  detained  by 
order  of  the  mayor  or  committee  on  health  and  police, 
and  all  persons  prohibited  from  landing-  until  the  com- 
missioner of  health  has  inspected  the  vessel  and  exam- 
ined all  persons  on  board  and  determined  whether  or  not 
there  are  any  cases  of  disease  on  board,  and  if  any  such 
cases  be  found  he  shall  declare  the  vessel  to  be  infected 
and  the  vessel  shall  be  at  once  removed  at  least  one- 
quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  shore,  and  no  communication 
be  allowed  with  the  shore  except  under  such  reg-ulations 
as  the  common  council  shall  prescribe. 

SEC.  5.  Any  master  or  other  officer  of  a  vessel, 
steamship,  steamboat  or  other  craft,  who  shall  know  or 
have  reason  to  think  any  person  on  board  is  sick  with  a 
contag-ious  disease  of  a  malig-nant  character,  and  shall 
bring-  such  vessel  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city 
of  New  Tacoma  without  complying-  with  the  provisions 
of  sections  1  and  2  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  g-uilty  of 
a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  im- 
prisoned thirty  days,  and  may  in  addition  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars.  Any  master  or  other  officer  of  a  vessel 
which  has  been  declared  infected  as  provided  in  sections 
3  and  4  of  this  ordinance,  who  shall  land  or  permit  any 
one  to  land  from  his  vessel  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  city  of  New  Tacoma  without  permit  from  the  proper 
officer  of  the  city,  shall  upon  conviction  thereof  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  tnan  ten  dollars  and  not  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars.  Any  person  who  shall  be  on  board 
a  vessel  declared  infected  as  above,  and  shall  land  from 
the  same  without  permission  from  the  proper  officer  of 
the  city,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city,  shall, 


ORDINANCE    NO.    507. 

upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

Approved  May  29,  1382. 

(Section  6  has  been  added  by  Ordinance  No.  1322 
supra.) 

SEC.  6.  The  board  of  health  shall  be  empowered, 
whenever  in  their  opinion  it  shall  appear  proper  and  con- 
ducive to  public  health,  to  cause  all  people  arriving*  at 
the  city,  by  any  vessel  from  foreign  ports,  to  be  vaccin- 
ated, who  are  unable  to  prove  they  have  been  vaccinated 
within  the  last  five  years;  and  for  the  purpose  of  carry- 
ing into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  section,  no  boat  or 
vessel  from  any  foreign  port  shall  be  allowed  to  land  un- 
til first  receiving  a  permit  from  the  commissioner  of 
health;  and  any  captain  of  an}r  such  vessel  shall,  upon 
conviction  of  violating  this  section,  be  lined  in  any  sum 
not  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars;  provided,  however, 
this  section  shall  apply  only  in  case  the  board  of  health 
determine  the  necessity  of  causing  such  vaccination  to  be 
made,  in  which  case  proper  notice  shall  be  given  by  due 
publication  of  such  intention  in  the  paper  doing  the  city 
printing. 

(Ordinance  No.  962,  approved  August  28,  1894,  is 
repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  1322  supra.) 

Approved  May  29,  188:4. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  507. 

An  ordinance  to  prevent  the  spread  of  contagious  diseases  among-  do- 
mestic animals,  and  to  prohibit  any  domestic  animals  affected  with 
contagious  diseases  from  being  broug-ht  within  the  limits  of  the  city 
of  Tacoma.  (See  Laws  of  1895,  chapter  143,  p.  356.) 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  parties  owning  animals  affected 
with  contagious  diseases,  or  infectious  diseases,  or  sus- 
pected of  being  so  diseased,  shall  not  bring  such  into,  or 
drive  the  same  through  the  city,  nor  move  them  from 
place  to  place  within  the  city  limits,  except  on  order  of 
the  board  of  health. 

Parties  owning  such  animals  shall  not  sell  or  dis- 
pose of  the  same,  but  shall  report  their  condition  and 
location  to  the  commissioner  of  health  or  his  assistant. 


, 


ORDINANCE   NO.    137.  23$ 


EC.  2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of 
health  in  case  of  the  existence  within  the  city  limits  of 
the  disease  called  pleuro-pneumonia  among1  cattle,  or 
farcy  or  glanders  among*  horses,  or  any  other  contagious 
or  infectious  disease  among"  domestic  animals,  to  cause 
such  infected  animals,  or  those  which  have  been  exposed 
to  contagions,  to  be  secured  or  collected  in  some  suitable 
place  and  kept  isolated  until  the  nature  of  such  disease 
shall  be  definitely  determined  by  a  competent  veterinary. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  commissioner  of  health,  in  re- 
ceiving notice  of  a  suspected  case  of  contagious  disease 
in  any  domestic  animal  within  the  city  limits,  shall  forth- 
with order  an  examination  made  by  a  competent  person, 
and  if  satisfied  there  exists  good  reasons  for  believing 
that  contagious  disease  is  present,  and  in  his  judgment 
the  circumstances  of  the  case  and  the  public  good  require 
it,  shall  cause  to  be  killed  and  properly  disposed  of,  any 
domestic  animal  which  is  infected  or  has  been  exposed  to 
contagious  diseases. 

SEC.  4.  That  any  person  disobeying  the  orders  of 
the  board  of  health,  or  any  of  its  properly  constituted 
officers,  in  the  disposal  of  such  animals  as  are  suffering 
from  contagious  or  infectious  diseases,  or  who  imports, 
drives,  transports  or  offers  for  sale  within  the  city  limits 
any  such  diseased  animal  contrary  to  the  import  of  this 
ordinance,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceed- 
ing one  year. 

Approved  August  10,  1891. 


ORDINANCE  NO.    137. 

An  ordinance  to  cause  every  person  to  keep  his  property  or  the  property 
he  occupies  or  controls,  and  adjacent  streets  and  alleys  clean  and  free 
from  all  things  dangerous  to  health  or  offensive  to  the  senses  or 
dangerous  to  travelers,  and  to  keep  said  streets  and  alleys  free  from 
inflammable  material. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as 
follows  : 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any 
person,  being  the  owner  or  occupant,  or  having  the  con- 
trol of  any  premises  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  to 
throw,  cast,  deposit  or  permit  to  remain  upon  any  street, 


236 


ORDINANCE    NO.    718. 


highway  or  alley  in  front  of  the  premises  so  owned,  oc- 
cupied or  controlled  by  him,  or  to  throw,  cast  or  deposit 
upon  any  vacant  lot  or  premises  adjoining-  the  premises, 
so  owned,  occupied  or  controlled  by  him;  or  for  any  per- 
son to  throw,  cast  or  deposit  upon  any  street,  highway 
or  alley  in  front  of  any  vacant  lot  or  premises,  or  upon 
any  vacant  lot  or  premises  adjoining-  any  building-  or 
structure,  any  boxes,  barrels,  ashes,  waste  matter  of  any 
kind  from  any  shop,  stable,  store  or  other  building-,  ma- 
nure, rubbish,  dirt  or  filth,  hay,  straw,  shavings,  paper 
or  combustible  material,  either  loose  or  confined,  or  any 
other  thing  injurious  to  health,  offensive  to  the  senses  or 
dangerous  to  travelers  and  property. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this, 
ordinance  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  in  any  sum  not  to. 
exceed  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  shall  pay 
all  expense  of  removing  said  filth  or  rubbish  in  addition 
to  such  fine. 

Approved  September  20th,  1886. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  718. 


Covered  wag- 
ons required. 


Skimmed  or 
watered  milk, 


An  ordinance   to   prevent   the   sale  of  adulterated    and  unwholesome 
milk  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  prescribing  penalties  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  No  person  or  persons  shall  bring  to,  or 
deliver  milk  in,  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  the  purpose  of 
retailing  the  same  to  consumers  in  any  open  or  uncov- 
ered wagon,  cart  or  conveyance  of  any  kind;  and  all 
milk  brought  to  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  be  retailed  to 
consumers,  or  for  that  purpose  to  be  delivered,  shall  be 
in  cars,  wagons  or  carts  so  constructed  that  the  cover- 
ing hereinbefore  provided  for  shall  not  come  in  contact 
with  the  cans  or  vessels  containing  the  milk,  and  shall 
protect  such  milk  and  the  cans  or  vessels  containing  the 
same  from  the  sun  and  rain,  and  as  far  as  practicable 
from  the  dust  and  impurities  of  the  air. 

SEC.  2.  No  person  shall  sell,  exchange  or  deliver,, 
or  have  in  his  custody  or  possession  with  intent  to  sell 
or  exchange,  nor  shall  he  expose  or  offer  for  sale  as  pure 
milk,  any  milk  from  which  the  cream  or  any  part  thereof 
has  been  removed,  or  which  has  been  watered,  adulter- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    718 — CON.  237 


ated  or  changed  in  any  respect  by  the  addition  of  water 
or  any  other  substance. 

SEC.  3.  No  dealer  in  milk  and  no  servant  or  agent  Skimmed  milk 
of  such  dealer  shall  sell,  exchange  or  deliver,  or  have  in  to  b2  labeled, 
his  custody  or  possession  with  intent  to  sell,  exchange  or 
deliver  milk  from  which  the  cream,  or  any  part  thereof, 
has  been  removed,  unless  there  shall  be  securely  affixed 
in  a  conspicuous  place  upon  the  outside  of  the  vessel, 
can  or  package  from  or  in  which  such  milk  is  sold,  a 
brass  or  other  metal  tag,  not  less  than  four  inches  long 
and  three  inches  wide,  which  shall  have  plainly  and  dis- 
tinctly stamped  and  endorsed  thereon  in  plain  clear  type 
the  words  "skimmed  milk." 

SEC.  4.     No  person  shall  sell,  exchange  or  deliver,  Milk  soiida 
or  have  in  his  custody  or  possession  with  intent  to  sell,  re(luired' 
exchange  or  deliver,  skimmed  milk  containing  less  than 
nine  per  cent  of  the  milk  solids,  exclusive  of  butter  fat. 

SEC.  5.     No   person   shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  or  Adulterated 
carry  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  or  have  in  possession  with  m^k  Prohl^ 
intent  to  sell  or  offer  for  sale,  any  impure,  adulterated 
or  unwholesome  milk,  and   no    person    shall    adulterate 
milk  or  keep  cows  for  the  production  of  milk  in  a  crowded 
and  unhealthful  condition,    or  feed    the    same    on    food 
that  produces  impure,  diseased  or  unwholesome  milk,  or 
shall    feed    cows    on    distillery    waste,    usually   called  Feeding  of 
"swill,"  or  vinegar  slops,  or   upon   any  substance  in  a  cows, 
state  of  putrifaction  or  rottenness.     Nothing  in  this  or- 
dinance contained  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the  feed- 
ing of  cows  on  wholesome  brewers'  grain. 

SEC.  6.  The  addition  of  water  or  an>  other  sub- impure  milk, 
stance  is  hereby  declared  an  adulteration,  and  milk  that 
is  obtained  from  animals  that  are  fed  on  distillery  waste, 
usually  called  "swill,"  or  upon  any  substance  of  an  un- 
wholesome nature,  or  upon  any  substance  in  a  state  of 
putrifaction  or  rottenness,  or  milk  that  has  been  exposed 
to  or  contaminated  by  the  discharges  or  exhalations  from 
persons  sick  with  any  contagious  diseases,  or  milk  from 
tubercular  cows,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  impure  and 
unwholesome. 

SEC.   7.     In  any   prosecution   under   this   ordinance.  Adulterate* 
after  milk  has  been  shown,   upon  analysis   by  the  board  ir 
of  health,  to  contain   less  than  twelve  (12)  p-r  cent.^of 
milk  solids,  or  to  contain  les?  than  nine  per  cent,  of  milk 
solids,    exclusive    of    butter    fat,    such    milk    shall     be 


238 


ORDINANCE    NO.    718 — CON. 


Inspection. 


Disposal  of 
adulterated 
milk. 


Prosecute 
offenders. 


Inability  of 
city. 


Samples  for 
analysis.' 


Records  of 

inspection. 


deemed,   for  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance,  to  be  adul- 
terated. 

SEC.  8.  Whenever  the  board  of  health  of  the  city 
shall  have  reason  to  believe  that  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  are  being  violated,  the[y]  shall  have  the  power 
to  open  any  can,  vessel  or  package  containing*  milk, 
whether  sealed,  locked  or  otherwise,  or  whether  in  tran- 
sit or  otherwise.  And  if,  upon  inspection,  such  can,  vessel 
or  package  shall  be  found  to  contain  any  milk  which  has 
been  adulterated,  or  from  which  the  cream,  or  any 
part  thereof,  has  been  removed,  or  which  is  sold,  offered 
or  exposed  for  sale,  or  held  in  possession  with  intent  to 
sell,  or  offered  for  sale  in  violation  of  any  section  of  this 
ordinance,  the  commissioner  of  health  is  empowered  and 
directed  to  take  a  sample  of  the  same  for  analysis,  and 
put  said  sample  into  a  can,  vessel  or  package,  to  be 
sealed  in  the  presence  of  one  or  more  witnesses,  and  sent 
to  the  chemist  or  chemists  appointed  or  designated 
by  the  board  of  health;  and  said  officer  may  also 
condemn  the  milk  so  deemed  by  him  to  be  adulter- 
ated, and  pour  the  contents  of  such  can,  ves- 
sel or  package  upon  the  ground,  or  return  the 
same  to  the  consignor,  and  if,  upon  anal}7sis,  such  milk 
shall  prove  to  be  adulterated,  shall  bring  a  prosecution 
against  the  offending  party  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance;  provided,  however,  that  [if],  upon  analysis,  it 
is  proved  that  the  condemned  milk  is  unadulterated,  the 
city  shall  be  liable  for  the  value  of  the  article  destroyed; 
and  provided  also,  that  in  each  and  every  case  where  the 
board  of  health  shall  deem  it  necessary  to  condemn  milk 
belonging  to  an}^  dealer,  servant  or  agent,  he  shall  at  the 
time  of  taking  or  sealing  his  sample,  in  the  same  manner 
and  form  seal  a  sample  of  an  equal  quantity  of  the  milk 
condemned,  and  deliver  it  to  the  dealer,  servant  or  agent, 
with  written  notice  certifying  that  he  has  condemned  so 
many  gallons  of  milk  and  taken  samples  of  the  same  for 
examination  and  proof,  one  of  which  samples  he  has  re- 
turned sealed  to  the  dealer,  servant  or  agent,  with  writ- 
ten notice  of  condemnation. 

SEC.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  of  health 
to  keep  a  complete  record  of  their  proceedings  as  inspec- 
tors of  milk,  giving  full  account  of  all  inspections  of  milk 
made,  including  the  names  of  each  person,  firm  or  corpor- 
ation, owning  or  claiming  to  own  the  milk  so  inspected,  or 


ORDINANCE    NO.    893.  239 

the  railroad  station,  or  other  place  used  for  the  shipment 
or  delivery  thereof,  and  the  results  of  the  analysis  in 
such  case. 

SEC.  10.  Any  person  violating-  any  of  the  provisions  Penalty, 
of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined 
in  a  sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  or  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  for  each  and  every 
offense,  and  be  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  for  any  time 
not  less  than  one  day  nor  more  than  thirty  days. 

SEC.  11.     All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  September  6,  1892- 


ORDINANCE  NO.  893. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  manner  of  collecting  and  removing  gar- 
bage and  offal,  and  prescribing  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  all  garbage  of  offensive  odor,  in- 
cluding- kitchen  and  butcher's  refuse,  and  cleaning's  of 
privies  and  cess  pools  shall  be  collected  and  carted 
throug-h,  and  removed  from  the  city,  only  in  covered  and 
air-tig-ht  boxes. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating-  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  twenty-five 
dollars  ($25.00)  for  each  and  every  offense. 

Approved  September  13,  1893. 


240  ORDINANCE   NO.    978. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  978. 

An  ordinance  declaring  under  what  circumstances  the  yarding  or  slaugh- 
tering of  cattle  and  other  animals,  the  rendering  and  disposing,  or 
failure  to  properly  dispose  of  animal  matter  and  product  and  output 
of  slaughter  houses  shall  be  nuisances,  and  prohibiting  the  carrying 
on  of  certain  of  said  transactions  and  business  within  certain  dis- 
tricts, and  providing  for  the  issuing  of  licenses  and  permits  for  the 
yarding  and  slaughtering  of  cattle  and  other  live  stock  within  cer- 
tain districts  of  the  city,  and  for  the  packing  of  animals,  live  stock 
and  meats  for  market  and  rendering  and  disposing  of  offal,  fat, 
bones  or  other  product  thereof  and  other  animal  matter;  and  pro- 
viding methods  for  enforcing  and  penalties  for  violation  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  No  person  or  persons,  corporation  or 
firm  shall  keep  in  any  yard,  pen,  place  or  premises  with- 
in the  city  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  more  than  two 
head  of  cattle  or  swine  at  any  one  time,  except  only  within 
the  following  prescribed  districts  of  said  city  and  then 
only  under  a  special  permit  and  license  from  the  city 
Limits.  council  of  Tacoma,  to-wit:  Upon  what  are  known  as 

the  'tide  flats  at  the  head  of  Commencement  bay,'  being 
all  that  portion  of  the  city  east  and  northeast  of  the  fol- 
lowing described  lines,  to-wit:  Commencing  at  a  point 
on  the  westerly  line  of  the  Puyallup  Indian  reservation 
intersected  by  the  northerly  line  of  South  26th  street, 
extended  easterly,  and  running  thence  westerly  along 
the  northerly  line  of  said  South  26th  street  to  the  north- 
east corner  of  said  South  26th  street  and  East  G  street; 
thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  said  East  G 
street  to  the  northeast  corner  of  said  East  G  street  and 
South  23rd  street;  thence  westerly  along  the  northerly 
line  of  said  South  23rd  street  to  the  northeast  corner  of 
said  South  23rd  street  and  East  C  street;  thence  north- 
erly along  the  easterly  line  of  said  East  C  street  extend- 
ed northerly. 

Slaughtering  No  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  shall  carry 

prohibited.  on  the  business  of  slaughtering  of  animals  or  rendering 
of  any  animal  matter  or  manufacturing  the  same  into 
fertilizers  or  changing  the  form  thereof  in  any  manner 
by  the  use  of  heat,  steam,  fire,  chemicals,  or  otherwise  at 
any  place  or  in  any  establishment  for  such  business 
within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  or  within  two  miles  of  the 
limits  of  said  city,  except  the  same  be  done  within  the 
limits  above  prescribed  for  the  business  of  keeping  or 
yarding  cattle;  and  provided  always  that  such  business 


ORDINANCE    NO.    978 — CON.  241 

/« 

at  all  times  wherever  carried  on  shall  be  so  conducted  as 
to  create  no  offense  or  nuisance,  and  otherwise  in  entire 
accordance  with  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Washington  and  License, 
the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Tacotna,  and  under  and  sub- 
ject to  the  conditions  of  a  license  or  permit  from  said  city, 
« provided  by  this  ordinance. 
(As   amended   by   Ordinance    No.   1323.     Approved 
gust  19,  1898.) 

SEC.  2.  The  keeping  or  yarding  of  any  cattle  or  the  HOW  t»  be 
slaughtering  of  any  animal  or  live  stock  within  the  city  conducted, 
limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  or  within  two  miles  of  said 
city,  or  the  rendering  of  the  offal,  fat,  bones  or  scraps 
from  such  animals  or  any  carcass  or  any  animal  matter 
whatever  or  the  establishment  and  maintenance  and  car- 
rying on  of  the  business  of  yarding  cattle  and  animals, 
or  of  slaughtering  animals  for  food  or  packing  them  for 
market  or  rendering  and  disposing  of  their  carcasses,  or 
of  any  animal  matter  whatever  in  any  of  the  several 
branches  of  said  several  kinds  of  business  except  under 
and  pursuant  to  a  license  and  permit  therefor  to  be  ob- 
tained in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided,  and  except 
also  within  the  prescribed  limits  provided  for  in  this 
ordinance  shall,  and  each  of  said  several  businesses  and  Nuisance, 
branches  of  business  shall  constitute  and  is  hereby  de- 
clared a  nuisance,  and  any  person  or  persons,  corporation 
or  firm  directly  or  indirectly  creating  or  permitting  said 
nuisance  or  nuisances  or  any  of  them  to  exist  having  the 
right  or  power  to  abate  same,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  Penalty, 
of  not  less  than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  and  not  to  exceed 
one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  in  every  case  and  to  a  like 
fine  for  every  day  he  or  they  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to 
abate  such  nuisance  when  notified  by  the  mayor  or  com- 
missioner of  health  to  abate  the  same. 

SEC.  3.     No  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  unsound  mat- 
having  the  ownership  or  control  of  any  animal  matter  ter  to  be 
which  is  unsound  or  in  process  of  decay  within  the  cityre 
of  Tacoma,  or  within  two  miles  of  the  limits  of  said  city, 
shall  permit  the  same  to  be  and  remain  when  in  such  con- 
dition within  said  city,  or  within  two  miles  of  the  limits 
thereof  more  than  twelve  (12)  hours  after  such  animal 
matter  shall  have  become  unsound  or  after  the  process  of 
decay  shall  have  begun  in  the  same,  whether  it  be  at  an 
establishment  for   rendering  or  changing  the  character 
thereof  within  the  locality  prescribed  and  designated  in 


242 


ORDINANCE   NO.    978 — CON. 


Penalty. 


Application  for 
license. 


License  fee. 


Forfeit  of 
license. 


Inspection  of 
premises. 


section  1  of  this  ordinance,  or  elsewhere  within  said  city, 
or  within  two  miles  of  the  limits  thereof. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation 
guilty  of  any  violation  of  any  provision  of  the  last  three 
preceding1  sections  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  ($25)  dollars,  and  not  more  than  one  hundred  (§100) 
dollars,  for  every  such  violation,  and  every  day  that  such 
violation  shall  continue  shall  be  deemed  a  separate  and 
distinct  offense  and  shall  subject  the  offender  to  an  addi- 
tional fine  as  above  provided. 

SEC.  5.  Before  any  license  shall  issue  as  provided 
in  this  ordinance  the  applicant  shall  file  with  the  city 
clerk  his  application  in  writing1  thereof  specifying-  the 
place  and  location  and  character  of  the  business  for  which 
the  license  is  desired,  and  the  consent  in  writing-  of  the 
owners  or  lessors  of  the  buildings  or  premises  in  which 
the  business  is  to  be  conducted,  and  the  consent  in  writ- 
ing- also  of  the  owners  or  lessors  of  a  majority  of  the  lots 
or  property  within  a  radius  of  five  hundred  (500)  feet  of 
the  center  of  the  proposed  location;  and  the  applicant 
shall  pay  into  the  city  treasur}?  as  a  license  fee  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  per  annum;  upon  such  ap- 
plication and  the  payment  of  said  license  fee,  a  license 
shall  be  issued  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  and  in  the  same  manner  as  other  licenses  of  the 
city  are  issued. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation 
who  shall  procure  a  license  as  herein  provided,  and  who 
shall  violate  any  of  the  conditions  thereof,  or  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof, 
forfeit  his  said  license,  and  no  part  of  the  money  paid 
therefor  shall  be  refunded,  and  such  person  shall  not  be 
entitled  to  any  license  for  a  period  of  one  year  thereafter, 
and  shall  be  subject  also  to  the  fines  and  penalties  pro- 
vided for  the  violation  of  this  ordinance  as  hereinbefore 
and  hereinafter  provided  specified. 

SEC.  7.  The  commissioner  of  health  and  any  or  all 
of  his  sanitary  agents  shall  be  permitted  free  entrance 
at  all  hours  of  the  day  or  nig-ht  to  all  building's  used  for 
the  purposes  specified  in  sections  1  and  2,  or  hereinafter 
specified,  and  to  the  free  and  unrestrained  examination 
of  all  appurtenances  and  utensils  used  in  any  of  the  said 
businesses  and  manufacturing-  processes,  or  in  the  dis- 
posal of  the  grasses  g-enerated  in  such  businesses  or  man- 
ufacturing- processes. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    97£ — CON.  243 

SEC.  8.  The  keeping-  and  slaughtering-  of  all  cattle  HOW  to  be  kept, 
ind  the  preparation  and  keeping-  of  all  meats  and  fish, 
birds  and  fowls  and  all  live  stock  and  animals  of  what- 
soever kind  used  for  food  or  in  commerce  or  trade  shall 
be  in  that  manner  which  is  or  is  generally  reputed  or 
thought  to  be  best  adapted  to  securing  and  continuing 
their  safety  and  wholesomeness  as  food. 

SEC.  9.  Every  butcher  and  every  person  owning,  Premiseg  to  , 
leasing  or  occupying  any  place,  room  or  building  where  kept  clean, 
any  cattle  have  been  or  are  killed  or  dressed,  and  every 
person  being  the  owner,  lessee  or  occupant  of  any  room 
or  stable  where  any  cattle  may  be  kept,  or  of  any  market, 
public  or  private,  and  having  power  and  authority  so  to 
do,  shall  cause  such  room,  building,  stall  or  market,  and 
their  yards  and  appurtenances,  to  be  thoroughly  cleansed 
and  purified,  and  all  offal,  blood,  fat,  refuse,  garbage 
and  unwholesome  or  offensive  matter  to  be  removed 
therefrom  at  least  every  twenty-four  (24)  hours  after  the 
use  thereof  for  any  of  the  purposes  in  this  ordinance  re- 
ferred to;  and  shall  also  at  all  times  keep  all  woodwork 
save  floors  and  counters  of  any  buildings  used  on  the 
premises  as  aforesaid  thoroughly  whitewashed. 

SEC.  10.  Every  building*  occupied  wholly  or  partly  ventilation, 
as  a  slaughter  house  and  every  part  thereof  and  of  all 
appurtenances  thereto,  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  ade- 
quately and  thoroughly  ventilated,  no  blood  shall  be  al- 
lowed to  remain  therein  over  night  and  adequate  under- 
ground connections  shall  be  made  from  every  such  build- 
ing with  a  public  sewer,  or  with  a  system  of  drainage, 
to  carry  out  the  provisions  and  intent  of  this  ordinance; 
and  the  floors  of  such  buildings  and  yards  and  appurte- 
nances upon  which  the  slaughtering  is  done  or  upon 
which  any  of  the  blood  is  allowed  to  gather  shall  be  ce- 
mented and  paved  so  as  not  to  absorb  blood  and  so  as  Sewerage,  etc» 
to  carry  all  liquid  into  the  sewers  or  system  of  drainage. 

SEC.   11.     No  person  or  persons,  corporation  or  firm  Retail  market, 
shall   kill  or  dress  any  animal  or  meat  in  any  public  or 
retail  market,  or   have  or   permit  to  escape  therein,   or 
within  one  hundred  feet  thereof,   any  poisonous,   noxious 
or  offensive  substance. 

SEC.   12.     All  persons  engaged   in  the   business  of  Fat,  etc.,  how 
boiling  or  rendering  of  fat,  lard  or  animal   matter  shall readered- 
cause  the  scraps  or  residuum  to  be  so  dried  or  otherwise 
prepared  as  effectively  to  deprive  such    material  of  all 


244 


ORDINANCE    NO.    978 — CON. 


Manufacture 
t)f  slaughtered 
•animals. 


Slaughtering, 
When  prohibit- 
ed. 


Penalty, 


Revocation  of 
license, 


offensive  odors,  and  to  preserve  the  same  entirely  inof- 
fensive immediately  after  the  removal  thereof  from  the 
receptacle  in  which  the  rendering*  process  may  be  con- 
ducted. 

SEC.  13.  No  blood,  fat,  tallow  or  lard  shall  be  melted 
or  rendered  except  when  fresh  from  the  slaughtered  ani- 
mal and  taken  direct  from  the  place  of  slaughter  and  in  a 
condition  free  from  taint,  decay  and  all  other  causes  of 
offense  at  the  time  of  rendering*,  and  except  all  melting' 
and  rendering1,  drying  and  manufacturing*  into  fertilizers 
and  other  products  to  be  done  according*  to  the  best  and 
most  approved  methods  and  processes,  and  so  that  as  to 
each  animal  slaughtered  all  parts  of  all  animals  slaught- 
ered as  provided  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  disposed  of 
and  converted  into  a  wholesome  and  inoffensive  foods  and 
products  within  twenty-four  hours  after  such  slaughter. 

SEC.  14.  No  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation 
shall  directly  or  indirectly  eng*ag*e  in  or  carry  on  the 
business  of  slaughtering*  animals  for  food,  or  for  com- 
merce and  trade,  except  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  and  under  a  special  license  and  permit  therefor 
as  in  this  ordinance  provided,  and  unless  also  such 
slaughtering*  business  shall  be  carried  on  with  the  most 
modern  and  approved  means  and  processes,  and  unless 
also  the  business  of  a  slaughtering*  shall  be  so  conducted 
that  all  portions  of  the  animals  so  slaughtered,  and  all 
animal  matter  and  refuse  resulting*  therefrom  shall  be 
entirely  removed  and  disposed  of  and  converted  into 
wholesome  and  inoffensive  food  and  products  for  the 
market  within  twenty-four  hours  after  any  such  slaugh- 
ter as  to  each  animal  slaughtered. 

SEC.  15.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion who  shall  violate  any  provision  of  the  last  eleven 
sections  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  and  everv  day  he  or  they  shall  continue  to  carry  on 
said  business,  or  be  guilty  of  such  violation,  and  upon  a 
second  or  subsequent  conviction  for  a  like  offense,  he  or 
they  shall  in  addition  to  first  fine  imposed  for  first  offense, 
be  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  for  a  period  of  not  less  than 
ten  days  nor  moie  than  sixty  days,  and  any  license  there- 
tofore obtained  by  such  person  for  conducting  such  busi- 


ORDINANCE   NO,    978 — CON.  24$ 

»s    shall  thereupon   be    immediately    revoked  by  the 
ivor. 

SEC.  16.     Any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corpora-  Slaughtering 
m  who  shall  conduct  any  of  said  several  businesses  or  jyithout  * 
ly  of*  the  several  branches  of  the  kinds  of  business  speci-  u 
fied  in  the  preceding*  sections  of  this  ordinance  without  a 
special  license  and  permit  therefor,  first  had  and  obtained 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  one 
hundred   dollars  a  day  for  each  and   every  day  he  shall 
continue  to  carry  on  such  business  without  a  license. 

SEC.  17.     For  the  purpose  of  carrying-  the  foregoing- Duty  of  corn- 
provisions  into  effect  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commis-  missioner  of 
sioner  of  health  to  cause  to  be  detailed  a  sufficient  num-hea     >etc' 
ber  of  the    police  force,  by  permission  of  the  chief  of 
police,  to  make  from  time  to  time  and  as  often  as  may  be 
necessary,  a  thorough  and  systematic  examination  of  the 
city,  to  ascertain  and  report  to  the  proper  authorities  for 
prosecution  all  violations  of  this  ordinance  or  of  any  of 
its  provisions,   and   for  this  purpose  they  shall  be  per- 
mitted at   all    times  to   visit  and  enter    in  or  upon  any 
building's,   lots  or  grounds  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
city,  and  to  make  examination  thereof. 

SEC.   18.     Whenever   any   nuisance   shall   be  found  Abatement  of 
upon  any  premises  within  the  city,  or  within  two  milesnuisances' 
from  the   limits    thereof,  contrary    to    this  ordinance  or 
any  of  its  provisions,  the  commissioner  of  health  is  here- 
by authorized  and  directed  to  cause  the  same  to  be  sum- 
marily abated  and  in  such  manner  as  he  may  direct. 

SEC.  19.  In  all  cases  where  a  nuisance  shall  be  Expense  of 
found  upon  any  building  or  upon  any  grounds  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  city,  ten  hours  notice  may  be  given  in 
writing,  signed  by  the  commissioner  of  health  or  acting 
commissioner,  to  the  owner  or  occupant  of  such  building 
or  other  premises  where  he  is  known  and  can  be  found, 
to  remove  such  nuisance,  and  in  case  of  his  neglect  or 
refusal  to  abate  the  same,  in  accordance  with  such  no- 
tice, he  shall  be  charged  with  the  expense  which  may  be 
incurred  in  the  removal  thereof,  to  be  collected  by  suit 
or  otherwise,  in  addition  to  the  fines  and  penalties. 

SEC.  20.     None  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  construed  to  apply  to  the  keeping  of  cattle  by  excepted. 


246  ORDINANCES    NOS,    1295   AND    1267. 

private  families  for  their  own  use,  or  for  dairies  within 
such  limits  as  they  are  now  permitted  by  law. 

SEC.  21.  All  ordinances  and  all  parts  of  all  ordi- 
nances conflicting*  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  February  2,  1895. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1295. 

An  ordinance  prohibiting1  expectoration  in  public  places  and  providing" 
a  penalty  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  No  person  shall  expectorate  on  the  floor 
of  any  street  railway  car,  or  other  public  conveyance  or 
public  building,  or  on  any  sidewalk  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined 
not  exceeding  five  dollars,  or  shall  be  punished  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  cit}^  jail  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  a 
term  not  exceeding  two  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. 

SEC.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  ten  days  after  its  passage. 

Approved  June  17,   1898. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1267. 

An  ordinance  to  prevent  the  keeping  of  a  dairy  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  providing  a  penalty  for  the  viola- 
tion thereof,  and  repealing  ordinance  No.  286. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  keep- 
ing- or  permitting  to  be  kept  within  any  barn,  shed,  pen, 
enclosure,  or  any  other  place  whatsoever  within  the  lim- 
its specified  in  section  two  of  this  ordinance,  more  than 
two  cows,  except  for  the  purpose  of  sale  only,  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  a  keeper  of  a  dairy. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm 
or  corporation  to  keep  or  permit  to  be  kept,  or  run  or 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1267 — CON.  247 


permit  to  be  run,  any  dairy  within  the  following  limits 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  to-wit : 

Commencing"  at  a  point  where  the  section  line  be- 
tween sections  10  and  15  in  township  20  north,  range  3 
east,  intersects  the  Puyallup  reservation  line;  thence 
west  along  the  section  line  to  the  southwest  corner  of 
section  seven;  thence  north  along  the  section  line  to  the 
point  where  Union  avenue  produced  intersects  the  shore 
line  of  Commencement  Bay  at  low  tide;  thence  south- 
easterly along  said  shore  line  to  where  the  shore  line  in- 
tersects south  21st  street;  thence  east  along  South  21st 
street  west  to  the  Puyallup  Indian  reservation  line; 
thence  southerly  along  said  reservation  line  to  the  place 
of  beginning. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5)  and  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  stand  committed 
until  such  fine  and  cost  are  paid;  provided,  however,  that 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  persons, 
firms  or  corporations  moving  their  dairies  outside  of  the 
limits  prescribed  by  section  2  of  this  ordinance  within 
ninety  days  from  and  after  February  2nd,  1898. 

SEC.  4.  Ordinance  No.  286,  entitled,  "An  ordinance 
to  prevent  keeping  a  dairy  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma,"  passed  October  31st,  1889,  is  here- 
by repealed. 

Passed  February  17,  1898. 

This  ordinance  was  delivered  to  the  mayor  February 
18th,  1898,  having  been  returned  by  him  unsigned,  and 
without  objections  became  a  law  without  his  approval. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1305. 

CLASS  VI. 

Licenses. 

•ORDINANCE  NO.  1305. 

An  ordinance  to  impose  and  regulate  licenses,  and  7'egulate  the  manner 
of  issuing  licenses,  and  repealing  Ordinances  No.  138  and  No.  907. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  no  person,  firm,  company  or  cor- 
poration shall  be  engaged  in, 'prosecute  or  carry  on  any 
trade,  business  or  profession  within  the  limits  of  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  for  which  a  license  may  be  required,  until  he, 
she  or  they  shall  have  obtained  such  a  license. 

SEC.  2.  That  every  person,  firm,  company  or  cor- 
poration desiring*  to  engage  in  any  trade,  business  or  pro- 
fession for  which  a  license  is  required  shall  pay  to  the 
city  treasurer  the  sum  or  sums  required  to  be  paid 
therefor,  and  thereupon,  with  the  receipt  of  the  city 
treasurer  (which  receipt  shall  &et  forth  the  kind  of  busi- 
ness for  which  license  is  desired)  they  shall  apply  to  the 
city  clerk,  who  shall  issue  a  license  to  the  parties  apply- 
ing, in  accordance  with  the  receipt  of  the  treasurer  upon 
the  surrender  of  the  same  to  him. 

SEC.  3.  That  in  every  license  to  be  taken  out  under 
or  by  virtue  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  contained  and  set 
forth  the  purpose,  trade,  business  or  profession  for 
which  such  license  is  granted,  the  name  of  the  person  or 
persons,  firm,  company  or  corporation  taking  out  the 
same,  and  the  date  or  time  of  granting  such  license  and 
the  time  for  which  such  license  is  to  run;  and  any  per- 
son, firm,  company  or  corporation  exercising  or  carrying 
on  such  trade,  business  or  profession,  or  doing  any  act 
for  which  a  license  is  required,  shall,  on  demand  of  any 
city  officer,  produce  such  license  and,  unless  he,  she  or 
they  shall  do  so  may  be  taken  and  deemed  to  have  no 
license. 

SEC.  4.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  exercise  or 
carry  on  any  trade,  business  or  profession,  or  do  any  act 
for  the  exercising,  carrying  on  or  doing  of  which  (trade, 


ORDINANCE     NO.    666. 

msiness  or  profession),  a  license  is  required,  without 
;aking  out  such  license  as  in  that  behalf  required,  he,  she 
>r  they  shall,  on  conviction  thereof  before  any  justice  of 
;he  peace  having  jurisdiction  of  municipal  offenses,  for 
ivery  such  offense,  besides  being*  liable  to  the  payment  of 
;he  license,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  to  exceed  one  hun- 
dred dollars  and  costs,  and  shall,  on  his,  her  or  their 
failure  to  pay  the  same,  be  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail 
until  such  fine  and  costs  have  been  paid,  or  until  he,  she 
or  they  have  been  imprisoned  in  said  jail  one  day  for 
every  two  dollars  of  such  fine  and  costs;  provided,  that 
where  a  penalty  has  been,  or  may  hereafter  be,  imposed 
for  the  violation  of  any  specific  license  ordinance,  this 
section  shall  not  apply. 

SEC.  5.  That  license  shall  not  issue  to  any  person 
not  classified  in  other  ordinances  now  in  force,  unless  in 
the  opinion  of  the  mayor  the  public  good  will  best  be 
subserved  thereby;  and  the  mayor  may,  in  his  discretion, 
grant  temporary  permits  to  persons  desiring  to  carry  on 
occupations  not  classified  in  any  other  license  ordinance, 
(but  which  are  nevertheless  subject  to  police  regula- 
tions), for  a  time  not  to  exceed  thirty  (30)  days,  upon 
payment  by  such  person  to  the  city  treasurer  of  such  a 
fee  as  the  mayor  shall  deem  equitable  and  proper. 

SEC.  6.  "That  ordinances  No.  138  and  No.  907  be 
and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  July  29,  1898. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  666. 

An  ordinance  fixing-  the  license  of  Auctioneers  and  prescribing-  a  pen- 
alty for  a  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  Auctioneers  shall  pay  an  annual  license 
of  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  payable  in  advance,  which 
license  shall  not  be  transferable. 

SEC.  2.  Every  person  shall  be  deemed  an  auction- 
eer within  the  meaning  of  this  ordinance,  whose  busi- 
ness it  is  to  offer  property  for  sale  at  a  public  outcry, 
provided  that  no  auctioneer  shall  be  authorized,  by  virtue 
of  his  license  as  such  auctioneer,  to  employ  any  other 
person  to  act  as  such  auctioneer  in  his  behalf,  except  in 
his  own  store,  warehouse  or  in  his  presence.  The  pro- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1252. 

visions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  judicial  officers 
making-  auction  sales  by  virtue  of  any  judgment  or  decree 
of  any  court,  or  public  sales  made  by  administrators,  or 
executors  or  hawkers. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and 
fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  ($100) 
for  each  and  every  offense. 

SEC.  4.  Section  four  of  ordinance  No.  138,  ap- 
proved September  20th,  1886,  also  ordinance  No.  514,  be- 
coming a  law  without  the  approval  of  the  mayor  on 
August  17th,  1891,  also  ordinance  No.  574,  becoming  a 
law  without  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  January  4th, 
1892,  and  all  other  ordinances,  and  parts  of  ordinances, 
which  are  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  shall  be,  and 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  June  15,   1892. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1252. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  licensing  of  bicycles  and  tricycles  in 
the  city  of  Tacbma  and  creating  a  bicycle  road  fund,  and  desig- 
nating the  uses  thereof  and  repealing  ordinances  Nos.  1046,  1073 
and  1233. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  no  bicycle  or  tricycle  shall  be 
permitted  to  be  ridden  on  or  in  any  of  the  streets,  ave- 
nues, squares,  parks,  allej^s,  sidewalks  or  public  places 
within  the  city  of  Tacoma  unless  a  license  has  been  pro- 
cured for  the  use  of  said  bicycle  or  tricycle  in  the  man- 
ner hereinafter  provided.  Provided,  however,  that  noth- 
ing in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  apply  to  the  bi- 
cycle or  tricycle  owned  and  ridden  by  minors  under  the 
age  of  fourteen  years,  nor  bicycles  or  tricycles  belonging 
to  and  ridden  by  such  person  or  persons  as  may  be  visit- 
ing in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  2.  License  for  the  use  of  such  bicycle  or  tri- 
cycle shall  be  issued  by  the  city  treasurer  for  one  year, 
and  shall  be  good  from  the  first  day  of  January  to  the 
last  day  of  December  of  that  year,  and  all  licenses  shall 
expire  on  December  31st  of  each  year.  Each  person 
paying  for  and  receiving  a  license  shall  pay  the  city 
treasurer  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  and  the  city  treasurer 


ORDINANCE   NO.    136. 

shall  issue  said  license  and  furnish  therewith  a  metal 
tag1  with  the  license  number  stamped  or  engraved  there- 
on, the  said  tag  to  be  attached  to  the  steering1  head  or 
other  visible  portion  of  the  bicycle  or  tricycle;  provided 
that  the  same  shape  or  color  of  lettering  on  said  tag- 
shall  not  be  issued  for  two  consecutive  years. 

SEC.  3.  The  city  treasurer  shall  keep  a  record  of 
all  licenses  issued,  including-  the  makes  of  bicycles  or 
tricycles  licensed. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  by  riding  any 
bicycle  or  tricycle  not  licensed  as  herein  provided  shall 
be  deemed  g-uilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
therof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars 
($5)  and  not  more  than  ten  dollars  ($10). 

SEC.  5.  All  fines  recovered  for  the  violation  of  this 
ordinance,  as  provided  in  section  4,  acid  all  license  fees 
as  provided  for  in  section  [s]  one  and- two  shall  be  paid  into 
the  fund  which  is  hereby  created  and  to  be  known  as  the 
*  'bicycle  road  fund,"  for  the  purpose  of  making-  and  im- 
proving- of  bridg-es,  roads,  paths  and  parking-  used  or  to 
be  used  exclusively  by  wheelmen,  and  incidently  by  pe- 
destrians, and  for  the  payment  and  procuring-  of  the 
necessary  stationary,  printing-,  license  tag's,  special  po- 
licemen or  other  things  necessary  for  the  enforcement  of 
this  ordinance. 

SEC.  6.  Ordinances  No.  1046,  1073  and  1233  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved  December  17,  1897. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  136. 

An  ordinance  imposing-  and  regulating-  license  on  billiard  tables,  pigeon 
hole  or  Jenny  L,ind  tables,  bagatelle  tables,  bowling  alleys,  and  shoot- 
ing galleries. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as 
follows  : 

SECTION  1.     That  hereafter  there  shall  be  charged 
the  sum  of  twelve  dollars  per  year  as  a  license  on  each  License  for  bil- 
and  every  billiard  table,  pigeon  hole  or  Jenny  Lind  table liard tables.etc. 
and  bag-atelle  table,    kept   for  use  in  said  city,  for  which 
a  reward  or  compensation  shall  be  charged  for  using  the 
same. 


252 


ORDINANCE    NO.    136 — CON. 


Any  person  or  persons  keeping-  any  such  table  or 
tables  for  the  use  of  which  he  or  they  shall  receive  a 
compensation  or  reward,  shall  pay  to  the  city  as  a  license 
fee,  the  sum  of  twelve  dollars  per  year  on  each  and  every 
table. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  or  persons  keeping  and  run- 
ning- any  such  table  or  tables,  as  specified  in  section  one 
(1)  hereof,  without  having-  first  obtained  a  license  for 
keeping1  and  running-  the  same,  shall,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  on  complaint  under  oath,  before  any  committing 

Penalty.  magistrate  of  this  citv,  be  fined  and  pay  to   the  city  not 

less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars 
on  each  table,  for  each  and  every  day  they  shall  suffer 
such  table  or  tables  to  be  used  without  a  license. 

Bowling  saloon  SEC.  3.  That  hereafter  each  and  every  bowling  sa- 
loon, or  nine  or  ten  pin  alley,  shall  pay  a  license  to  the 
city  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  year,  on  each  and  every 
bed  kept  for  use  in  such  saloon  or  alley. 

And  any  person  or  persons  keeping  or  running  a 
bowling  saloon  or  nine  or  ten  pin  alley,  without  having 
first  obtained  a  license  for  keeping  and  running  the  same* 
shall,  upon  conviction  therefor,  on  complaint  under  oath, 

Penalty.  before  any  committing  magistrate  of  this  city,    be  fined 

and  pay  to  the  city  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars  on  each  bed  so  kept  for  each  and 
every  day  such  saloon  or  alley  shall  be  kept  open  without 
a  license. 

SEC.  4.  Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1335.  Approved 
September  23,  1898. 

License.  SEC.  5.     The  city  clerk  shall   issue  any  license  re- 

quired by  this  ordinance,  upon  filing  with  him  the  re- 
ceipt of  the  city  treasurer,  showing  that  the  license  fee 
has  been  paid  and  for  what.  Any  license  herein  required 
to  be  taken  out  may  be  issued  for  the  term  of  six  months 
upon  payment  of  one-half  of  the  annual  license  fee  as 
aforesaid. 

(As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  1335  supra.) 

Posting  license  SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  taking 
out  a  license  under  this  ordinance  to  keep  such  license 
posted  at  all  times  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  his  or  their 
place  of  business,  and  a  failure  to  so  do  shall  be  deemed 
a  violation  of  this  ordinance,  and  any  police  officer  of 
the  city  may  arrest  such  offender  with  or  without  war- 
rant. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1064.  2531 

SEC.  7.  So  much  of  Ordinance  No.  81,  entitled  "An  Repeal, 
ordinance  to  impose  and  regulate  licenses,"  passed  by 
the  common  council  of  the  city  of  New  Tacoma,  and  ap- 
proved February  10th,  1383,  and  so  much  of  Ordinance 
No.  45,  entitled  "An  ordinance  to  impose  and  reg-ulate 
licenses,  and  regulating-  the  manner  of  issuing-  licenses," 
passed  by  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  New  Ta- 
coma, and  approved  March  1st,  1882.  as  conflicts  here- 
with is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  September  6,  1886. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1064. 

An  ordinance  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  the  painting,  posting,  sticking, 
stamping,  tacking,  exhibiting  and  distributing  of  advertising  matter- 
and  providing  penalties  for  the  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  to  eng-agfe,  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  in 
the  business,  act  or  work  of  posting-,  painting-,  sticking-, 
stamping-,  tacking-,  affixing-,  exhibiting-  or  distributing* 
any  advertising-  matter,  bills,  circulars,  posters,  cards, 
handbills,  dodg-ers,  sig-ns,  devices  or  other  matter  used 
to  advertise  and  calculated  to  attract  attention  of  the 
public  without  first  obtaining-  a  license  therefor  from  the 
city  as  hereinafter  provided. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1155.  Approved 
January  19,  1897.) 

SEC.  2.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  desiring-  to 
obtain  a  license  for  such  purpose  shall  pay  the  city  treas- 
urer the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  per  annum  as  a  license  fee 
and  shall  file  the  receipt  therefor  with  the  city  clerk. 

SEC.  3.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation,  whether 
licensed  or  not,  shall  throw  or  scatter  upon  any  public 
street  or  place,  sidewalk  or  alley,  or  private  property,  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  any  circular,  dodger,  handbill, 
pamphlet,  old  poster  or  paste,  waste  or  other  advertising- 
matter  whatever. 

SEC.  4.  Nothing-  in  this  ordinance  shall  prevent 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation  duly  licensed  as  herein 
provided,  from  employing-  other  persons  to  do  any  and  all 
the  business  herein  described  under  their  direction,  and 
the  license  of  the  employer  shall  protect  and  empower 
the  employe. 


254  ORDINANCE    NO.    938. 

SEC.  5.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in 
the  city  jail  not  more  than  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  6.  Ordinance  No.  54,  and  all  other  ordinances 
or  parts  of  ordinances  in  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  this 
ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  March  18   1896. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  938. 

An  ordinance^regulating-  the  operation  and  inspection  of  steam  boilers 
and  steam  generating-  apparatus  and  the  qualification  and  licensing- 
of  engineers  in  charge  of  the  same,  and  providing  a  penalty  for 
the  violation  thereof, 

Stationery  en-  Be  U  ordained  b)'  thc  City  of   Tacomct'. 

SECTION  1 .  No  person  shall  use.  operate  or  cause 
to  be  used  or  operated  any  steam  boiler  or  steam  gener- 
ating apparatus  under  pressure,  other  than  those  used 
in  heating  private  dwelling  houses,  which  are  limited  to 
ten  (10)  pounds  pressure  per  square  inch,  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Washington,  unless 
there  be  in  charge  of  such  boilers  or  generating  apparatus 
an  experienced  person  holding  a  license  from  the  board 
of  examiners  as  provided  in  this  ordinance,  and  when 
boilers  or  engines  are  used  night  and  day,  at  least  two 
(2)  licensed  engineers  must  be  employed,  who  may  stand 
watch  alternately,  and  no  person  shall  engage  in  the 
business,  occupation  or  employment  of  a  stationary  en- 
gineer unless  he  shall  have  been  examined  and  hold  and 
receive  a  license  therefor,  as  herein  provided.  And  the 
board  shall  not  issue  any  license  until  after  an  examina- 
tion and  they  are  satisfied  that  the  applicant  is  suffi- 
ciently experienced  and  a  proper  person  to  have  charge  of 
and  operate  such  steam  boilers  or  generating  apparatus 
and  all  persons  in  charge  of  such  steam  boilers  or  gen- 
erating apparatus  shall  comply  with  and  be  subject  to  the 
provisions  and  penalties  of  this  ordinance. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1176.  Approved  April 
20,  1897.) 


ORDINANCE    NO.    938 — CON.  255 

SEC.  2.  All  owners  or  users  of  steam  boilers  or  inspection  of 
steam  generating  apparatus  shall  have  the  same  in-boilers- 
spected  at  least  once  each  year,  and  when  ordered  by  the 
mayor,  who  is  authorized  by  this  ordinance  to  order  any 
or  all  boilers  inspected  as  in  his  judgment  is  best  for 
public  safety;  provided  that  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  not  apply  to  the  owners  or  users  of  steam  boilers 
or  steam  generating  apparatus  used  under  pressure,  who 
shall  have  had  such  boilers  or  apparatus  insured  in  some 
reliable  boiler  insurance  company  and  hold  a  certificate 
of  said  company  to  that  effect,  and  said  company  shall 
also  file  with  the  city  boiler  inspector  a  certificate  that 
said  boiler  is  insured  in  said  company. 

(As   amended   by    ordinance   No.     1063.     Approved 
March  18,  1896,) 

SEC.  3.     The  mayor  shall  appoint  a  boiler  Boiler  inspec- 

inspector  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  one  year  or  until  his  tor. 
successor  is  appointed  and  qualified.  He  shall  be  a  well- 
qualified  mechanical  engineer  of  not  less  than  ten  year's 
practical  experience  in  the  use  and  construction  of  boil- 
ers, generators  and  their  appurtenances,  used  for  gener- 
ating steam  for  power,  steaming  or  heating  purposes 
and  who  is  neither  directly  01  indirectly  interested  in  the 
manufacture,  ownership  or  agency  for  steam  boilers  or 
articles  pertaining  thereto. 

(As  amended  by  amendment  No.  23.) 

SEC.  4.     The  duty  of  the  boiler  inspector  shall  be  Duty  of  in- 
to inspect  all  boilers  and  steam  generating  apparatus  un-  spector. 
der  pressure,  when  ordered  by  the  mayor,  or  called  upon 
by  the  owners  to  do  so.     Such  inspection  to  be  governed 
by  the  United  States  marine  laws,    and  no  person  shall 
hinder,   impede   or   obstruct    said   inspector  in  the   per- 
formance of  his  duty  by  this  ordinance  imposed;  provid- 
ed, however,  that  said  inspector  must  arrange  the   times 
for  such  inspection   so   that   it   will   least   interrupt   the 
business  of  the  owners.     A    fee  of    two  dollars    (§2.00)  Charges, 
shall   be   paid   by  the  owners  for  each  single  boiler  and 
$1.50  for  each    additional   boiler  in   the  same  place,  in- 
spected. 

SEC.  5.     Any  engineer  or  owner  who  shall   feel  ag-  Appeal, 
grieved  at  finding  of    said  inspector  may  appeal   to   the 
board  of  examiners  and  their  decision  shall  be  final. 

SEC.  6.     The  mayor  shall  also  appoint  for  the  period  ^*^r°f  ex~ 
of  one   vear,    without    compensation,    two    persons   who a1 


256  ORDINANCE    NO.    938 — CON. 

shall,  in  conjunction  with  the  boiler  inspector,  constitute 
a  board  of  examiners;  they  shall  be  well  qualified  me- 
chanical engineers  and  have  had  not  less  than  live  years* 
practical  experience  as  stationery  engineers  and  be  quali- 
fied to  hold  first  class  certificates  as  such. 
(As  amended  by  amendment  No.  23.) 

Duty  of  the  SEC.  7.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  exam- 

iners to  examine  all  persons  who  shall  apply  for  license 
as  engineers  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and 
to  issue  licenses  to  such  persons  as  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  same. 

Application  for  SEC.  8.  Any  person  applying  fora  certificate  shall 
make  application  on  a  blank  provided  by  the  board  of 
examiners.  He  shall  be  a  citizen  of  the  United  States, 
who  has  had  at  least  three  years'  practical  experience  as 
assistant  to  or  fireman  for  a  stationery  engineer.  He 
shall  be  not  less  than  twenty-one  (21)  years  of  age,  of 
temperate  habits,  and  recommended  by  one  stationery 
engineer  and  one  steam  user.  He  shall  appear  before 
Examination,  the  board  of  examiners  and  submit  to  an  examination, 
and'if  found  competent  to  take  charge  of  or  control  of  a 
stationary  or  portable  engine,  boiler  or  generating  ap- 
paratus, he  shall  receive  a  certificate  or  license  certifying 
to  his  qualifications  therefor  and  the  position  he  shall 
occupy,  granted  for  a  period  of  one  year.  The  said 
Revocation  board  shall  have  full  power,  for  good  cause  shown  to  re- 
license116^1  °f  v°ke  an^  cert^cate  or  license,  and  in  their  discretion  re- 
new such  license  from  year  to  year  without  further  ex- 
amination. A  fee  of  two  dollars  ($2.00)  for  examination 
must  accompany  each  application. 

SEC.  9.  In  case  any  owner  or  user  of  any  boiler  or 
generating  apparatus  shall,  from  any  cause,  be  deprived 
of  the  services  of  a  licensed  engineer,  he  may  may  pro- 
cure an  experienced  and  careful  person  for  a  time  not  to 
exceed  six  days. 

Disposition  of  SEC.  JO.     All  monies  received   for  examining  engi- 

neers and  all  fines  collected,  shall  be  paid  into  the  gen- 
eral fund  of  the  city,  and  all  monies  received  for  the 
inspection  of  boilers  shall  be  paid  to  the  inspector  for  his 
services. 

Report.  SEC.  11.    The  boiler  inspector  shall  make  a  monthly 

report  to  the  city  council  of  all  monies  received  and 
boilers  inspected. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1249. 

SEC.  12.  Any  person  or  persons  violating-  any  of  the  Penalty, 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
($5.00)  or  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50.00),  or  imprisoned 
in  the  city  jail  for  a  period  of  not  more  than  thirty  (30) 
days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court,  and  each 
day's  failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  constitute  a  separate  offense. 

SEC.  13.     Nothing-  in   this  ordinance  shall  apply  to 
steamboats  or  locomotives. 

SEC.  14.     All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  con- 
flicting- herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  15.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  thirty  (30)  days  after  its  passag-e. 

Approved  March  26,  1894. 


ORDINANCE  NO.    1249. 

An  ordinance  to  license  and  regulate  the  business  of  conveying  persons, 
goods  and  things  from  place  to  place  for  hire,  by  the  use  of  vehicles 
drawn  by  animals  within  the  city  of  Tacoma  and  providing  penalty 
for  the  violation  of  the  provisions  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  every  vehicle  drawn  by  any  ani- 
mal or  animals  which  shall  be  used  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma for  the  conveyance  of  persons  from  place  to  place, 
shall  be  deemed  a  hack,  cab,  gfurney,  or  omnibus  within 
the  meaning-  of  this  ordinance,  and  every  vehicle  drawn 
by  any  animal  or  animals  which  shall  be  used  in  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  for  the  conveyance  of  any  goods  or  thing's 
from  place  to  place,  shall  be  deemed  a  cart,  or  wag-on, 
truck  or  dray  within  the  meaning-  of  this  ordinance.  A 
license  issued  in  pursuance  of  this  ordinance  to  any  per- 
son doing-  business  as  a  licensed  hackman,  shall  entitle 
the  person  named  therein  or  his  servants,  ag-ents  or  em- 
ployes for  the  period  of  six  months  from  the  date  of  such 
license  to  use  for  the  conveyance  of  such  persons  from 
place  to  place  for  hire  any  hack,  cab,  or  g-urney  or  omni- 
bus except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  ordinance.  And 
a  license  issued  in  pursuance  of  this  ordinance  to  any 
person  to  do  business  as  a  teamster  shall  entitle  the  per- 
son named  therein,  his  servants,  ag-ents  and  employes  for 
the  period  of  six  months  from  the  date  of  such  license,  to 


258  ORDINANCE   NO.    1249 — CON. 


use  for  the  conveyance  of  goods  and  things  from  place  to 
plase  for  hire  any  cart,  wagon,  truck,  or  dray  except  as 
otherwise  provided  for  in  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  who  shall  keep  for  hire  within 
the  city  of  Tacoma  any  cart,  wagon,  trpck  or  dray  shall 
pay  to  the  city  treasurer  a  license  fee  of  two  dollars  a 
year,  payable  semi-annually,  for  each  and  every  vehicle 
to  be  used  in  such  business.  Such  person  shall  pay  said 
fee  in  advance,  taking  the  city  treasurer's  receipt  there- 
for, and  shall  file  the  same  with  the  city  clerk  and  make 
application  for  a  license  as  required  under  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  who  shall  keep  for  hire,  within 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  any  hack,  cab,  gurney  or  omnibus 
shall  pay  to  the  city  treasurer  a  license  fee  of  two  dol- 
lars a  year,  payable  semi-annually,  for  each  hack,  cab, 
gurney  or  omnibus  to  be  used  in  such  business,  which 
fee  shall  be  paid  in  advance,  and  the  person  paying  the 
same  shall  take  the  city  treasurer's  receipt  therefor  and 
file  the  same  with  the  city  clerk  and  make  application 
for  a  license  as  a  licensed  hackman  under  this  ordinance; 
thereupon  the  city  clerk  shall  issue  to  such  persons  a 
written  license  by  him  stating  that  such  person  therein 
named  is  licensed  to  do  business  as  a  licensed  hackman 
for  six  months  from  the  date  of  such  license,  and  that 
he  is  entitled  to  use  in  said  business  the  number  (to  be 
named  in  the  license)  of  vehicles  to  be  used  in  such  busi- 
ness. 

SEC.  4.  Every  person  owning,  managing  or  driving 
any  hack,  cab,  gurney  or  omnibus  for  hire  at  night  shall 
keep  a  lighted  lantern  affixed  to  each  side  of  such  vehicle 
near  the  driver's  seat,  and  on  such  lantern  there  shall  be 
painted  in  plain  Arabic  figures  at  least  one  and  one-half 
inches  in  height  and  of  proportionate  width  the  number 
so  designated  for  such  vehicle  by  the  city  clerk  in  such  a 
manner  that  the  same  can  be  distinguished,  seen  and 
known,  when  such  vehicle  may  be  standing  or  in  motion. 
Any  person  driving  or  having  control  of  any  hack,  cab, 
gurney  or  omnibus  shall  state  the  number  of  such  vehi- 
cle to  any  person  making  inquiry  therefor,  and  any  per- 
son neglecting  or  refusing  to  state  such  number  or  vio- 
lating any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  pun- 
ished as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  5.  Every  driver  or  person  having  control  of 
any  hack,  cab,  gurney  or  omnibus,  while  engaged  in 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1249 — CON.  259 

soliciting-  patronage  or  employment  for  such  vehicle  shall 
wear  conspicuously  exposed  on  the  outside  of  the  breast 
of  his  coat  a  badge  showing-  by  the  proper  designation 
in  Arabic  numerals  of  such  size,  form  and  color  as  to  be 
read,  the  number  of  the  vehicle  and  the  particular  estab- 
lishment for  which  he  is  employed  or  engag-ed.  Any 
driver  or  other  person  who  shall  solicit  patronag-e  or  em- 
ployment for  any  such  vehicle  without  wearing  such 
badge  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  this  section  shall  be 
punished  as  hereafter  provided. 

SEC.  6.  No  person  shall  demand,  collect  or  receive 
a  higher  rate  of  fare  for  the  use  of  any  hack,  cab,  gurney 
or  omnibus  than  expressed  in  the  following  schedule: 

For  one  person  for  one  mile  or  less  to  or  from  wharf 
or  depot  within  the  following  prescribed  limits:  West 
line  of  C  street  on  the  west,  Seventh  street  on  the  north, 
Twenty-fifth  street  on  the  south  and  the  east  line  of  A 
street  on  the  east — carriage  50c,  gurney  25c. 

One  person  from  starting  point,  one  mile  or  less,  be- 
yond the  above  limits — carriage  75c  gurney  50c. 

Carriage.     Gurney. 

For  two  persons  one  mile  or  less. $1.00  $  .75 

For  three  or  four  persons  one  mile  or  less 

hired  in  common 1.50  1.00 

For  one  person  two  miles 1.00  .75 

For  two  persons  two  miles 1.50  1.00 

For  three  or  four  persons  two  miles  or 

less 2.00  1.50 

GAINING,    RIDING   AND    DRIVING    WITHIN   THE   CITY  LIMITS. 

Carriage.     Gurney. 

For  one  person,  first  hour $2.00  $1.00 

For  two  persons,  first  hour 2.00  1.00 

For  three  or  four  persons,  first  hour.    . .     2.50  1.50 

For  each  additional  hour 1.50  1.00 

THEATERS,    BALLS    AND   PARTIES   WITHIN    ONE   MILE. 

Carriage,     Gurney. 

One  person  to  and  from $2.00         $1.00 

Two  persons  to  and   from 2.50 

Three  or  four  persons  to  and  from 3.00          2.00 

Provided,  however,  that  for  children  under  eight 
years,  in  company  of  adult,  no  charge  shall  be  made  and 
children  between  the  age  of  eight  and  fourteen  half 
rates.  No  extra  charge  to  any  passenger  shall  be  made 


260  ORDINANCE     NO.    1249 — CON. 

for  the  ordinary  hand  bag-gage  not  exceeding-  50  pounds. 
No  person  shall  demand,  collect  or  receive  a  higher 
rate  for  the  transportation  of  trunks  and  baggage  than 
expressed  in  the  following  schedule: 

For  one  trunk,  one  mile  or  less,  to  or  from  wharf  or 
depot  within  the  following  prescribed  limits: 
West  line  of  C  street  on  the  west;  Seventh 
street  on  the  north;  Twenty-fifth  street  on  the 
south  and  the  east  line  of  A  street  on  the  east . .  25c 
One  trunk  from  wharf  or  depot,  taken  beyond  the 

above  limits  and  not  exceeding  two  miles 50c 

For  each  additional   trunk 25c 

Any  person  who  shall  be  guilty  of  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  as  here- 
inafter provided. 

SEC.  7.  Every  driver  of  any  hack,  gurney  or  omni- 
bus shall  at  all  times  while  the  same  is  in  use  keep  con- 
spicuously posted  within  such  vehicle  of  which  he  has 
charge  in  such  position  as  to  be  easily  read,  a  printed 
schedule  in  plain  Roman  letters  and  Arabic  numerals 
designating  and  showing  the  rates  as  fixed  by  this  ordi- 
nance. 

Any  driver  or  other  person  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  as  herein- 
after provided. 

Any  person  who  shall  hereafter  engage  in  or  carry 
on  the  business  of  conveying  persons,  goods  or  things 
from  place  to  place  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  hire  by 
means  of  any  vehicle  drawn  by  horses  or  other  animals 
without  having  a  license  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  shall  on  conviction  be  punished  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

Any  owner,  driver  or  other  person  who  shall  here- 
after drive  or  manage  any  vehicle,  drawn  by  any  animal 
or  animals  for  the  conveyance  of  goods,  property  or  any 
other  thing  (other  than  persons)  from  place  to  place 
within  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  hire  without  having  a 
license  number  issued  by  the  city  clerk  and  displayed  on 
such  vehicle  in  pursuance  of  this  ordinance  under  a  license 
whose  term  has  not  expired  shall  on  conviction  be  pun- 
ished as  hereinafter  provided. 

Any  person  having  charge  of  any  vehicle  provided 
for  herein  who  shall  falsely  represent  himself  to  be  a 
servant  or  employe  or  agent  of  any  person,  company  or 


ORDINANCE   NO,    1249 — CON.  26X 

•corporation  other  than  the  person,  company  or  corpora- 
tion by  which  he  is  employed,  or  falsely  represent  that 
any  vehicle  provided  for  herein  is  the  vehicle  of  any  per- 
son, company  or  corporation  other  than  the  true  owner 
thereof,  for  the  purpose  of  soliciting-  or  obtaining-  trade, 
custom,  or  patronage  or  for  the  purpose  of  avoiding-  the 
payment  of  the  license  fee  herein  provided  for,  shall  upon 
conviction  be  punished  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  and  falsely  repre- 
sent to  the  city  clerk  or  his  deputy  that  any  license 
number  issued  in  pursuance  of  this  ordinance  has  been 
lost,  or  shall  knowingly  make  any  false  representations 
to  the  city  clerk  or  his  deputy  for  the  purpose  of  obtain- 
ing any  license  number  provided  in  this  ordinance,  shall 
upon  conviction  be  punished  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Any  person  having  a  license  as  a  licensed  hackman 
under  this  ordinance,  who  shall  use  or  manage  for  the 
conveyance  of  persons  from  place  to  place  within  the  city 
for  hire  a  greater  number  of  vehicles  than  that  for  which 
h>e  has  paid  a  license  fee  as  provided  in  this  ordinance,  or 
who  shall  use  for  the  conveyance  of  persons  from  place 
to  place  within  the  city  for  hire  any  vehicle  without 
having  affixed  thereto  a  number  designated  for  such 
vehicle  by  the  city  clerk  in  the  license  certificate  shall  be 
punished  as  hereinafter  provided. 

When  any  corporation  is  the  licensee  for  any  purpose 
under  this  ordinance  the  president,  manager  or  other 
person  having  charge  of  the  business  of  such  corpora- 
tion to  which  a  license  has  been  granted  shall  be  deemed 
to  be  the  person  having  a  license  under  this  ordinance 
and  shall  be  punished  for  violation  thereof  in  the  same 
manner  as  if  the  license  were  issued  directly  to  such 
person. 

Any  person  violating  this  ordinance  or  any  of  the 
provisions  hereof  shall  on  conviction  thereof  be  punished 
by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  and  pay  for  the  costs  of  prosecution. 

SEC.  8.  This  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  keepers 
of  livery  stables  so  far  as  concerns  the  ordinary  rental 
business  of  such  stables. 

SEC.  9.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  thirty  days  after  its  passage  and  publication. 

Approved  November  20,  1897. 


262  ORDINANCE       NO.    403. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  403. 

An  ordinance  to  license  and  regulate  the  keepers  of  intelligence  offices 
and  business  of  employment  agencies  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  It  Ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  Whoever  shall  open  or  keep  an  office 
or  place  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining-  employment  for 
others,  or  obtaining-  employment  [employes]  for  others,  or 
g-iving-  information  whereby  employers  or  employes  may 
be  obtained,  for  a  compensation  to  be  paid  by  either 
party,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  keeper  of  an  intelligence 
office. 

SEC.  2.  No  person  shall  keep  an  intelligence  office 
or  employment  agency  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  without  a 
license  therefor  first  had  and  obtained  from  the  city 
clerk,  for  which  such  person  shall  pay  the  sum  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  ($25.00)  per  annum  payable  in  advance. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1236,  approved  Octo- 
ber 2,  1897.) 

See  ordinances  Nos.  641,  987  and  1031. 

SEC.  3.  No  person  shall  receive  a  license  under  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  without  first  filing1  a  bond 
with  the  city  clerk  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars 
($500),  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  conditioned  that 
the  applicant  will  fully  comply  with  all  the  provisions 
and  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  and  will  pay  all 
judgments  recorded  against  him  for  any  violation  of  this 
ordinance,  tog-ether  with  such  judgment  and  costs  as 
may  be  recorded  ag-ainst  him  by  any  person  on  account 
of  any  wilful  misrepresentation,  or  for  wilfully  deceiving 
any  person  transacting  business  with  him,  and  pay  all 
damages  by  reason  of  demand  or  receiving  any  unusual 
or  exorbitant  fee,  or  be  guilty  of  any  deception  whatever 
to  any  person  who  may  employ  him  or  her,  as  the  case 
may  be,  or  who  may  engage  or  employ  any  person  to 
perform  work  or  any  services  for  any  other  person. 

SEC.  4.  Nothing  [contained]  in  this  ordinance  shall 
apply  to  charitable  institutions  where  employment  is 
furnished  by  them. 

SEC.  5.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor and  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hun- 
dred dollars  ($100). 

Approved  March  16,  1891. 


ORDINANCES   NOS,    983    AND    1157.  263 

ORDINANCE  NO.  983. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  and  restrain  the  business  of  junk  dealers  and 
providing  a  punishment  for  the  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  all  persons  or  corporations  within 
the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  collect,  buy,  sell,  exchange 
or  deal  in  junk,  old  bottles,  rag's,  scrap  iron,  brass,  cop- 
per, lead,  lead  pipe,  wire,  castings,  metal  fittings,  tools 
and  implements,  which  have  been  previously  used,  broken 
or  disfigured,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  junk  dealers. 

SEC.  2.  No  junk  dealer  within  the  city  of  Tacoma 
shall  purchase,  buy  or  receive  any  of  the  articles,  ma- 
terial or  property,  described  in  section  1  of  this  ordi- 
nance, from  any  minor  child  under  the  age  of  eighteen 
years,  nor  shall  any  such  junk  dealer  employ,  or  other- 
wise procure,  any  such  minor  child  to  collect,  receive  or 
in  any  manner  obtain  possession  of  any  such  articles, 
material  or  property. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1003.  Became  a  law 
July  23,  1895,  without  the  mayor's  approval.) 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  in  the  city  jail  for  a  term  not  exceeding 
one  year. 

SEC.  4.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  so 
far  as  they  conflict  with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Approved  March  25,  1895. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1157. 

An  ordinance  governing  the  traffic  in  intoxicating  liquors  within  the 

city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  Thatthe  words  '•  'intoxicating liquors," 
whenever  used  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  taken  to  mean 
and  include  spirituous,  vinous,  fermented,  malt  and  any 
other  intoxicating  liquor. 

SEC.  2.  A  license  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors  in  any  quantity,  not  to  be  drunk  on  or  about  the 
premises  where  sold,  shall  be  known  as  a  wholesale 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1157— CON. 

license;  a  license  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating1  liquors  in 
any  quantity,  whether  to  be  drunk  on  the  premises  where 
sold  or  not,  shall  be  known  as  a  retail  license. 

SEC.  3.  The  license  fee  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors  by  wholesale  only  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  three 
hundred  dollars  ($300)  per  year;  the  license  fee  for  the 
sale  of  intoxicating-  liquors  by  retail  shall  be  at  the  rate 
of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500)  per  year. 

SEC.  4.  That  all  applications  for  license  under  this 
ordinance  shall  be  by  written  or  printed  petition  to  the 
city  council,  which  petition  shall  desig-nate  the  place 
where  such  business  shall  be  carried  on,  and  contain  the 
written  permission  of  the  owner  of  the  premises  and  the 
name  of  the  applicant  to  whom  such  license  is  requested 
to  be  granted.  The  said  petition  shall  also  be  signed  by 
the  resident  owners  of  at  least  one-half  of  the  lots  in 
the  block  in  which  said  place  of  business  is  to  be  located; 
provided,  however,  that  the  provisions  of  this  section 
which  require  the  resident  owners  of  at  least  one-half  of 
the  lots  in  the  block  in  which  said  place  of  business  is  to 
be  located,  to  sig-n  such  petition  and  application  shall 
not  apply  to  hotels  containing-  fifty  (50)  or  more  rooms, 
or  to  applications  for  renewal  of  license  by  the  same 
person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall  have  obtained  and 
now  holds  a  lawful  license  under  the  provisions  of  any 
ordinance  now  in  force  in  said  city.  That  upon  a  full 
compliance  with  all  the  conditions  of  this  ordinance  such 
hotel  or  renewal  license  shall  issue  without  the  signa- 
ture  of  any  of  the  property  owners  in  said  block  unless 
a  remonstrance  from  the  resident  owners  of  a  majority 
of  the  lots  in  the  block  in  which  the  business  is  to  be 
located  shall  have  been  filed  with  the  city  clerk  protest- 
ing- against  the  issuance  of  such  renewal  license,  in  which 
event  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  council  to  fully  in- 
vestigate and  consider  such  remonstrance  to  said  appli- 
cation, and  after  such  consideration,  if  two-thirds  (|)  of 
the  whole  council  shall  vote  in  favor  of  granting  such 
license,  such  license  shall  issue  regardless  of  such  re- 
monstrance; provided,  always,  that  the  city  council  may, 
upon  a  two-thirds  (f )  vote  of  all  its  members,  grant  any 
license  regardless  of  the  number  of  signers  of  any  peti- 
tion or  remonstrance  provided  in  this  section,  unless  the 
location  where  such  license  is  asked  to  be  granted  is 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1157 — CON.  365 

within  three  hundred  (300)  feet  of  a  public  school,  then 
such  license  shall  be  refused. 

SEC.  5.  That  there  shall  be  filed  with  said  petition 
a  good  and  sufficient  bond  in  the  sum  of  one  thousand 
dollars  ($1000),  with  two  or  more  sureties,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  mayor,  who  shall  each  justify  in  the  sum 
above  named,  which  bond  shall  be  in  the  following1  words 
and  figures,  to-wit: 
Know  all  men  by  these  presents; 

That as  principal  and ,  and as  sure- 
ties, all  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  county  of  Pierce  and 
state  of  Washington,  are  held  and  firmly  bound  unto  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand  dol- 
lars ($1000.00),  lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  for 
the  payment  of  which  well  and  truly  to  be  made,  we  and 
each  of  us,  jointly  and  severally  bind  ourselves,  our 
heirs,  executors  and  administrators  firmly  by  these 
presents. 

Sealed  with  our  seals  and  dated  this day  of . . 

189.. .. 

The  conditions  of  the  above  oblig-ation  are  such  that 

Whereas,  the  above  bounden has  this  day  made 

application  for  a  license  to  sell   intoxicating  liquors  on 

the  premises  known   as on street,   under  the 

provisions  of  ordinance  No and  all  ordinances  now 

in  force,  or  which  shall  hereafter  come  into  force,  and 
all  of  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Washington  applicable  to 
and  governing*  the  manner  in  which  saloons,  drinking* 
houses,  dram  shops  and  other  liquor  houses  shall  be  run 
and  conducted. 

Now  the  above  bounden hereby  binds to 

keep  an  orderly  house  and  in  all  respects  to  fully  comply 
with  ordinance  No./.,  and  all  other  ordinances  and  laws 
herein  mentioned  and  covenants  that  upon  his  (or  their), 
failure  to  comply  with  all  the  conditions  herein  men- 
tioned, that  such  license  shall  be  revoked  at  the  option 
of  the  city  council  and  all  moneys  paid  by  him  (or  them) 
shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city. 

And  now,  therefore,  if  the  said   bounden shall 

in  all  thing's  and  respects  fully  comply  with  all  the  pro- 
visions of  said  ordinance  and  laws  and  in  all  the  condi- 
tions herein  imposed  from  the  day  hereof  to  the day 

qf 189. .  . .  and  pay  said  city  all  damag-es  it  may 

sustain  on  account  of  the  issuance  of  said  licence,    then 


266  ORDINANCE    NO.    1157  —  CON. 

this  obligation  to  be  void,  otherwise  to  remain  in  full 
force,  virtue  and  effect. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma  in  its  discretion  may  refuse  to  -grant  any  license, 
notwithstanding-  the  filing  of  a  proper  petition  and  bond, 
if,  in  their  opinion,  the  applicant  is  an  unfit  person  to 
have  such  license,  or  the  place  where  such  license  is  to 
be  used  is  a  place  where  the  sale  of  intoxicating1  or  malt 
liquors  should  not  be  allowed. 

SEC.  7.  Nothing-  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  con- 
strued to  apply  to  any  pharmacist  or  druggist  so  as  to 
prohibit  him  from,  or  punish  him  for,  dispensing  of  in- 
toxicating or  malt  liquors,  in  good  faith,  upon  the  writ- 
ten prescription  of  any  reputable  physician;  provided, 
however,  the  said  liquor  is  not  to  be  drunk  on  or  about 
the  premises  where  sold;  and  nothing  in  this  ordinance 
shall  make  it  unlawful  for  such  druggist  or  pharmacist 
to  sell  pure  alcohol  for  mechanical  or  scientific  purposes 
to  any  reputable  mechanic  or  scientist,  upon  his  written 
certificate,  specifying  the  purpose  for  which  the  same  is 
to  be  used  and  the  place  where  the  same  is  to  be  used; 
and  nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  make  it  unlawful  for 
any  pharmacist  or  druggist  to  sell  pure  grape  wine  to 
any  regularly  ordained  clergyman  or  other  church  officer 
for  sacramental  or  other  religious  purposes,  upon  the 
written  certificate  of  such  clergyman  or  officer;  that  the 
prescriptions  and  certificates  referred  to  herein  must  be 
filed  as  other  prescriptions,  and  shall  be  at  all  times 
open  to  the  inspection  of  the  chief  of  police,  or  his  order, 
or  the  inspector  of  buildings  and  licenses  of  said  city. 

SEC.  8.  Any  druggist  or  pharmacist  who  shall 
sell  or  dispose  of  any  intoxicating  or  malt  liquor  to  any 
person  or  in  any  manner  other  thaij  as  provided  in  the 
preceding  section  of  this  ordinance,  or  sells  or  disposes 
of  intoxicating  or  malt  liquors  to  be  drunk  on  or  about 
the  premises  where  sold,  without  having  a  license  for 
the  same,  shall  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  subject  to  the 
same  fine  and  punishment  imposed  by  this  ordinance  upon 
any  other  person  for  selling  such  liquor  without  a 
license. 

SEC.  9.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  or  associa- 
tion of  persons  selling,  disposing  of  or  giving  away, 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  any  intoxicating 
blr  malt  liquors,,  without  being  licensed  so  to  do  by  said 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1157 — CON.  267 

city  as  provided  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  ($50)  nor 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars  ($500),  and  shall  be  im- 
prisoned in  the  city  jail  until  such  fine,  together  with 
costs,  are  paid;  provided,  that  such  person  so  convicted 
shall  be  imprisoned  one  day  for  each  two  dollars  ($2.00) 
of  such  fine  and  costs;  and  provided,  further,  that  no 
license  shall  be  required  for  selling  or  disposing  of,  by 
the  proprietor  or  proprietors,  lessee  or  manager  of  any 
brewery  situated  within  the  city  limits,  of  liquors  man- 
ufactured in  such  brewery  and  not  to  be  drunk  on  the 
premises  where  sold;  and  provided,  further,  that  the  sale 
of  any  intoxicating  or  malt  liquor  in  violation  of  this 
ordinance,  by  any  firm,  corporation  or  association  of  per- 
sons, shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  act  of  the  manager  or 
managers,  officer  or  officers  having  knowledge  that  the 
business,  or  a  part  of  the  business,  of  such  firm,  corpora- 
tion or  association  of  persons  is  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
or  malt  liquors,  and  also  tlie  act  of  the  agent  or  em- 
ployee who  makes  such  sale. 

SEC.  10.  That  any  license  granted  under  this  ordi- 
nance may  be  revoked  by  the  council,  upon  the  certificate 
of  the  justice  of  the  peace  having  jurisdiction  of  munici- 
pal offenses  to  the  council  that  the  holder  thereof  has 
been  convicted  of  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance. 

SEC.  11.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  contained  shall 
affect  any  right,  action,  suit  or  other  proceedings  hereto- 
fore commenced  and  now  pending  in  any  court  of  justice 
for  the  punishment  of  offenses  against  or  in  violation  of 
the  provisions  of  ordinance  No.  931. 

SEC.  12.  This  ordinance  shall  not  affect  the  valid- 
ity of  any  license  issued  and  in  effect  before  this  ordi- 
nance goes  into  effect,  but  all  licenses  issued  prior  to  the 
time  this  ordinance  goes  into  effect  shall  continue  and  be 
in  force  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  such 
license  is  granted,  but  the  holder  of  such  license  hereto- 
fore granted  shall  be  amenable  to  all  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance,  and  the  city  council  shall  have  the  same 
control  and  power  over  such  licenses  as  if  they  were^ 
issued  under  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  13.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances,, 
insofar  as  they  conflict  with  this  ordinance,  are  hereby 
repealed.  Approved  January  27,  1897.  j 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1329. 

ORDINANCE  NO.    1329. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  license  of  pawnbrokers,  regulating  the  busi- 
ness thereof,  and  fixing  a  penalty  for  the  violation  of  the  same,  and 
repealing  ordinances  Nos.  336  and  512. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SEC.  1.  Pawnbrokers  shall  pay  a  quarterly  license 
of  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  in  advance,  which  license  shall 
not  be  transferable. 

SEC.  2.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  who 
deals  in  the  purchase  of  personal  property  on  condition 
of  selling*  the  same  back  again  on  a  stipulated  price,  or 
who  makes  a  public  display  at  his  place  of  business  of 
the  sign  generally  used  by  pawnbrokers  to  denote  their 
business,  "three  gilt  or  more  or  less  }^ellow  balls,"  or 
who  publicly  exhibits  a  sign  of  "Money  to  loan  on  per- 
sonal property  on  deposit  or  pledge,"  is  hereby  declared 
to  be  a  pawnbroker. 

SEC.  3.  That  every  person,  firm  or  corporation 
carrying  on  the  business  of  pawnbrokers  in  this  city 
shall  keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  fairly  and  legibly 
written  in  ink,  at  the  time  of  each  loan  or  receipt  of  per- 
sonal property,  an  accurate  account  and  description  of 
the  goods,  articles  or  things  pawned  or  received.  And 
if  the  article  received  be  a  watch  the  number  thereof 
must  be  given,  the  amount  of  money  loaned  or  advanced 
thereon,  the  time,  both  day  and  hour,  of  pawning  or  re- 
ceiving said  goods,  articles  or  thing,  and  a  full  description 
of  any  person  who  pawns  any.  goods,  articles  or  thing;, 
the  number  of  the  pawn  ticket  issued  to  any  person 
pawning  any  goods,  articles  or  thing;  and  no  entry  shall 
be  erased,  obliterated  or  defaced  in  said  book,  and  said 
book,  as  well  as  every  article  or  thing  pawned,  pledged  or 
deposited  shall,  at  all  reasonable  times,  be  open  to  the 
inspection  of  the  chief  of  police,  captain  of  police,  or  any 
detective  on  the  police  force  of  said  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person,  firm 
or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  pawnbroker  to 
make  out  and  deliver  to  the  chief  of  police  of  said  city, 
every  day  except  Sundays,  before  the  hour  of  twelve 
o'clock  noon,  a  legible  and  correct  copy  from  the  book 
required  in  section  3  hereof,  a  description  of  all  personal 
propert),  goods,  articles  or  things  received  on  deposit  or 
pawned  during  the  preceding  business  day,  together 


ORDINANCE   NO.    956 

with  the  time,  meaning-  the  hour,  when  received,  pawned* 
deposited  or  purchased,  and  a  description  of  the  person 
pawning,  depositing-  or  selling-  the  same. 

SEC.  5.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  eng-aged  in, 
the  business  of  a  pawnbroker  shall  receive  or  take  in  any 
manner  provided  for  in  this  ordinance  any  goods,  arti- 
cles or  thing-  from  any  person  who  shall  appear  to  be,  or 
who  shall  be  known  to  such  pawnbroker  to  be,  under  the 
ag*e  of  twenty-one  years,  or  intoxicated  or  an  habitual 
drunkard;  nor  shall  such  pawnbroker  employ  any  clerk 
or  other  person  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years  to  take  in 
any  pledg-e;  nor  shall  he  receive  any  g-oods  by  way  of 
pawn  or  pledg-e  before  the  hour  of  seven  o'clock  in  the 
morning  nor  after  ten  o'clock  in  the  evening-,  nor  on  Sun- 
days. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  eng-ag-ed 
in  the  business  of  a  pawnbroker  who  shall  tail  to  com- 
ply with  or  violate  any  provisions  of  any  section  of  this, 
ordinance,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  of 
not  less  than  ten  dollars  ($10)  nor  more  than  fifty  dol- 
lars ($50)  for  the  first  offense;  and  upon  the  second  con- 
viction the  said  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  be  fined 
in  any  sum  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  ($50)  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  ($200),  and  shall  forfeit  their 
license;  and  in  default  of  the  payment  of  said  fine  shall 
stand  committed  to  the  city  jail  and  serve  one  day  for 
every  two  dollars  ($2)  of  the  fine  and  costs  so  imposed, 

SEC.  7.  That  ordinances  Nos.  336  and  512  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  September  2,   1898. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  956. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  hawking  and  peddling  in  the  city  of  Tacomav 
and  fixing  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  No  person  shall  peddle  any  article 
within  the  city  of  Tacoma  without  first  obtaining-  a' 
license  as  a  peddler  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  this  or- 
dinance. 

SEC.  2.  The  license  fee,  to  be  paid  by  peddlers  in- 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall  be  as  follows: 

For  peddling-  -jewelry,  twenty  dollars  per  month. 


270,  ORDINANCE    NO.    956 — CON. 

For  peddling  salve,  liniment,  drugs,  medicines,  dry 
goods,  furnishing  goods,  clothes,  silks,  cassimeres,  dress 
goods,  shawls,  table  cloths,  rugs,  curtains,  portieres, 
cutlery,  and  other  similar  articles,  fifteen  dollars  per 
month. 

For  peddling  statuary,  pictures,  books,  maps, 
charts,  or  publications  other  than  newspapers  and  maga- 
zines, five  dollars  per  month. 

For  peddling  fruit,  vegetables,  meat,  butter,  eggs 
or  other  farm  or  dairy  product,  other  than  milk,  as  pre- 
scribed in  ordinance  No.  785  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  forty 
dollars  per  year  for  each  person  peddling  with  one  or  more 
animals,  and  twenty  dollars  per  year  for  each  person 
peddling  on  foot  or  from  a  hand  cart,  payable  quarterly. 

For  peddling  illuminating  or  lubricating  oils,  twenty 
dollars  per  }^ear,  payable  quarterly;  provided,  that  no 
license  shall  authorize  the  sale  of  illuminating*  or  lubri- 
cating oil  by  peddlers  unless  the  same  be  safely  secured 
by  an  iron  tank,  or  tanks,  upon  a  wagon. 

For  peddling  fish,  twenty  dollars  per  year,  payable 
quarterly. 

For  peddling  any  article  not  particularly  enumerated 
and  described  in  this  ordinance,  license  may  be  granted 
by  the  mayor,  as  provided  in  ordinance  No.  1305  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  3.  The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  regulating 
the  sale  of  goods  and  merchandise  upon  the  streets  of 
Tacoma,  or  anywhere  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  are 
not  intended  to  apply  to  any  mechanic  or  artisan  ped- 
dling or  offering  for  sale  any  article  of  his  own  make, 
nor  to  any  farmer  or  dairyman  selling  the  product  of  his 
own  farm,  garden  or  dairy,  provided  he  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  the  market  ordinance  prescribing  the  time 
and  place  where  such  wares  shall  be  sold.  Provided 
further,  that  this  ordinance  shall  not  be  construed  so  as 
to  prohibit  any  grocer  or  butcher  having  a  regularly 
established  business  within  this  cit}7  from  taking  orders 
or  delivering  goods  to  his  customers. 

SEC.  4.  All  such  peddlers,  when  stopping  upon 
the  streets  to  sell,  or  offer  for  sale,  any  merchandise, 
shall  draw  up  to  and  parallel  with  the  curb  line,  and  no 
peddler  shall  remain  in  front  and  next  to  any  premises 
for  such  purpose  for  a  longer  time  than  fifteen  minutes 
\vithout  the  consent  of  the  persons  occupying  such 
premises. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    956 — CON.  271 

SEC.  5.  Every  person,  except  licensed  auctioneers, 
selling*  or  offering*  for  sale  any  article  by  peddling  the 
same  from  house  to  house,  or  upon  the  streets  or  high- 
way or  public  place  within  the  city  limits,  who  shall 
give  any  public  entertainment,  or  make  any  public  speech, 
to  draw  custom  or  attract  notice,  shall  be  deemed  a 
hawker,  and  shall  pay  a  license  fee  of  twenty  dollars  per 
day. 

SEC.  5J.  That  no  person  or  persons  shall  hawk, 
peddle,  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  fruit,  vegetables,  farm 
or  garden  products  upon  the  public  streets,  alleys  or 

f  rounds  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  between  the  hours  of 
ve  and  eight  a.  m.  of  each  day,  except  at  the  public 
market-place.  That  all  persons  selling  fruits  and  vege- 
tables, or  other  farm  or  garden  products,  in  the  public 
market-place,  between  said  hours,  either  by  hawking, 
peddling  or  otherwise,  shall  pay  the  fees  to  the  market- 
master  now  provided  by  ordinance  in  such  cases,  but  not 
otherwise. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1296.  Approved  July 
9,  1898.) 

NoTE.  This  section  was  declared  unconstitutional 
by  Justice  Mattison  on  August  2,  1898,  in  the  case  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma  against-C.  A.  Stewart. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  not  to  exceed 
one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  thirty 
days,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  7.  It  is  provided,  however,  that  nothing  in 
this  ordinance  is  to  apply  to  the  Interstate  fair,  or  to  ex- 
hibitors or  concession  holders  at  such  fair  to  be  held  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  8.  Every  person,  required  under  this  ordi- 
nance to  obtain  a  license,  shall  pay  to  the  city  treasurer 
the  amount  specified  herein  for  his  special  business  and 
receive  a  receipt  therefor,  which  receipt  shall  set  forth 
the  kind  of  business  for  which  the  license  is  desired. 
The  applicant  for  a  license  shall  present  said  receipt  to 
the  city  clerk,  who  shall  issue  the  license,  retaining  said 
treasurer's  receipt. 

SEC.  9.  Ordinances  Nos.  880,  925  and  sections  5, 
12  and  13  of  ordinance  No.  138  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  August  13,  1894. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1220. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1320. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  carrying  on  the  business  of  plumbing  and  drain- 
age in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  prescribing  the  manner  of  licensing 
plumbers. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  now, 
or  that  may  hereafter  be,  engaged  in  or  working*  at  the 
business  of  plumbing*  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  either  as  a 
master  or  employing-  plumber,  or  as  a  journeyman 
plumber,  shall  first  secure  a  license  therefor. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  or  persons  desiring-  to  engage 
in  or  work  at  the  business  of  plumbing-,  either  as  a  mas- 
ter or  employing-  plumber,  or  as  a  journeyman  plumber, 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall  apply  to  the  board  of  health 
for  a  license  so  to  do.  Said  application  or  applications, 
when  so  received,  shall  be  referred  to  the  board  of  ex- 
aminers hereinafter  provided  for,  who  shall,  at  a  certain 
time  and  place  to  be  desig-nated  by  them,  proceed  to  ex- 
amine such  applicant  or  applicants  as  to  his  or  their 
qualifications  for  such  business. 

SEC.  3.  The  said  board  of  examiners  shall  consist 
of  the  president  of  the  board  of  health,  the  inspector  of 
plumbing-  and  three  members,  who  shall  be  practical 
plumbers,  (two  shall  be  master  plumbers  and  one  shall 
be  a  journeyman  plumber).  The  president  of  the  board 
of  health  and  the  inspector  of  plumbing-  shall  be  mem- 
bers ex-officio  of  said  board,  and  shall  serve  without 
compensation.  Said  three  members  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  board  of  health. 

SEC.  4.  Said  board  of  examiners  shall,  within  ten 
days  after  the  appointment  of  said  members,  meet  and 
organize  by  the  selection  of  a  chairman,  and  shall  desig- 
nate  the  time  and  place  for  the  examination  of  any  appli- 
cant or  applicants  desiring  to  engage  in  or  at  the  business 
of  plumbing-.  Said  board  shall  examine  said  applicant  or 
apnlicants  as  to  his  or  their  practical  knowledg-e  of 
plumbing-,  house  drainage  and  plumbing-  ventilation,  and, 
if  satisfied  of  the  competency  of  the  applicant  or  appli- 
cants, shall  so  certify  to  the  board  of  health.  Said  board 
shall  thereupon  issue  a  license  to  such  applicant  or  ap- 
plicants, authorizing  him  or  them  to  engage  in  or  at  the 
business  of  plumbing,  either  as  a  master  or  employing 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1220 — CON.  273 

plumber  or  as  a  journeyman  plumber.  In  case  of  a  firm 
or  corporation  the  examination  or  licensing  of  any  one 
member  of  such  firm,  or  the  manager  of  such  corpora- 
tion shall  be  sufficient  to  enable  it  to  carry  on  said  busi- 
ness. 

SEC.  5.  No  plumbing  work  shall  be  done  in  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  except  in  case  of  repairs  or  leaks,  without  a 
permit  being  first  issued  therefor,  upon  such  terms  and 
conditions  as  said  board  of  health  shall  prescribe. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  fee  for  a  license  for  a  master  or 
employing  plumber  shall  be  five  dollars  ($5),  and  for  a 
journeyman  plumber,  one  dollar  ($1),  payable  in  advance 
at  the  time  of  receiving  said  license.  Said  license  shall 
be  valid  and  have  force  for  the  period  of  one  year,  and  the 
same  shall  be  renewed  upon  application  upon  the  pay- 
ment of  one  dollar  ($1). 

SEC.  7.  All  money  derived  from  the  issuance  of 
licenses  as  herein  provided  shall  be  paid  over  monthly  to 
the  city  treasurer,  who  shall  duly  receipt  therefor,  and 
the  same  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  plumbing 
license  fund,  which  is  hereby  created,  the  same  to  be  ex- 
pended in  paying  the  expenses  of  holding  examinations 
of  plumbers,  and  other  necessary  expenses  of  the  board 
of  health  in  connection  therewith. 

SEC.  8  The  license  of  any  master  or  journeyman 
plumber  may  be  at  any  time  revoked  for  incompetency, 
dereliction  of  duty,  or  other  sufficient  causes,  after  a  full 
and  fair  hearing,  by  a  majority  of  the  examining  board; 
but  an  appeal  may  be  taken  from  said  examining  board 
to  the  state  board  of  health. 

SEC.  9.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five 
dollars  ($5)  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50)  for  each  and 
every  violation  thereof,  and  upon  failure  to  pay  the  same 
shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  one  day  for  every  two 
dollars  ($2)  of  such  fine. 

Approved  August  19,  1898. 


274  OEDINANCK   NO.    1140. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1140. 

An  ordinance  licensing  the  sale  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  by 
means  of  automatic  devices,  apparatus  or  machines  and  providing 
penalties  for  the  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma  as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  with- 
in the  city  of  Tacoma  who  shall  use  any  automatic  de- 
vice, apparatus  or  machine  for  the  sale  of  goods,  wares 
or  merchandise  shall,  before  using1  the  same,  obtain  a 
license  therefor  from  the  city  clerk. 

SEC.  2.  Before  obtaining  such  license  the  person 
applying  therefor  shall  pay  to  the  city  treasurer  the  sum 
of  five  dollars  (5.00),  and  upon  such  payment  being  made 
and  filing  a  receipt  therefor  with  the  city  clerk,  the  said 
city  clerk  shall  issue  to  the  person,  firm  or  corporation 
making  such  payment  a  license  to  use  for  three  months 
the  device,  apparatus  or  machine  mentioned  in  section  1 
of  this  ordinance. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1144,  approved  No- 
vember 9,  1896.) 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm 
or  corporation  which  shall  employ  any  automatic  device, 
apparatus  or  machine  for  the  purpose  of  selling  goods, 
wares  and  merchandise  to  sell  any  minor  under  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years,  or  to  permit  any  such  minor  to  pur- 
chase any  such  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  by  means 
of  such  automatic  device,  apparatus  or  machine. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion three  of  this  ordinance,  and  any  person  using  any 
automatic  device,  apparatus  or  machine  for  the  sale  of 
goods,  wares  or  merchandise  without  a  license  therefor, 
as  herein  provided,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  ex- 
ceeding twenty-five  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  ex- 
ceeding thirty  days,  or  by  both  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Approved  October  26,  1896. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.    1298   AND    1219.         •  275 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1298. 

An  ordinance  licensing-  the  selling  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise 
by  means  of  stamps,  coupons,  tickets,  cards  or  similar  devices,  and 
providing  a  panalty  for  the  violation  thereof, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation 
within  the  city  of  Tacoma  who  shall  use  any  stamps, 
coupons,  tickets,  cards,  or  other  similar  devices,  for  the 
sale  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  which  said  stamps, 
coupons,  tickets,  or  other  similar  devices,  shall  entitle 
the  purchaser  receiving-  the  same  to  procure  from  any 
other  person,  firm  or  corporation  any  goods,  wares  or 
merchandise  free  of  charge  upon  production  of  any  num- 
ber of  said  stamps,  tickets,  coupons,  cards,  or  other 
similar  devices,  shall,  before  using  the  same,  obtain  a 
license  therefor  from  the  city  clerk. 

SEC.  2.  Before  obtaining  such  license  the  person 
applying  therefor  shall  pay  to  the  city  treasurer  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  dollars;  and  upon  such  payment  be- 
ing made,  and  filing  a  receipt  therefor  with  the  city 
clerk,  the  city  clerk  shall  issue  to  the  person,  firm  or 
corporation  making  such  payment  a  license  to  use,  for 
one  year,  the  stamps,  coupons,  tickets,  cards,  or  other 
similar  devices  mentioned  in  section  1  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  3.  That  any  person  violating  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  less 
than  fifty  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Approved  July  9,  1898. 

NOTE — This  ordinance  was  declared  constitutional 
by  Justice  Mattison  in  the  case  of  the  city  of  Tacoma 
against  T.  J.  Pleetwood,  from  which  decision  the  de- 
fendant appealed  to  the  superior  court. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1219. 

An  ordinance  to  license  and  regulate  the  business  of  dealing  in  second 
hand  goods,  and  repealing  ordinance  No.  1158. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.     That  every  person,  firm  or  corporation 
who  shall  engage  in  the  business  of  buying  and  selling 


ORDINANCE     NO.    1219 — CON. 

second  hand  clothing"  or  garments  of  any  kind,  or  second 
hand  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  or  be  engaged  in  the 
dealing  of  second  hand  goods,  is  hereby  defined  to  be  a 
second  hand  dealer. 

SEC.  2.  Every  second  hand  dealer  shall  keep  a  book 
in  which  he  shall  at  the  time  of  any  purchase  enter  in 
the  English  language,  written  in  ink,  a  true  and  accu- 
rate description  of  every  article  purchased  by  him,  the 
amount  paid,  the  date  and  hour  purchased;  and  said  book 
as  well  as  every  article  or  thing  purchased,  shall  always 
be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  chief  of  police  of  the 
-city  of  Tacoma,  or  any  police  officer  on  his  order. 

SEC.  3.  When  any  second  hand  dealer  shall  pur- 
chase the  entire  household  effects  of  any  house,  or  of  any 
householder,  it  shall  be  deemed  a  sufficient  compliance 
with  section  2  of  this  ordinance  to  enter  in  his  book  the 
number  of  the  street  and  house  and  a  general  description 
of  the  property  purchased. 

SEC.  4.  Every  second  hand  dealer  shall  make  out 
and  deliver  to  the  chief  of  police  at  his  ©ffice,  in  Tacoma, 
before  the  hour  of  noon  each  day  a  copy  of  the  entries 
and  transactions  in  said  book  relating  to  the  business  of 
the  previous  day. 

SEC.  5.  Every  second  hand  dealer,  before  commenc- 
ing to  carry  on  business,  shall  obtain  a  license  from  the 
city  of  Tacoma  and  pay  therefor  five  dollars  ($5.00)  per 
annum,  payable  annually  in  advance. 

SEC.  6.  Any  second  hand  dealer  who  shall  fail  to 
comply  with  or  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  ($10.00)  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
($50.00)  for  the  first  offense,  and  upon  the  second  convic- 
tion of  said  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00),  and  shall  forfeit  his 
license 

SEC.  7.  That  ordinance  No.  1158,  entitled  "An  or- 
dinance to  license  and  regulate  the  business  of  dealing  in 
second  hand  goods"  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  July  30,  1897. 

NOTE.  The  constitutionality  of  this  ordinance  was 
attacked  in  the  municipal  court  in  the  case  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma  against  A.  A.  Silcox  and  was  held  to  be  valid 
by  Judge  Leavitt  in  August,  1897. 


ORDINANCE   NO.     1077. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1077. 

An   ordinance   to   license   theatrical   shows,  circuses,  menageries  and 
other  exhibitions  and  places  of  public  amusement. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  no  theatrical  exhibition,  circus 
performance,  menagerie,  concert  or  other  musical  enter- 
tainment, play,  game  or  any  other  exhibition  or  show 
shall  be  permitted  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city 
of  Tacoma  without  a  license  therefor  first  being*  ob- 
tained; provided  that  this  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to 
amateur  exhibitions  or  performances  made  or  given  for 
the  benefit  of  any  religious,  charitable  or  literary  pur- 
pose, nor  to  base  ball,  foot  ball  or  any  other  athletic 
games  given  for  the  benefit  of  and  under  the  auspices  of 
a  local  organization. 

SEC.  2.  That  a  license  for  any  such  exhibition,  per- 
formance or  show  shall  be  issued  by  the  city  clerk  upon 
the  order  of  the  mayor,  when  the  applicant  shall  present 
to  the  city  clerk  the  city  treasurer's  receipt  for  the  fee 
required  by  this  ordinance,  for  the  character  of  show, 
exhibition  or  performance  for  which  such  license  is 
sought,  which  fees  are  as  follows: 

Por  every  circus  or  menagerie,  or  both  combined, 
the  admission  to  all  of  which  is  twenty-five  cents  or  less, 
$75.00  per  day. 

Por  every  circus  or  menagerie,  or  both  combined, 
the  admission  to  all  of  which  is  more  than  twenty-five 
cents  and  not  to  exceed  fifty  cents,  $125.00  per  day. 

Por  every  circus  or  menagerie,  or  both  combined, 
where  the  admission  exceeds  fifty  cents,  $250.00  per  day. 

Provided,  however,  if  more  than  one-fourth  (i)  of 
the  seats  in  the  said  show  or  performance  are  reserved 
and  a  higher  price  charged  for  the  same,  then  the  above 
fee  is  to  be  doubled. 

Por  conducting  in  any  public  building,  or  other 
place,  temporarily  used  for  exhibitions,  the  exhibitions 
of  natural  or  artificial  curiosities,  freaks  or  attractions, 
$5.00  per  day. 

Por  theatrical  performances,  concerts,  lectures  or 
other  entertainments  to  which  an  entrance  fee  is  charged 
not  wholly  conducted  by  a  local  society  or  association, 
and  not  conducted  on  premises  licensed  under  this  ordi- 


278  ORDINANCE    NO,    1077 — CON. 

nance,  and   not   exempt   by    section   one,    three   dollars 
($3.00)  for  each  such  pertormance. 

For  maintaining*  any  public  building1  solely  for  theat- 
rical performances  or  other  public  exhibitions  where 
liquors  are  not  sold  on  the  premises,  one  hundred  dollars 
($100.00)  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  in  advance. 

For  carrying-  on  any  place  wholly  devoted  to  the 
purpose  of  a  museum,  menagerie,  or  exhibition  of  na- 
tural or  artificial  curiosities  where  an  admission  fee  is 
charged,  fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  per  annum,  payable  semi- 
annually  in  advance. 

For  any  theater,  playhouse,  or  other  place  operated 
in  connection  or  conjunction  with  any  place  licensed  to 
sell  liquors,  and  in  which  sing-ing,  dancing-,  music  or  ex- 
hibitions of  skill  or  athletic  performances  are  carried  on, 
and  which  are  usually  denominated  "variety  theaters," 
five  hundred  dollars  ($500.00)  per  annum,  payable  semi- 
annually  in  advance. 

For  concert  halls,  where  musical  entertainments  are 
g-iven  and  where  liquors  are  not  sold  or  drank,  five  dol- 
lars ($5.00)  per  day,  or  fifty  dollars  per  month,  or  five 
hundred  dollars  ($500.00)  per  annum,  payable  semi-an- 
nually in  advance. 

For  saloons  containing  mechanically  musical  instru- 
ments, two  and  one-half  dollars  ($2.50)  per  day  or  twen- 
ty-five ($25.00)  per  month,  payable  in  advance. 

For  all  other  traveling-  exhibitions,  not  herein  speci- 
fied, the  sum  of  five  dollars  ($5.00)  per  day,  fifty  dollars 
per  month,  payable  in  advance. 

For  all  other  g-ames  and  exhibitions,  not  hereinbe- 
fore enumerated,  five  dollars  per  day,  payable  in  ad- 
vance. 

For  all  merry  go  rounds,  riding  galleries,    shooting* 

falleries  and  other  amusement,   not  otherwise  provided 
Dr  hereinbefore,  one  dollar   ($1.00)   per  day,  payable  in 
advance. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1203.  Approved 
June  11,  1897.) 

SEC.  3.  The  chief  of  police  and  any  member  of  the 
police  force  shall  at  all  times  have  full  and  free  access  to 
said  performances  or  exhibitions  without  any  fee,  com- 
pensation or  reward,  for  the  purpose  of  inspecting  the 
same  or  enforcing  the  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  city; 
and  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  refusing  any  police 


ORDINANCE   NO,    15,    N.   T.  379 

icer  admittance  to  the  same  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
lemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  less  than  $25.00   nor  more  than   $100.00,   and  shall 
;and  committed  until  such  fine  and  costs  are  paid. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation 
shall  exhibit  or  perform,  or  who  shall  attempt  to 
:hibit  or  perform,  or  who  shall  cause  to  be  exhibited  or 
jrformed  any  of  the  exhibitions  or  g-ames  enumerated 
section  2  of  this  ordinance  without  first  having-  ob- 
tined  a  license  therefor,  as  provided  in  this  ordinance, 
shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  $25  nor 
more  than  $100,  and  stand  committed  until  said  fine  and 
costs  are  paid. 

SEC.  5.  That  ordinance  No,  391,  entitled  "An  or- 
dinance to  license  theatrical  shows  and  other  exhibitions 
and  places  of  public  amusement,  and  repeal  ordinance 
No.  287,  passed  October  30th,  1889;  also  ordinance  No. 
917,  entitled  "An  ordinance  amending-  section  2  of  ordi- 
nance No.  391,  entitled  'An  ordinance  to  license  theatrical 
shows  and  other  exhibitions  and  places  of  public  amuse- 
ment, and  to  repeal  ordinance  No.  287,  passed  October 
30th,  1889'  ";  also  ordinance  No.  939,  entitled  "An  ordi- 
nance amending-  section  2  of  ordinance  917,  entitled  'An 
ordinance  amending1  section  2  of  ordinance  391,  entitled 
'An  ordinance  to  license  theatrical  shows  and  other  ex- 
hibitions and  places  of  public  amusement,  and  to  repeal 
ordinance  No.  287,  passed  October  30th,  1889'  ";  also  all 
ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 
Approved  May  28,  1896. 


OLASS  VII. 

Morals  afend  Good  Order. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  15  N.  T. 

An  ordinance  in  relation  to  indecent  exposure. 

SECTION  1.  The  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  New 
Tacoma  by  the  board  of  trustees  thereof  do  ordain  as 
follows: 

That  if  any  person  shall  indecently  expose  his  person 


280  ORDINANCE   NO.    41. 

or  the  private  parts  thereof  in  any  public  place,  or  in  any 
place  where  there  are  present  any  other  person  or  per- 
sons to  be  annoyed  thereby,  or  make  any  other  exhibition 
of  himself  to  public  view  or  to  the  view  of  any  number 
of  persons,  such  as  is  offensive  to  decency,  or  is  adapted 
to  excite  vicious  or  lewd  thoughts  or  acts;  or  who  shall 
be  guilty  of  any  wanton,  wilful  or  lewd  conduct  by  ex- 
posure of  his  own  person  or  make  an  indecent  assault 
upon  the  person  of  another  in  any  street,  lane,  alley  or 
place,  public  or  private,  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
said  town  of  New  Tacoma,  such  person  or  persons  so 
offending-  shall  upon  conviction  thereof  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  each  and  every  such  offense,  which  fine  shall  be  en- 
forced as  other  fines  and  penalties  are  enforced. 

SEC.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  March  3,  1880. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  41. 

To  suppress  gambling. 

The  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  or- 
dain as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  Every  person  who  shall  keep,  operate, 
run  or  carry  on,  or  who  aids  or  assists  in  keeping,  ope- 
rating or  carrying  on  any  gambling  house  or  common 
gaming  house,  or  who  deals,  plays  or  carries  on,  or  who 
conducts,  as  owner  or  employe,  any  game  of  chance,  or 
any  mixed  game  of  chance  and  skill,  or  any  game  for 
money  or  any  representative  of  value,  or  anything  of 
value,  or  who  bets  or  stakes  money,  or  any  representa- 
tive of  value,  or  anything  of  value,  or  any  assurance, 
undertaking,  promise  or  agreement,  express  or  implied, 
to  pay  or  give,  or  for  the  securing  of  the  paying  or  giv- 
ing by  some  other  person  of  any  money  or  representative 
of  value,  or  thing  of  value,  on  any  event  or  contingency, 
relating  to  any  contest  or  chance  of  any  kind,  whereby 
one  may  be  gainer  and  the  other  loser,  within  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  shall  upon  conviction  therefor,  be  fined  in  a 
sum  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one 


ORDINANCE    NO.   44.  281 

hundred  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  not  less  than  ten  nor 
more  than  thirty  days. 

SEC.  2.  If  any  policeman  or  householder  shall  re- 
port to  any  committing-  magistrate  in  writing-  that  there 
is  g-ood  ground,  stating-  the  same,  for  believing-  that  any 
house,  room  or  place  within  the  city  is  kept  or  used  as  a 
g-aming-  house  or  place  in  violation  of  any  ordinance  of 
this  city,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  such  committing-  magis- 
trate to  authorize,  in  writing-,  any  marshal  to  enter  such 
house,  room  or  place,  and  forthwith  arrest  all  persons 
found  therein  offending-  ag-ainst  any  city  ordinance  pro- 
hibiting- g-ambling-,  and  seize  all  implements  of  g-aming-, 
and  convey  the  persons  so  arrested  and  the  articles  so 
seized  before  a  committing-  magistrate,  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police  to  prosecute  the  persons 
so  arrested  for  violation  of  any  city  ordinance  ag-ainst 
g-ambling,  and,  upon  conviction  of  the  persons  so  ar- 
rested, to  destroy  the  articles  so  seized  in  the  presence 
of  the  magistrate. 

Approved  July  18,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  44. 

To  suppress  houses  of  ill-fame. 

The   Common    Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  or- 
dain as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  Every  person  who  keeps,  or  who  assists 
in  keeping,  or  who  is  an  inmate  of,  or  who  is  employed 
in,  in  any  capacity  whatever,  or  who  solicits  or  invites 
any  person  or  persons  to  enter,  visit  or  frequent,  or  who 
frequents  any  house  of  ill-fame,  or  any  house  resorted 
to  for  the  purpose  of  prostitution,  within  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma; and  eveiy  person  leasing  or  permitting,  either  as 
agent  or  owner"  any  building  or  premises  in  said  city  to 
be  used  as  a  house  of  ill-fame  or  house  of  prostitution, 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  before  any  committing 
magistrate,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  ten  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  city 
jail  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  thirty  days. 

Approved  August  llth,  1884. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    91. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  91. 

An  ordinance  for  the  suppression  of  opium  smoking  or  inhaling-. 

The   Common  Council  of  the    City  of  Tacoma  does  or- 
dain as 


SECTION  1.  No  person  or  persons  shall,  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  set  up,  open, 
keep,  use,  or  cause  to  be  opened,  kept  or  used,  any  house, 
room  or  place  as  a  resort  for  the  purpose  of  smoking*  or 
inhaling*  opium,  or  shall  sell  or  furnish  opium  for  the 
purpose  of  being-  smoked  or  inhaled  on  the  premises 
where  sold  or  furnished,  or  shall  smoke  or  inhale  opium 
in  any  house,  room  or  place  kept  or  used  as  a  resort  for 
the  purpose  of  smoking-  or  inhaling-  opium. 

SEC.  2.  Every  person  convicted  before  a  commit- 
ting- mag-istrate  of  a  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions 
of  section  1  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not 
less  than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hudred  dollars,  or  be 
imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  not  less  than  five  or  more  than 
thirty  days. 

SEC.   3.     If  an}7  policeman  or  householder 

shall  make  complaint  to  any  committing-  mag-istrate  in 
writing-,  on  oath,  setting-  forth  that  there  is  g-ood 
ground,  stating-  the  same,  for  believing-  that  any 
house,  room  or  place  within  the  city  is  kept  or  used 
as  a  resort  for  the  purpose  of  smoking-  or  inhaling- 
opium,  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion I  of  this  ordinance,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  such 
committing-  mag-istrate  to  issue  a  war-ant  authorizing- 
any  *  policeman  to  enter  such  house,  room  or 

place  and  forthwith  arrest  all  persons  found  therein, 
offending-  ag-ainst  any  of  the  provisions  of  section  I  of 
this  ordinance,  [and  seize  all  opium  and  implements  for 
smoking-  or  inhaling-  the  same  found  therein]  and  convey 
the  persons  so  arrested  [and  the  articles  so  seized]  be- 
fore a  committing-  mag-istrate;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  *  *  policeman  making-  such  arrest  to  prose- 

cute the  persons  so  arrested  for  the  violation  of  the  pro- 
visions of  said  section  1  of  this  ordinance,  and  upon  con- 
viction of  any  person  so  arrested  to  destroy  the  articles 
so  seized  in  the  presence  of  the  magistrate. 

SEC.  4.     Ordinance  No.  61  of  the  city  of  Tacoma, 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1320.  283 


relating-  to  opium  smoking-  and  inhaling,  is  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Approved  August  17th,  1885. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1320. 

An  ordinance  regulating  blasting  within   the  city  limits  of  the  city  of 

Tacotna. 

The   City   Council   of  the    City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons  to  fire  off  any.  blast,  or  blast  any  rock,  cement, 
ground,  logs  or  stumps  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma  without  having  first  submitted  to  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works  of  the  city  his  application  for  a 
permit  therefor,  together  with  a  statement  of  the  reasons 
why  such  blasting  is  necessary,  together  with  any  other 
information  he  may  desire. 

SEC.  2.  If  said  commissioner  of  public  works  shall 
deem  such  blasting  necessary  to  be  done,  he  may  permit 
the  same  to  be  done,  but  in  such  case  the  same  shall  be 
under  his  supervision;  provided,  no  such  permit  shall  be 
granted  until  the  party  so  petitioning  shall  have  filed  a 
bond  in  the  sum  fixed  by  said  commissioner  indemnifying 
and  saving  harmless  the  city  of  Tacoma  from  any  loss 
or  damage  to  it  or  to  any  person  by  reason  of  said  blast- 
ing. 

SEC.  3.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall 
have  the  right  to  revoke  and  cancel  any  such  permit  at 
any  time. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person  violating  this  ordinance  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hun- 
dred dollars. 

Approved  January  22,  1889. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.    479   AND    679. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  479. 

An  ordinance  prohibiting  the  use  of  firecrackers  and  other  fireworl 
within  the  following  territory  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  01 
persons  to  ignite  any  firecrackers  or  other  fireworks  of 
whatever  name  within  the  following-  described  limits  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  to-wit:  Beginning*  at  the  southeast 
corner  of  South  Twenty-first  street  and  its  intersection 
wi^h  East  D  street;  thence  northerly  along-  the  shore  of 
Commencement  Bay  to  the  foot  of  Steele  street;  thence 
southerly  along1  Steele  street  to  its  intersection  with  Ta- 
Coma  avenue;  thence  south  along-  Tacoma  avenue  to  Cen- 
ter street;  thence  westerly  along-  Center  street  to  Bailey 
street;  thence  south  on  Bailey  street  to  its  intersection 
with  Northern  Pacific  railroad  track;  thence  easterly 
along  [the]  North [ern]  Pacific  railroad  track  to  South 
Twenty-seventh  street;  thence  easterly  on  South  Twen- 
ty-seventh street  to  East  D  street;  thence  northerly  on 
East  D  street  to  South  Twenty-first  street,  the  place  of 
beginning-. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating-  the  provisions  of 
section  one  (1)  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  g-uilty 
of  a  misdemeanor  and  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding 
twenty-five  dollars  ($25). 

Approved  June  29,  1891. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  679. 

An  ordinance  defining  vagrancy  and  prescribing  the  punishment  there- 
for. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  The  following  persons  are  hereby  de- 
clared to  be  vagrants: 

First — All  persons  wandering  about  the  streets  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma  and  having  no  visible  calling  or  busi- 
ness to  maintain  themselves,  and  not  giving  a  good  ac- 
count of  themselves. 

Second — All  beggars  or  persons  going  about  and 
begging  alms  under  any  false  or  fraudulent  pretense. 

Third — All  persons  playing  or  betting  in  any  pub- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    808. 

lie  or  open  place,  at  or  with  any  instrument,  at  any  game 
or  pretended  game  of  chance. 

SEC.  2.  Any  vagrant,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding-  $100,  or  shall  be 
imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  at  hard  labor  not  exceeding- 
thirty  (30)  days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

SEC.  3.  All  ordinances  providing-  for  the  punish- 
ment of  vagrants  now  in  force  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  July  25,  1892. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  808. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  storage,  keeping  and  conveyance  of  gun- 
powder, giant  powder,  dynamite  and  other  explosives. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  not  to  exceed  five  pounds  of  gun- 
powder  or  giant  powder,  not  to  exceed  one  pound  of  dy- 
namite or  gun  cotton,  or  not  to  exceed  one  pound  of  any 
compound  of  any  of  said  explosives  shall  be  kept  by  any 
person  or  persons  in  any  store,  dwelling-  or  other  build- 
ing- within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  except  that 
merchants  may  keep  any  quantity  of  gunpowder  and 
giant  powder,  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  (100)  pounds  of 
each  kind.  Under  the  head  of  gunpowder  is  gunpow- 
der, blasting  powder  and  all  brands  where  the  base  is 
not  nitro-glycerine.  Under  the  head  of  giant  powder  is 
Giant,  Hercules,  Judson,  Champion,  etc.,  and  all  brands 
where  the  base  is  nitro-glycerine.  Nitro-glycerine  shall 
not  be  kept  in  the  city  limits;  provided,  however,  that 
the  powder  shall  be  kept  in  tin  or  metal  cannisters,  or 
stone  jars  with  good  closely  fitted  and  well  secured  cov- 
ers thereon,  and  such  person  or  persons  shall  notify  the 
chief  of  the  fire  department  in  what  portion  of  any 
building  such  explosives  are  placed  and  kept,  which  no- 
tice shall  be  kept  of  record  in  the  office  of  said  chief,  ex- 
cept as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  2.  No  person  shall  carry  any  of  the  aforesaid 
explosives,  or  any  compound  thereof,  on  or  in  any  vehicle 
in  any  part  of  the  city  unless  the  same  shall  be  safely 
secured  in  closed  packages,  and  so  protected,  enclosed 
and  conveyed  that  no  particle  of  the  same  can  escape  or 
be  affected  by  sparks  of  fire  or  sudden  shocks,  and  such 


ORDINANCE   NO.    808 — CON. 

explosives  shall  not  be  allowed  to  remain  upon  any  street, 
alley  or  sidewalk  for  a  longer  period  than  thirty  (30) 
minutes.  Provided,  however,  that  such  quantities  of 
such  explosives,  or  their  compounds,  as  may  be  required 
by  merchants  in  making-  up  their  orders  may  be  brought 
from  powder  magazines  during-  the  day,  and  may  be  al- 
lowed to  be  kept  in  the  city  during  business  hours  of 
that  day,  but  not  later  than  till  sunset. 

SEC.  3.  No  gunpowder  or  other  explosives  named 
herein,  or  the  compounds  thereof,  shall  be  sold,  except 
between  the  hours  of  sunrise  and  sunset. 

SEC.  4.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed 
to  prohibit  an}7  person,  having  a  permit  to  blast  from  the 
commissioner  of  public  works,  from  keeping  upon  and 
near  the  ground  where  he  is  engaged  in  blasting  or 
grading  streets,  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  (100)  pounds 
of  gunpowder  and  fifty  (50)  pounds  of  giant  powder, 
provided  the  same  is  so  kept  as  to  occasion  the  least  pos- 
sible danger  to  the  inhabitants  or  persons  passing  the 
vicinity  where  it  is  stored. 

SEC.  5.  That  a  permit  may  be  granted  to  any  per- 
son, persons  or  corporation  to  store  within  the  city 
limits  not  more  than  1,000  pounds  of  gunpowder  or  giant 
powder  in  magazines,  which  shall  be  fire  and  bullet 
proof,  the  plans  of  which  shall  be  approved  by  the  in- 
spector of  buildings  and  licenses,  the  location  of  such 
magazines  to  be  approved  b}7  the  commissioner  of  public 
Works.  Said  permit  shall  be  issued  by  said  commissioner 
and  may  be  revoked  at  any  time  by  the  officers  issuing 
same  giving  thirty  (30)  days  notice. 

SEC.  6.  That  caps  for  the  explosion  of  giant  pow- 
der or  gunpowder  shall  not  be  stored  in  magazines  with 
such  gunpowder  or  giant  powder,  and  shall  be  stored  in 
such  a  place  as  may  be  approved  by  the  officer  issuing 
the  permit. 

SEC.  7.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $300  and 
may  be  imprisoned  until  such  fine  is  paid,  not  exceeding 
ninety  days. 

SEC.  8.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  April  6,  1893. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    836.  287 

ORDINANCE  NO.  836. 

ordinance  prohibiting  the  sale,  exhibition  and  distribution  of  obscene, 
indecent,  lewd  and  pernicious  books,  pictures,  writings  and  literature; 
and  providing  a  penalty  and  punishment  therefor. 

it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma\ 

SECTION  1.  That  no  person  shall  import,  print, 
publish,  sell,  lend,  give  away,  distribute  or  show,  or 
have  in  his  possession  with  intent  to  sell  or  give  away, 
or  to  show  or  advertise  or  otherwise  offer  for  loan,  gift, 
sale  or  distribution,  any  obscene  or  indecent  book,  maga- 
zine, pamphlet,  newspaper,  story  paper,  writing  paper, 
picture,  engraving,  drawing  or  photograph,  and  that  no 
person  shall  design,  copy,  draw,  photograph,  print,  utter, 
publish,  or  otherwise  prepare '  any  of  the  articles  men- 
tioned in  this  section,  or  shall  write  or  print,  or  cause  to 
be  written  or  printed,  a  notice  of  any  kind  giving  in- 
formation (or  shall  give  information),  stating  when, 
where  and  how,  or  of  whom,  or  by  what  means  any  of 
the  articles  mentioned  in  this  section  could  be  purchased 
or  obtained,  and  that  no  person  shall  sell,  lend,  give 
away  or  show,  or  have  in  his  possession  with  intent  to 
sell  or  give  away,  or  to  show,  or  advertise,  or  otherwise 
offer  for  loan,  gift,  sale  or  distribution,  to  any  minor 
child,  any  book,  pamphlet,  magazine,  newspaper,  or 
other  printed  paper,  devoted  to  the  publication  or  princi- 
pally made  up  of  criminal  news,  police  reports,  or  ac- 
counts of  criminal  deeds,  or  pictures  and  stories  of  deeds 
of  bloodshed,  lust  or  crime;  nor  shall  any  person  exhibit 
upon  any  street  or  highway,  or  in  any  other  place  within 
the  view  or  which  may  be  within  the  view  of  any  minor 
child,  any  book,  magazine,  pamphlet,  newspaper,  writ- 
ing paper,  picture,  engraving,  drawing  photograph  or 
other  article  coming  within  the  description  of  the  articles 
and  literature  mentioned  in  this  section  or  any  of  them; 
nor  shall  any  person  in  any  manner  hire,  use  or  employ 
any  minor  child  fo  sell  or  give  away  or  in  any  manner 
to  distribute,  nor  shall  any  person  having  the  care, 
custody  or  control  of  any  minor  child  permit  such  child 
to  sell  or  give  away  or  in  any  other  manner  distribute 
any  book,  magazine,  pamphlet,  newspaper,  story  paper, 
writing  paper,  picture  engraving,  drawing,  photograph 
or  other  article  or  thing  coming  within  the  description  of 
articles  and  matter  mentioned  in  this  section,  or  any  of 
them. 


288  ORDINANCES   NOS.    874   AND   900. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating-  any  of  the  provisions 
of  the  preceding-  section,  upon  conviction  thereof  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding-  $100,  or  by  imprison- 
ment not  exceeding-  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. 

Approved  May  22,  1893. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  874. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  sale  of  coal. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.     That  the  leg-al  standard  ton  of  coal  ir 
the  city  of  Tacoma  shall.be  two  thousand  (2000)  pounds. 

SEC.  2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  vender 
of  coal  to  send  with  each  and  every  load  or  part  of  load 
of  coal  sold  by  him  or  his  ag-ents  a  ticket  which  shall  in- 
dicate on  its  face  in  plain  characters  the  name  of  the 
vender,  the  date  of  such  sale  aad  the  weig-ht  of  the  coal 
contained  in  the  wag-on  or  other  vehicle  in  which  it  is 
transported,  and  the  weig-ht  of  such  vehicle.  And  no 
person  shall  deliver  any  coal  within  the  city  of  Tacoma 
unless  it  has  first  been  weig-hed  upon  the  public  scales  at 
the  public  market,  or  same  other  standard  scales,  if  re- 
quested by  purchaser;  and  such  scales  shall  be  subject 
to  inspection  by  any  officer  of  the  city  for  the  purpose  of 
seeing*  that  it  is  kept  in  proper  balance. 

SEC.  3.  That  any  vender  of  coal  violating-  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  or  found  selling-  or  delivering- 
any  load  of  coal  without  delivering  with  it  such  card  or 
ticket,  as  provided  in  section  2,  shall  pay  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  $25  nor  more  than  $50  for  each  and  every 
such  offense  or  violation. 

Approved  August  2,  1893. 


ORDINANCE  NO    900. 

An  ordinance  providing-  for  imprisonment  for  the  non-payment  of  fines 
and  costs  imposed  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.     Any  person  who  shall  have  been  duly 


ORDINANCE   NO.    968.  289 

tried  and  convicted  of  the  violation  of  any  of  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  adjudged  to  pay  a  fine 
and  costs,  shall,  on  his  failuie  to  pay  the  same,  be  im- 
prisoned in  the  city  jail  until  such  fine  and  cost&  shall 
have  been  paid,  or  until  he  has  been  imprisoned  in  such 
jail  one  day  for  every  two  (2)  dollars  of  such  fine  and 
:osts. 

Approved  September  28,  1893. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  968. 

A.n  ordinance  to  define  who  are  disorderly  persons   and   to  provide   a 
punishment  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  The  following*  persons  are  declared  to 
ke  disorderly  persons: 

First — Every  person  who  solicits  alms  as  as  a  busi- 
ness. 

Second — Every  common  drunkard,  or  person  habitu- 
ally drunk  upon  the  public  streets  or  in  the  public  places 
Df  the  city,  and  every  person  habitually  under  the  influ- 
ence of  opium  or  any  opiate,  loitering*  in  or  about  the 
public  streets  or  places  of  the  city,  to  the  annoyance  of 
the  public. 

Third — Every  common  prostitute  or  female  person 
who  habitually  practices  prostitution  as  a  business  and 
bas  sexual  intercourse  with  men  for  hire,  and  who  is 
:ommonly  known  and  reputed  to  be  a  common  prosti- 
tute. 

Fourth — Every  male  person  who  habitually  and 
lewdly  associates  or  openly  cohabits  with  a  common 
prostitute,  knowing-  her  to  be  such  and  consenting  there- 
to, and  every  male  person  who  lives,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
upon  the  earning-s  of  a  common  prostitute;  and  every 
person,  male  or  female,  who  procures  as  a  business  per- 
sons of  the  opposite  sex  to  meet  for  the  practice  of  pros- 
titution. 

Fifth — Every  lewd  woman  who  loiters  in  or  about 
saloons  and  other  public  places  where  intoxicating  liquors 
are  sold,  or  otherwise  disposed  of  making-  a  business  of 
drinking-  with  men  and  soliciting-  (men)  to  purchase  and 
drink  intoxicating-  liquors. 


290  ORDINANCE   NO.    982. 

Sixth — Every  idle  person  who  makes  a  practice  of 
going1  about  and  habitually  and  indiscriminately  associ- 
ating with  drunken  men,  and  in  such  a  manner  as  to  cre- 
ate the  reasonable  suspicion  that  his  purpose  is  theft  or 
robbery,  and  who  has  acquired  the  general  reputation  of 
being  a  "drunk  roller"  or  person  who  makes  a  business 
of  stealing  or  robbing  drunken  men  and  who  after  being 
notified  by  the  chief  of  police  to  desist  from  such  prac- 
tices, continues  to  so  associate  and  go  about  with  drunken 
men. 

Seventh — Every  professional  gambler  or  person  who 
makes  a  business  of  playing  at  games  of  chance  for 
profit,  and  every  person  engaging  as  an  occupation  in 
bunco  and  swindling  games  and  devices  for  the  purpose 
of  swindling  and  defrauding  others. 

SEC.  2.  Every  person  enumerated  and  described  in 
section  1  of  this  ordinance  is  a  disorderly  person  and 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  con- 
viction shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  5500,  oi» 
imprisonment  in  the  city  jail  for  any  time  not  exceeding 
one  year. 

SEC.  3.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  November  2,   1894. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  982. 

An  ordinance  relating  to  malicious  mischief. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma\ 

SECTION  1.  That  any  person  or  persons,  minor 
child  or  otherwise,  who  shall  maliciously,  by  throwing 
stones  or  other  objects,  or  by  breaking  with  sticks  or 
otherwise,  break  any  windows  out  of  any  building  within 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  less  than  $1.00  or  more  than  $25.00. 

Approved  March  20,  1895. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.    1017,    1183   AND    1196.  291 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1017. 


An  ordinance  prohibiting  fast  driving  on  or  over  the  Eleventh  street 
bridge,  and  providing  a  penalty  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  no  person  shall  drive  any  animal, 
horse  or  horses,  or  any  team  or  draft  animal  of  any  kind 
on,  over  or  across  that  portion  of  the  Eleventh  street 
bridge  composing"  the  steel  spans  on  either  side  of  the 
draw  and  the  draw  part  of  the  said  bridge  within  the 
city  of  Tacoma  at  a  greater  speed  than  an  ordinary  walk. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating1  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  $5.00  nor 
more  than  $10.00,  or  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  for  not 
less  than  one  nor  more  than  twenty  days  for  each  offense. 

Approved  September  16,  1895. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1183. 

An  ordinance  prohibiting  the  use  of  slingshots  within  the  limits  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  and  prescribing-  the  punishment  for  the  violation 
thereof, 

SECTION  1.  No  person  within  the  limits  of  the  city 
of  Tacoma  shall  use,  or  attempt  ot  use,  the  instrument 
or  contrivance  commonly  known  as  a  sling-shot,  used  for 
the  purpose  of  throwing-  or  propelling-  stones. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating-  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  g*uilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  twenty 
($20.00)  dollars. 

Approved  May  5,  1897. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1196. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  purchase  from  minors  of  property  and 
providing  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  7acoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  sec- 
ond hand  dealer,  or  junk  dealer,  or  any  other  person,  to 
purchase  any  property  from  any  minor  under  the  age  of 


ORDINANCE   NO.    207. 

sixteen  (16)  years,  unless  the  parent  or  guardian  of  such 
minor  shall  in  view  of  the  property  to  be  purchased,  and 
before  the  making  of  such  purchase,  state  to  such  dealer 
that  the  said  property  is  the  property  of  such  minor, 
and  that  such  minor  has  the  right  to  sell  and  dispose  of 
the  same;  provided,  however,  that  this  ordinance  shall 
not  applv  to  the  purchase  from  such  minors  who  are  en- 
gaged in  regular  open  business  of  the  property,  articles 
or  things  constituting  the  stock  in  trade  of  such  busi- 
ness. 

SEC.  2.  Any  second  hand  dealer,  or  junk  dealer,  or 
any  other  person  who  shall  fail  to  comply  with  or  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall, 
upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 
dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50). 

Approved  June  1,  1897. 


CLASS    VIII. 

Railroads. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  207. 

An  ordinance  to  prevent  injuries  to  persons  and  property  in  the  ope 
ration  of  street  railways. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  o 
persons  to  get  upon  the  platform  of,  or  enter  any,  ca 
operated  in  this  city  by  any  street  railway  company,  ex 
cept  for  the  purpose  of  being  transported  over  the  rail 
way  of  such  company  in  accordance  with  the  terms  anc 
conditions  imposed  by  said  railway  for  the  transportation 
of  passengers,  or  with  the  consent  of  said  company. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per 
sons  to  hang  upon  the  rail,  platform  or  any  part  or  por 
tion  of  any  car  operated  by  any  street  railway  company 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 

SEC.  3.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per 
sons  to  wilfully  place,  or  cause  to  be  placed,   upon,  or 
adjacent  to  the  track,  or  between  the  rails  of  any  rail 
way  company  operating  street  cars  in  the  city  of  Tacoma 
any  obstacle  whatever. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    297. 


393 


SEC.  4.  Any  person  or  persons  violating-  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine 
not  exceeding-  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

Approved  July  17,  1888. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  297. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  manner  in  which  street  railway  companies 
shall  construct,  alter  and  repair  their  lines  of  railway  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma. 

7 he  City   Council   of  the    City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 

as  follows : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
firm,  co-partnership  or  corporation  owning-  or  operating 
a  line  or  lines  of  street  railway  within  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma to  construct  any  such  lines,  turnouts  or  switches 
or  make  any  repairs  or  additions  thereto  without  first 
notifying-  the  commissioner  of  public  works  in  writing- 
two  days  prior  to  the  commencement  of  the  same  what 
•construction,  change,  repairs  or  alterations  are  desired 
to  be  made  and  when  they  desire  to  make  the  same. 

SEC.  2.  No  street,  avenue  or  alley  shall  be  ob- 
sturcted  a  greater  distance  than  six  hundred  feet,  for  a 
long-er  period  than  six  working-  days,  unless  the  city 
council  shall  extend  the  time  thereof. 

SEC.  3.  All  street  crossing's  shall  be  kept  open 
during-  the  progress  of  said  improvement  for  a  sufficient 
width  to  allow  teams  to  pass,  and  all  sidewalk  crossing's 
shall  be  kept  open  at  all  times  by  the  erection  of  tem- 
porary walks,  if  necessary,  so  as  not  to  interfere  with 
persons  traveling-  thereon. 

SEC.  4.  Within  five  days  after  laying-  down,  repair- 
ing, altering  or  changing  the  tracks,  turnouts  or  switches 
of  said  street  railway  on  all  streets,  alleys  and  avenues 
where  the  same  is  planked,  macadamized  or  paved,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person,  firm,  co-partnership  or 
corporation  making  or  having  charge  of  the  work  of  said 
street  railway  to  pave,  plank  or  macadamize  between  the 
rails  of  said  railway  with  the  same  material  and  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  are  im- 
proved. 


294  ORDINANCE    NO,    581. 

SEC.  5.  All  surplus  earth  or  rubbish  left  by  the 
person,  firm,  co-partnership  or  corporation  constructing-, 
altering"  or  repairing-  said  street  railroad  shall  be  re- 
moved from  the  street,  alley  or  railroad  within  five  days 
after  the  completion  of  said  work  or  any  part  thereof. 

SEC.  6.  All  poles  along"  which  are  strung1  electric 
wires  shall  be  set  so  that  the  sides  thereof  next  to  the 
streets  shall  be  inside  of  the  gutter  or  curbstone  of  the 
sidewalk. 

SEC.  7.  All  work  of  construction,  repair,  alteration 
of  the  line  or  lines  of  railway,  its  turnouts  or  switches, 
shall  be  so  carried  on  as  not  to  interfere  with  any  public 
work  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  construct,  alter  or  re- 
pair any  lines,  turnouts  or  switches  of  their  street  rail- 
way on  any  street,  alley  or  avenue  of  said  city  where  the 
city  is  making-  any  public  improvement  or  carrying*  on 
any  public  work. 

SEC.  8.  Any  person,  firm,  co-partnership  or  cor- 
poration that  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  Tacoma  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  dollars,  and  the  further  sum  of  fifty  dollars, 
for  each  day's  violation  thereof. 

Approved  December  31st,  1889. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  581. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  moving  and  operation  of  railroad  and  street 
railroad  trains,  cars  and  locomotives  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  No  railroad  or  street  railroad  trains, 
cars  or  locomotives  shall  cross  the  track  of  another  rail- 
road within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
without  first  coming-  to  a  stop. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  or  corporation  violating-  an}7  of 
the  provisions  of  section  1  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  fined  in  any  sum 
not  exceeding-  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  for  each  and 
every  offense. 

Approved  January  5,  1892. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.    1145,    1197.  295 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1145. 

An  ordinance  to  prohibit  persons  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years  from 
getting  on,  catching  hold  of  and  running  near  moving  street  railway 
or  nteam  cars,  and  providing  a  penalty  for  violation  thereof,  and  con- 
stituting gripmen.  motormen  and  conductors  special  policemen  for  the 
enforcement  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  No  person  under  the  age  of  sixteen 
years  shall  get  on,  or  attempt  to  get  on,  or  catch  hold  of, 
or  run  along  the  side  of,  or  in  front,  or  attempt  to  ob- 
struct the  progress  of  any  street  railway  or  steam  car  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  while  the  same  is  in  motion. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  five  dollars  ($5.00),  or  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  city  jail  not  more  than  five  days. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  employed  as  gripman,  motor- 
man  or  conductor,  and  who  shall  wear  the  usual  uniform 
as  such,  on  any  street  railway  or  steam  car  in  said  city, 
is  hereby  constituted  a  special  policeman  of  said  city  for 
the  purposes  named  in  this  ordinance  only,  and  is  author- 
ized and  empowered  to  make  arrests  for  any  violation  of 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  but  such  gripman, 
motorman  or  conductor  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  fee  or 
pay  for  his  services  from  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage,  publication  and  approval. 

Approved  November  23,  1896. 


ORDINANCE:  NO.  1197. 

An  ordinance  amending-  sections  one  (1),  two  (2)  and  three  (3)  of  ordi- 
nance No.  972  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  entitled  "An  ordinance  to 
regulate  the  speed  of  street  cars  running  on  street  railways  in  the 

*city  of  Tacoma,"  and  providing-  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof. 
it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  sections  one  (1),  two  (2)  and 
three  (3)  of  ordinance  No.  972,  of  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
entitled,  "An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  speed  of  street 
cars  running  on  street  railways  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
and  providing  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,"  be 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 


296  ORDINANCE    NO.    861. 

SECTION  I.  That  no  street  car  running*  on  the 
streets  or  highways  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  attain 
a  higher  rate  of  speed  than  is  mentioned  in  this  section, 
within  the  following"  prescribed  limits,  to-wit: 

Pacific  avenue  from  South  Seventh  street  to  South 
Twenty-fifth  street,  nine  miles  per  hour. 

Within  the  following  prescribed  limits,  to-wit: 
South  Twenty-fifth  street  on  the  south,  K  street  on  the 
west,  North  Thirtieth  in  Old  Town  and  North  Thir- 
teenth street  on  the  north,  and  Railroad  street  on  the 
east,  not  to  exceed  twelve  miles  per  hour. 

SEC.  2-  That  on  streets  other  than  included  in  sec- 
tion one  of  this  ordinance,  the  street  cars  shall  not  ex- 
ceed fifteen  miles  [an]  hour,  provided,  however,  where 
double  truck  cars  are  used  a  speed  not  to  exceed  twenty 
miles  may  be  permitted. 

SEC.  3.  Any  corporation  or  person  owning  or  op- 
erating any  street  railway  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  that 
shall  permit  any  of  its  employes  or  agents  to  violate  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  any  person  or 
persons  having  charge  of  any  street  car,  who  shall  vio- 
late any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon 
conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  two 
($2.00)  dollars,  nor  more  than  twenty  ($20.00)  dollars. 

Approved  June  7,   1897. 


CLASS    IX. 

Sidewalks. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  861. 

An  ordinance  reg-ulat  ng  the  construction  of  sidewalks  and  the  ma- 
terial to  be  used  therein  and  the  manner  of  assessing  the  cost  of 
same  upon  the  abutting-  and  contiguous  property,  and  defining  and 
declaring  a  nuisance  to  exist  for  the  failure  thereof,  and  prescrib- 
ing- a  penalty  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  All  sidewalks  hereafter  laid  in  the  fire 
limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  be  laid  in  tile,  stone, 
cement,  brick,  or  some  other  fire  proof  material,  provid- 
ed, however,  that  temporary  wooden  sidewalks  may  be 


ORDINANCE   NO.    861— CON.  297 

constructed  and  maintained  upon  which  vacant  lots  abut, 
and  upon  consent  of  the  city  council,  and  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  wooden 
sidewalks,  where  now  laid,  may  be  repaired  and  main- 
tained, in  such  manner  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1189.  Approved 
May  21,  1897.) 

SEC.  2.  Whenever,  within  the  said  fire  limits,  any 
street  shall  become  in  an  unsafe  condition,  either  by 
reason  of  the  failure  of  the  owner  to  construct  a  side- 
walk or  by  reason  of  any  temporary  wooden  sidewalk 
becoming  in  an  unsafe  condition,  the  same  may  be  con- 
demned by  the  city  council,  upon  recommendation  thereof 
by  the  commissioner  of  public  works.  Such  condemna- 
tion shall  be  by  ordinance,  which  shall  declare  a  nuisance 
to  exist.  Which  said  ordinance  shall  specify  the  lots  or 
parcels  of  land  abutting1  upon  that  portion  of  the  street 
where  the  nuisance  is  declared  to  exist  by  reason  of  the 
failure  to  construct,  repair  or  reconstruct  the  sidewalk. 

SEC.  3.  Whenever  a  nuisance  is  declared  to  exist, 
as  hereinbefore  set  forth,  the  owner  or  owners  of  the 
property  abutting*  on  such  streets  or  sidewalks  shall  be 
served  with  a  notice  by  publishing1  the  same  in  the  official 
newspaper  of  the  city  for  three  consecutive  days,  which 
notice  shall  contain  the  ordinance  herein  provided  for, 
and  also  an  order  to  construct,  repair  or  reconstruct  the 
sidewalk,  and  in  the  event  of  the  failure  of  the  owner  to 
construct,  repair  or  reconstruct  said  sidewalk  according- 
to  the  specifications  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works  within  a  period  of  four  weeks 
from  the  service  of  said  notice,  then  in  that  event  the 
city  may  immediately  proceed  to  construct,  repair  or  re- 
construct said  sidewalk  according1  to  the  specifications  on 
file  in  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

SEC.  4.  In  the  event  of  the  failure  of  the  owner  or 
owners  to  comply  with  the  notice  and  order  as  hereinbe- 
fore provided  within  the  period  named,  the  person  ©r 
persons  upon  whom  such  notice  is  served  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  maintaining  a  nuisance,  and  shall  upon  convic- 
tion thereof  by  a  justice  of  the  peace  having-  jurisdiction 
of  municipal  offenses,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  S3 
nor  more  than  $10  for  each  day  that  they  fail  and  refuse 
to  comply  with  said  notice  and  order. 


298 


ORDINANCE     NO       1316. 

SEC.  5.  In  the  event  of  the  failure  of  the  owner  to 
construct,  reconstruct  or  repair  the  sidewalks  as  herein 
provided  within  the  period  designated  in  said  notice  and 
order,  the  city  council  may  proceed  to  construct,  recon- 
struct or  repair  said  sidewalk  according  to  said  specifica- 
tions on  file  in  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  in  the  manner  provided  in  the  city  charter  for 
making  other  local  improvements,  and  the  cost  and  ex- 
pense of  constructing",  reconstructing  or  repairing*  said 
sidewalk  shall  be  assessed  upon  the  abutting,  contiguous 
and  proximate  lots  or  parcels  of  land,  and  collected  in 
the  manner  provided  for  in  said  charter  for  the  assess- 
ment and  collection  of  other  local  improvements. 

SEC.  6.  That  ordinance  No.  404,  and  all  ordinances 
or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Approved  July  10,  1893. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1316. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  cleanliness  of  sidewalks  and  gutters 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  repealing-  ordinance  No,  484. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoina  : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owners,  oc- 
cupants and  agents  of  lots  or  premises  within  the  limits 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  which  is 
laid  the  whole  width  or  part  thereof  with  tile,  stone, 
cement,  brick  or  planking,  to  keep  the  same  in  cleanly 
condition,  and  to  remove  therefrom  all  debris,  dirt  or 
other  material  which  may  be  deposited  thereon,  within 
a  reasonable  time  after  such  deposit  or  accumulation. 

SEC.  2.  No  person  shall  sweep,  throw,  place  or 
deposit  any  ashes,  cinders,  strawr,  shavings,  earth,  dirt, 
paper,  rubbish  or  refuse  of  any  kind  or  description  on  or 
upon  any  sidewalk  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  except  that 
the  same  mav  be  deposited  or  placed,  previous  to  the 
hour  of  eight  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  any  day  of  the 
week  other  than  Sunday,  in  a  can  or  other  proper  recep- 
tacle on  any  sidewalk  in  the  business  district  of  the  city, 
in  the  rear  of  which  lots  and  premises  so  situated  there 
is  no  alley,  for  the  purpose  of  having  the  same  removed 
by  the  city  scavenger. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1316 — CON.  299 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owners,  occu- 
pants and  agents  of  every  dwelling-house,  store,  or 
other  building*,  or  lot  or  lots  of  ground,  within  the  fol- 
lowing described  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma:  Prom  A 
street  on  the  east,  Seventh  street  on  the  north,  K 
street  on  the  west  and  Nineteenth  street  on  the  south, 
within  twelve  hours  after  every  heavy  fall  of  snow  or  hail 
or  after  the  formation  of  any  ice  upon  the  sidewalk  in  front 
thereof,  to  cause  the  said  snow  or  ice,  unless  said  ice 
shall  have  been  perfectly  covered  with  sand  or  ashes,  to 
be  entirely  removed  from  such  sidewalk  in  front  thereof, 
and  shall  also  cause  the  gutter  in  front  thereof  to  be 
cleaned  out  to  a  sufficient  width  to  allow  the  water  to 
run  freely  along  the  same.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
owners,  occupants  and  agents  of  houses  stores,  or  other 
buildings  or  lots  of  ground,  outside  of  the  above  pre- 
scribed limits,  to  clean  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  their 
premises  in  the  same  manner  as  above  described,  within 
twelve  hours  after  a  notice  so  to  do  has  been  served  upon 
them,  or  any  of  them,  by  the  chief  of  police. 

SEC.  4.  No  sidewalks  within  the  city  of  Tacoma 
shall  be  washed  at  any  other  time  in  any  day  except  be- 
tween the  hours  of  10:30  o'clock  p.  m.  and  7  o'clock  a.  m. 

SEC.  5.  Each  and  every  owner,  occupant,  or  agent 
of  any  building,  lot  or  premises  herein  mentioned  who 
shall  violate  any  of  the  terms  of  this  ordinance,  or  who 
shall  refuse  to  remove  any  of  the  foregoing  enumerated 
substances  from  the  sidewalk  or  g'utter  in  front  of  the 
premises  or  lots  hereinbefore  described,  after  having 
been  notified  so  to  do  by  the  chief  of  police,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  fined  not  to  exceed 
the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  ($50)  and  costs;  and,  for  a 
failure  to  pay  the  same,  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  city 
jail  one  day  for  every  two  dollars  ($2)  of  such  fine  and 
costs. 

SEC.  6.  Ordinance  No.  484  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved  August  12,  1898. 


300  ORDINANCE    NO.     168. 

CLA  SS    X. 

Streets. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  168. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  use  of  streets,  wharvee  and  public  places, 
and  to  punish  violations  of  such  regulations. 

The   City  Council   of  the    City  of  Tacoma   does  ordain 
as  follo^vs : 

SECTION  1.  No  hack  driver,  hotel  runner,  steam- 
boat runner,  express  man  or  solicitor  for  express  wagon, 
shall  be  allowed  upon  any  wharf  or  roadway  leading 
thereto,  the  property  of  any  corporation,  firm  or  indi- 
vidual, without  permission  in  writing*  from  such  owner; 
provided,  that  in  case  the  owner  of  any  wharf  or  road- 
way shall  give  one  person  of  any  class  authority  to  go 
upon  such  wharf  or  roadway,  no  other  [person]  of  the 
same  class  shall  be  refused,  except  for  misbehavior. 

SEC.  2. '  No  hack  driver,  hotel  runner,  steamboat 
runner,  expressman,  or  solicitor  for  express  wagon,  or 
any  solicitor,  shall  solicit  custom  either  for  himself  or 
another,  or  call  out  to  passers  by,  in  a  tone  of  voice  louder 
than  ordinary  conversation;  nor  shall  any  such  hack  driv- 
er, runner,  expressman  or  solicitor  purposely  stand  in 
front  of  or  annoy  any  passenger,  or  take  hold  of  the 
baggage  of  any  such  passenger,  without  his  or  her  first 
requesting  him  to  do  so. 

SEC.  3.  No  person  shall  ride  or  drive  any  horse  or 
team  upon  any  wharf  or  wharf  roadway  at  a  greater 
rate  of  speed  than  a  walk. 

SEC.  4.  No  hack  driver,  expressman  or  solicitor 
shall  stand  or  go  into  any  gangway  built  or  used  by 
wharf  owners  for  the  convenience  of  the  traveling  pub- 
lic, when  such  gangway  is  being  used  by  passengers 
coming  from  such  wharf. 

SEC.  5.  No  person  shall  solicit  custom  for  any  hotel,- 
hack,  express  wagon  or  steamboat  upon  any  wharf,  gang- 
way or  dock  in  a  tone  of  voice  louder  than  that  used  in- 
ordinary  conversation. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  before  any 


ORDINANCE   NO.    180.  301 

committing'  magistrate  of  the  city,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  and  shall  be 
committed  to  the  city  jail  of  said  city  until  such  fine  and 
costs  are  paid,  not  exceeding*  thirty  days. 
Approved  June  20,  1887. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  180. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  planting-  shade  and  ornamental  trees  in 
the  streets,  avenues,  alleys  and  public  parks  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,. 
and  for  the  protection  of  the  same. 

The  City   Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does   ordain 
as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  No  shade  or  ornamental  tree  or  trees 
shall  be  planted  in  any  street,  avenue  or  alley  or  public 
park  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  except  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. 

SEC.  2.  The  planting",  care  of  and  protection  from 
injury  of  shade  or  ornamental  trees  in  the  streets,  ave- 
nues, alleys  and  public  parks  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall 
be  under  the  exclusive  supervision  and  control  of  the  city 
council,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  3.  The  mayor  may  appoint  some  suitable  per- 
son to  be  known  as  park  warden,  whose  duty  it  shall  be 
to  superintend  the  planting-,  to  care  for  and  to  protect 
from  injury  such  trees  in  such  manner  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  said  city  council. 

(As  amended  by  amendment  No.  23.) 

SEC.  4.  The  city  council  is  hereby  authorized  ta 
expend  each  year  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  one  thousand 
dollars  (§1000)  in  the  purchase  and  planting-  of  trees  it\ 
the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
exclusive  of  public  parks. 

SEC.  5.  The  time  when  trees  shall  be  planted,  the 
street,  avenue  or  alley  or  portion  thereof  upon  which 
trees  shall  be  planted,  shall  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  city  council;  provided,  however,  that  before  any 
street,  avenue  or  alley,  or  any  portion  thereof,  shall  be 
planted  to  trees,  the  said  city  council  shall  by  resolution 
declare  its  intention  to  so  imnrove  such  street,  avenue  or 
alley,  or  portion  thereof. 

SEC.  6.  Whenever  the  city  council  shall  pass  a  res- 
olution of  intention,  as  provided  in  section  five  (5)  here* 


302  ORDINANCE    NO.    180 — CON. 

of,  the  city  clerk  shall  csuse  notice  thereof  to  be  given 
by  publishing"  the  same  in  the  paper  doing  the  city  print- 
ing*, for  three  consecutive  days,  and  at  the  expiration  of 
which  time  the  park  warden  shall,  without  delay,  select 
such  trees  for  planting,  and  submit  a  list  of  the  same  to 
the  city  council  at  its  next  regular  meeting  for  approval, 
and  upon  such  approval  shall  at  once  commence  the 
planting  thereof  upon  the  street,  avenue  or  alley  speci- 
fied in  said  resolution. 

SEC.  7.  Before  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  city 
council  after  passage  of  said  resolution  of  intention,  any 
person  who  may  desire  to  furnish  the  tree  or  trees  to  be 
planted  in  front  of  his  or  her  property  shall  report  to 
the  park  warden  and  furnish  tree  or  trees  at  his  or  her 
expense  to  the  said  park  warden  within  ten  days,  other- 
wise the  trees  to  be  planted  upon  the  proposed  improve- 
ment shall  be  such  as  the  council  may  select. 

SEC.  8.  The  cost  and  expense  of  procuring,  plant- 
ing and  caring  for  trees  planted  in  the  streets,  avenues, 
alleys  or  public  parks  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  be 
paid  out  of  the  general  fund  in  the  treasury  of  said  city, 
except  as  provided  in  section  seven  (7)  hereof,  or  out  of 
any  fund  which  may  be  hereafter  created  for  such  pur- 
pose. 

SEC.  9.  Trees  shall  be  planted  in  line  not  less  than 
25  nor  more  than  50  feet  apai  t,  according  to  the  kind  and 
nature  of  growth,  and  upon  streets  or  avenues  80  feet  or 
less  in  width,  and  upon  alleys  40  feet  in  width,  18  inches 
from  the  outer  line  of  the  sidewalk,  and  upon  streets  and 
avenues  of  100  feet  in  width,  24  inches  from  the  outer 
line  of  the  sidewalk. 

SEC.  10.  No  trees  shall  be  planted  on  Pacific 
avenue  from  South  Seventh  street  to  South  Twenty- 
fourth  street,  nor  upon  alleys  less  than  40  feet  in  width. 

SEC.  11.  Trees  planted  within  the  limits  of  any 
public  park  shall  be  set  as  may  be  provided  by  the  city 
council  by  order  or  resolution. 

SEC.  12.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  prohibit 
•any  person  or  persons  desirous  of  improving  the  street, 
avenue  or  alley  in  front  of  his  or  her  property  from  planting 
-or  setting  out  trees  before  such  street,  avenue  or  alley  has 
been  graded  to  the  official  grade;  provided,  the  same  be 
done  in  the  manner  provided  in  section  nine  (9)  hereof. 

SEC-  13.     The  city  council  shall  have  the  power  to 


ORDINANCES    NO.    196.  303 

cause  the  removal  or  destruction  of  any  tree  or  trees 
heretofore  or  which  may  hereafter  be  planted  in  any 
street,  avenue  or  alley  in  said  city  whenever  it  may  deem 
such  removal  or  destruction  necessary  for  the  public 
interest. 

SBC.  14.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  hitch  or 
fasten  any  animal  to,  or  otherwise  injure  or  destroy  nny 
living*  or  growing1  shade  or  ornamental  tree  or  plant  in 
any  street,  avenue  or  alley  or  public  park  in  said  city,  or 
any  case,  box  or  fence  around  such  tree  or  plant,  they 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  con- 
viction thereof  before  a  committing-  magistrate  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  in  default  of  payment  of  such  fine  and 
costs  shall  be  committed  to  the  county  [city]  jail  until 
such  fine  and  costs  are  paid,  not  exceeding  sixtv  davs. 

Approved  October  19,  1887. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  196. 

An  ordinance  regulating-  and  preventing  obstruction  to  streets,  alleys 

and  sidewalks. 

The   City   Council  of  the   City  of   Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follo^vs : 

SECTION  1.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons  within   the   limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  set  Billboards,  etc 
or  maintain,  or  allow  to  remain,  any  post,  bill  board,  or 
other  obstruction  in  any  road,  street,  avenue  or  alley,  or 
upon  any  sidewalk  in  said  City,  for  the  purpose  of  fasten- 
ing thereto  any  awnings  or  sig-n,  or  to  erect  or  maintain 
any  wooden  awning,  sign  or  shed   in  or  over  any  street, 
sidewalk,  avenue    or    alley,  or   drop   any  awning  of  any  Wooden  awn- 
material,  or  allow  the  same  to  extend  nearer  to  the  sur-1118*'  etc' 
face  of  the  sidewalk  than  eight  feet. 

SEC.   2.     No  person  shall  erect  or  maintain  any  build- 
ing in  such  a  position  that  any  part  thereof  shall  extend  Building  on 
upon   any  street,  avenue  or  alley,  except  and  provided st 
that  bow  or  bay  windows,  bulks,  cornices  and  other  pro- 
jections from  the  building  above  the  first  story  shall  be 
allowed  to  extend  over  the  street,  avenue  or  alley  not  ex- 
ceeding- twenty-four  inches. 

SEC.   3.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- stairway  over 
sons  to  erect  or  maintain  in,  over  or  upon  any  sidewalk,  sl 


3'J4 


ORDINANCE   NO.    196 — CON. 


Opening1  in 
sidewalk. 


When  per- 
mitted. 


Water  pipes. 


any  stairway  or  flight  of  stairs  of  any  kind  leading-  to 
the  second  or  any  higher  story  of  any  building. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  make 
or  maintain  or  allow  in  front  of  premises  belonging  to 
him  any  opening  in  any  sidewalk  for  the  purpose  of  let- 
ting light  into  any  cellar  or  basement,  or  for  any  other 
purpose,  except  the  said  opening  be  covered  at  all  times 
with  a  substantial  iron  grate  or  other  iron  covering,  but 
no  such  opening  shall  extend  more  thau  three  feet  from 
the  inner  line  of  sidewalk;  provided  that  where  a  build- 
ing is  erected  on  a  street  having  a  grade  of  ten  feet  or 
more  in  a  hundred  feet,  the  city  council  may  permit  an 
opening  to  be  made  in  the  sidewalk  along  the  side  of 
such  building  but  such  openings  shall  not  exceed  three 
feet  in  width,  and  shall  be  protected  by  an  iron  railing 
securely  fastened  to  the  sidewalk. 

SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  put  up,  or  maintain  or  allow,  on  any  building 
owned  by  or  under  his  or  their  control  any  pipe  or  con- 
ductor from  the  eaves  of  any  such  building  to  be  so  put 
up  or  kept  as  to  permit  or  cause  thereby  any  flow  of 
water  from  said  spout,  pipe  or  conductor  to,  across  or 
upon  any  public  sidewalk. 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  construct,  suspend,  maintain  or  suffer  any  sign, 
transparency,  flag,  banner,  placard  or  advertisement  of 
any  kind  to  project  more  than  six  inches  on,  over  or  upon 
any  street,  sidewalk,  avenue  or  alley  of  the  city,  except 
that  the  city  council  may  by  resolution  authorize  flags, 
How  permitted  banners  and  advertisements  painted  or  printed  on  cloth 
to  be  suspended  and  maintained  over  and  across  any 
street,  sidewalk,  avenue  or  alley  of  said  city  for  purposes 
of  a  public  nature  for  a  limited  time  to  be  designated  in 
such  resolution;  and  all  signs,  transparencies,  flags,  ban- 
ners, placards  or  advertisements  constructed  or  placed 
to  project  or  be  on,  over  or  upon  any  street,  avenue  or 
alley  shall  be  securely  fastened  ±o  some  substantial 
structure. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1258.  Approved 
January  7,  1898.) 

SEC.  7.     Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1258  supra. 

SEC.  8.      [Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  258.] 

SEC.  9.  No  person  shall  throw  or  deposit  upon  any 
public  street  or  upon  any  private  premises,  or  anywhere 


Flags,  ban- 
ners, etc. 


Dirt,  rub- 
bish, etc. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    196 — CON.  ;.<»5 

except  in  such  places  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works  any  glass,  metal  or  broken 
ware,  dirt,  rubbish,  garbage  or  filth,  and  no  person  shall 
carry  upon  any  sidewalk  exposed  so  as  to  be  offensive  to 
pedestrians  any  ruboish,  garbage  or  filth. 

SEC.   10.     No  person  shall  drive,  wheel  or  draw  upon  Driving-  on 
any  sidewalk  any  vehicle  except  hand  carriages  for  chil-sldewalk- 
dren,  and  barrows  or  trucks  for  the  purpose  of  deliver- 
ing and  receiving  goods,  and  no  person  having  the  charge 
or   control   of    any   beast   of    burden  shall   intentionally 
cause  or  permit  the  same  to  stand  upon  any  street  cross- 
ing or  so  near  thereto  as  to  obstruct  the  same. 

SEC.    11.     No    person  shall  disturb  or   remove  any  Disturbing 
sidewalks  or  any  part  or   plank   thereof  on   any  public  sidewalk, 
street  or  alley  without  first  obtaining  leave   from  the 
commissioner  of  public  wrorks. 

SEC.   12.     No  person  shall  lead  or  drive  intentionally  Anitnate. 
any  animals  on  any  of  the  sidewalks  of  the  city. 

SEC.   13.     No  person  shall   place,    or    cause  to   be  Wood  and  ceal. 
placed,  or  maintain,  any  wood  and  coal,  whether  in  boxes 
or  otherwise,  on  any  of  the  streets,    sidewalks  or  alleys 
of  the  city,   except  the  same  be  in  the  actual  course  of 
receipt  or  delivery. 

SEC.  14.  Any  person  by  whom  or  under  whose  itn- 
mediate  authority,  as  principal  or  as  contractor,  or  em- 
ployee,  any  portion  of  a  public  street  may  be  made  dan- 
gerous, shall  erect,  and  so  long  as  the  danger  shall 
continue,  maintain  around  the  portion  of  the  street  or 
Highway  so  made  dangerous,  a  good  and  sufficient  barrier 
and  shall  protect  the  same  by  lights  at  night. 

SEC.   15.     No  person  or  persons  shall  cut,  saw  or  Not  cut  wood, 
split  any  wood  upon  the  sidewalk  of  any  street  within 
the  city. 

SEC.  16.     No  person  shall  drag  any  log  or  timber  on  Nor  dragiog-s. 
any  of  the  improved  streets  of  the  city. 

SEC.  17.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  persons  to  gather  Crowds, 
in  crowds  or  groups,  or  for  any  person  to  stand  singly  on 
any  public  street  or  sidewalk  in  the  city  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  to  obstruct  free  passage  thereon  or  to  annoy  other  Free  passage, 
persons  passing  along  the  same,  and  the  chief  of  police 
or  any  policeman  is   hereby  authorized  to  disperse  any 
crowd  or  group,  or  to  cause  the  removal  of  any  person 
violating  the  last   foregoing  provision,  and  to  summarily 
arrest  any  person  or  persons  in  case  of  refusal  on  the 


300  ORDINANCE    NO.    196 CON. 

part  of  such  person  or  persons  to  obey  any  reasonable 
direction  given  by  such  officer  for  the  purpose  of  clear- 
ing* the  way  or  preventing*  annoyance  to  passers  by  on 
any  public  street  or  sidewalk. 

Duty  of  Chief  SEC.  18.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police 

to  remove  or  cause  to  be  removed  from  the  streets,  alleys 
or  sidewalks,  any  of  the  obstructions  thereon  that  are 
prohibited  by  this  ordinance,  and  to  cause  to  be  prose- 
cuted all  persons  who  shall  violate  the  same. 

Penalty.  SEC.   19.     A   violation    of   any  of    the  provisions  of 

this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  the  offender  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  20.  Ordinance  No.  73,  entitled  "An  ordinance 
relating  to  the  obstruction  of  streets  and  sidewalks,'* 
passed  November  14,  1882,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Entrances  to  SEC.  21.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  driver  of  any 

theatres,  etc^  vehicle  designed  for  the  transportation  of  passengers. or 
2<  for  any  other  purpose  to  obstruct  the  free  passage  of  the 
sidewalk  or  street  in  front  of  any  theater,  hall,  hotel, 
restaurant,  dwelling-  or  place  of  public  or  private  g^ather- 
ing,  and  to  this  end  the  sidewalk  and  street  for  a  space 
of  at  least  thirty  (30)  feet  directly  opposite  any  exit  or 
entrance  of  such  theater,  hall  or  place  hereinbefore 
mentioned  shall  be  at  all  times  free  and  unobstructed; 
provided,  however,  that  any  vehicle  may  occupy  the  said 
space  for  a  period  of  not  more  than  three  minutes  for  the 
purpose  of  receiving  or  discharging  passengers. 

(Added  by  ordinance  No.  815.  Approved  April  11, 
1893.) 

Building  SEC.  22.     No  person  or  persons  shall  occupy  any 

portion  of  any  street  or  sidewalk  for  the  deposit  of  build- 
ing material  without  first  obtaining  a  permit  therefor 
from  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

(This  section  was  added  and  ordinance  No.  171  was 

repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1302,  approved  July  29,  1898.) 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  at 

the  expiration  of  three  days  from  the   first   publication 

thereof. 

Approved  April  10,  1888. 


ORDINANCES    NOS.    273    AND    501.  3Q7 

ORDINANCE  NO.  273. 

An  ordinance  prohibiting-  the  burning-  of  any  rubbish,  garbage,  filth  or 
any  substance  on  any  street,  alley,  avenue,  park,  sidewalk  or  pub- 
lic squares,  or  on  any  other  place  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  except  in 
snch  places  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  chief  of  fire  department, 

The   City  Council  of  the   City  of    Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
company  or  corporation  to  set  fire  to,  ignite  or  burn  any 
rubbish,  garbage,  filth  or  any  substance  on  any  street, 
alley,  avenue  or  park,  sidewalk  or  public  square,  or  any 
other  place  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  except  in  such  places  as 
shall  be  designated  by  the  chief  of  fire  department. 

SEC.  2.  A  violation  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
deemed  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  before  a 
committing'  magistrate,  the  offender  shall  be  punished  by 
a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

SEC.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  from  the  publication 
thereof. 

Approved  September  18,  1889. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  501. 

An  ordinance  relating  to  excavations  beneath  the  paved  streets  in  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  Washington. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  every  person,  company  or  corpo- 
ration who  has  a  right,  privilege  or  special  permission  to 
lay  water,  sewer,  gas  or  other  pipes  beneath  the  paved 
[surface  of  the]  streets  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall, 
before  commencing  to  excavate  for  the  purpose  of  laying 
any  such  pipe  or  pipes,  procure  a  written  permit  from 
the  commissioner  of  public  works  of  said  city,  describing 
the  work  contemplated  and  the  number  of  square  feet  of 
the  pavement  to  be  removed  therefor,  and  depositing 
with  the  said  commissioner  an  amount  of  money  equal  to 
the  original  contract  price  per  square  foot,  for  each 
square  foot  of  pavement  to  be  removed,  with  20  per  cent 
added  thereto,  that  an  excavation  made  for  the  purpose 


308  ORDINANCE    NO.    952. 

aforesaid  shall  be  refilled  to  within  one  foot  of  the  sur- 
face of  the  pavement  by  the  person,  company  or  corpo- 
ration making  the  same,  and  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  notified  thereof;  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  com- 
missioner to  notify  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  who 
originally  laid  the  pavement,  and  whose  duty  it  is  to 
keep  the  same  in  repairs,  to  replace  the  same  over  such 
excavations,  and  pay  him  or  them  for  said  work  the  de- 
posit made  therefor;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such 
person,  company  or  corporation  to  keep  said  work  in  re- 
pair as  long  as  he  or  they  are  bound  to  keep  the  balance 
t)f  the  street  in  repair.  Should  such  original  contractor 
refuse  or  neglect  to  replace  such  pavement,  then  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works  shall  let  the  work  to  any  per- 
son who  will  replace  such  pavement  and  agree  to  give  a 
good  bond  to  the  city  to  keep  the  same  in  repair  and  flush 
with  the  balance  of  the  street  for  said  time  for  the 
amount  of  such  deposit. 

SEC.  2.  That  every  person  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of 
one  hundred  dollars  ($100). 

SEC.  3.  That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and 
be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage,  approval  and  pub- 
lication as  required  by  law. 

Approved  July  27,   1891. 


ORDINANCE  NO    952. 

An  ordinance  to  prevent  the  obstruction  of  streets,  alleys  and  public 
places,  declaring  such  obstructions  nuisances,  providing  for  abating 
the  same  and  fixing  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  No  person  or  corporation  shall,  with- 
out having  first  obtained  a  valid  franchise  from  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  erect  on,  over,  along  or  under  any  street, 
alley  or  public  place  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  any  electric 
light,  telephone  or  telegraph  wires,  or  wires  of  any  kind, 
and  no  person  or  corporation  shall,  without  such  authority 
from  the  city,  stretch  electric  light,  telephone  or  tele- 
graph wires,  or  wires  of  any  kind,  over,  along  or  across 
any  street,  alley  or  public  place  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
from  building  to  building,  or  from  pole  to  pole,  across, 
over  or  along  said  street,  alley  or  public  place;  and  all 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1204.  309 

such  wires  erected  on,  over,  along*  or  across  any  such 
street,  alley  or  public  place  without  such  authority  first 
obtained  shall  be  deemed  and  are  hereby  declared  to  be  a 
nuisance. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  or  corporation  having*  hereto- 
fore stretched  electric  lig*ht,  telephone  or  telegraph  wires, 
or  wires  of  any  kind,  over,  along"  or  across  any  of  the 
streets,  alleys  or  public  places  within  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma,  without  having*  the  rig*ht  by  a  valid  franchise  from 
the  city  of  Tacoma  so  to  do,  shall  remove  the  same 
within  ten  (10)  days  after  notice  served  upon  them  so  to 
do  by  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  upon  their  failure  to  so 
remove  the  said  wires  at  the  end  of  said  tirne,  the  said 
wires  and  the  poles  maintaining*  them  shall  be  deemed 
and  they  are  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of 
public  works,  upon  notice  that  any  such  nuisance  exists, 
to  abate  the  same  at  the  cost  of  the  person  erecting  and 
maintaining*  the  same. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person  violating*  any  portion  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  $5.00  and 
not  more  than  $100.00,  or  confined  in  the  city  jail  not  less 
than  one  day,  nor  more  than  thirty  (30)  days,  or  may  be 
punished  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Approved  Aug*ust  6,  1894. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  1204. 

An  ordinance  relating  to  the  removal  of  buildings  over  and  along  the 
streets  and  alleys  of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  No  person  or  persons  shall  move  any 
building  along*  or  over  any  street  or  alley  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma  until  a  permit  shall  have  been  issued  as  herein- 
after provided. 

SEC.  2.  Application  for  permission  as  is  required 
by  the  preceding*  section  shall  be  made  to  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works,  and  a  permit  shall  be  issued  by 
the  commissioner  of  public  works  upon  such  conditions 
as  are  prescribed  herein  and  with  such  additional  pro- 
visions as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  said  commissioner  of 
public  works  in  a  permit  when  issued. 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1204 — CON. 

SEC.  3.     No   permit    shall    be    issued    to    move  an 
building*  over  or  along1  any  street  or  alley,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  until  the  party  making"  applica- 
tion for  such  privilege  shall  have  given  a  bond  in  such 
sum  and  with  such  security  as  shall  be  required  by  the 
commissioner  of  public  works;  that  the  applicant   will, 
upon    condition    that    the    permit    be  issued,    leave    the 
street,  or  streets,  or  alleys,  over  which  any    building-  or 
building's  shall  be  removed,  in  as  good  order  as  they  were 
before  such  removal,  and  that  he  will  proceed  with  such 
removal  continuously  from  day  to  day  until  completed, 
Sundays  and  leg-al  holidays  excepted,  with  the  least  pos- 
sible obstruction  to  the  streets  or  alleys  thus  occupied, 
and  that  he  will  keep  a   watchman   in  and  around  each 
building"   while   upon  any   street,  from  sundown   to  sun- 
rise, during"  each   night   the  building"  shall  remain  upon 
the  street,  and  that  said  watchman  will,  during1  said  time 
he  is  on  watch,  keep  signal  lig"hts  displayed  on  all  sides 
of  such    building",   and    give    any    one    going    upon    said 
streets  such  warning  as  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  in- 
jury to  person  or  property  by  reason  of  the  street  being 
obstructed  by  such  moving  operations. 

SEC.  4.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  in 
the  permit  he  issues  prescribe  the  mode  of  removal  and 
the  streets  and  alleys  over  which  the  removal  may  be 
made,  and  the  removal  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to  his 
control  and  direction;  provided  that  nothing  in  this  ordi- 
nance shall  in  any  wise  modify  or  qualify  the  provisions 
of  any  existing  ordinances  as  to  the  kind  of  buildings 
that  may  be  removed,  or  the  prohibition  against  remov- 
ing frame  buildings  within  the  fire  limits,  or  the  provis- 
ions governing  the  removal  of  telephone  or  telegraph 
wires,  when  their  removal  is  made  necessary  for  the  pur- 
pose of  moving  a  building  upon  any  street  or  alley. 

SEC.  5.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances,  in 
so  far  as  they  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  June  11,  1897. 


ORDINANCES   NOS,    1308    AND    7.  311 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1308. 

An  ordinance  prohibiting  the  excavation,  grading,  paving,  leveling,  re- 
pairing, sidewalking,  crosswalking  or  filling  in  of  any  public  street, 
highway,  avenue  or  alley  within  the  city  limits  without  first  obtain- 
ing a  written  permit  so  to  do,  and  repealing  ordinance  No.  68. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Jacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  no  person  shall  excavate,  grade, 
pave,  level,  repair,  sidewalk,  crosswalk  or  fill  in  any 
public  street,  highway,  avenue  or  alley  within  the  city 
limits  without  first  obtaining*  a  written  permit  so  to  do 
from  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

SEC.  2.  Every  person  who  shall  be  convicted  of  a 
violation  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not 
less  than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  3.  Ordinance  No.  68  be  and  the  same  is  hereby^ 
repealed. 

Approved  August  5,  1898. 


CLASS    XI. 

Miscellaneous. 

ORDINANCE  NO    7. 

An  ordinance  forbidding  the  employment  of  Chinamen  and  Coolies  upon 
the  public  works  of  the  city. 


„ 


7te   Common  CoiDicil  of  the.    City  of  Tacoma  does  or- 
dain as  folloxus  : 

SECTION  1.  That  all  contracts  hereafter  made  or 
entered  into  by  the  city  of  Tacoma,  or  by  authority  of 
the  same,  for  work,  labor  or  services  to  the  city,  shall 
be  upon  the  express  agreement  and  condition,  that  in 
performing  such  work,  labor  or  services,  no  Chinamen 
or  Coolie  shall  in  any  way,  or  for  any  purpose,  be  em- 
ployed by  the  person  or  by  the  authority  of  the  person' 
entering  into  or  taking  any  contract  for  such  work,  labor 
or  services. 

SEC.  2.  A  violation  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
deemed  a  violation  of  such  contract. 

Approved  February  7th,  1884. 


312  ORDINANCE    NO,    133. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  133. 

Defining  nuisances  and  prescribing  the  punishment  therefor, 

7/ie  City  Council   of  the    City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follozus: 

SECTION  1.  That  hereafter  the  erecting,  continuing 
or  using-  any  building-  or  other  place  in  said  city  for  the 
exercise  of  an}-  trade,  employment  or  manufacture, 
which  by  occasioning-  noxious  exhalations,  offensive 
smells  or  other  annoyances  becomes  injurious  and  dan- 
gerous to  the  health,  comfort  or  property  of  individuals 
or  the  public;  the  causing1  or  suffering-  any  offal,  filth  or 
noisome  substance  to  be  collected  or  to  remain  in  any 
place,  street,  hig-hway  or  alle}r  in  said  city  to  the  pre- 
judice of  others,  shall  be  deemed  and  are  public  nui- 
sances. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  or  persons,  owner,  lessee  or 
ag-ent  causing-  or  maintaining-  a  nuisance,  as  aforesaid, 
shall,  on  conviction  therefor,  on  complaint  in  writing 
under  oath  before  any  committing-  magistrate  of  said  city, 
be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding-  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  in  addition  to  such  fine  the  committing  magistrate 
before  whom  such  conviction  is  had,  may  order  that  such 
nuisance  be  abated  or  removed  at  the  expense  of  the  de- 
fendant, in  the  same  manner  and  with  like  proceedings 
as  provided  in  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Washington  in 
such  case  made  and  provided. 

SEC.  3.  All  disorderly  houses,  houses  of  ill-fame 
and  bawdy  houses  kept  for  the  purposes  of  prostitution 
or  for  the  resort  and  the  unlawful  commerce  of  lewd 
people,  all  houses,  rooms,  saloons,  booths,  scows,  boats 
or  other  structures  used  as  a  place  of  resort,  where 
women  are  employed  to  draw  custom,  dance,  or  for  pur- 
poses of  prostitution;  all  public  houses  or  places  of  re- 
sort where  gambling  is  carried  on  or  permitted;  all 
houses  or  places  where  drunkenness,  gambling,  fighting 
or  breaches  of  the  peace  are  carried  on  or  permitted;  all 
saloons,  eating  houses,  hotels  or  other  public  place  or 
places  of  resort,  including  all  rooms  attached  thereto  or 
connected  therewith,  in  which  gambling  is  permitted,  or 
in  which  boys  or  persons  under  the  age  of  21  years  are 
permitted  to  play  any  game  of  chance  or  skill,  or  any 
g-ame  with  cards,  dice,  dominoes,  bagatelle,  billiards, 


ORDINANCE   NO.    183. 

pool  or  other  device,  whether  such  boys  play  for  amuse- 
ment or  for  any  bet  or  wager  or  not,  shall  be  deemed  and 
are  public  nuisances,  and  the  owners,  keepers  or  persons 
in  charge  thereof,  and  any  such  person  or  persons  carry- 
ing" on  or  permitting*  to  be  carried  on  such  unlawful  busi- 
ness, shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

SEC.  4.  Whenever  complaint  in  writing  on  oath  is 
made  before  any  committing  magistrate  of  said  city 
charging  any  person  or  persons  of  a  violation  of  any  of 
the  provisions  of  section  3  hereof,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
such  committing  magistrate  to  issue  a  warrant  for  the 
arrest  of  such  person  or  persons  and  deliver  the  same  to 
any  police  officer  of  said  cit}7,  who  shall  forthwith  arrest 
such  person  or  persons  complained  of,  and  bring  him  or 
them  before  said  committing  magistrate,  who  shall  pro- 
ceed summarily  to  try  such  person  or  persons,  and  to 
hear  and  determine  the  alleged  offense  or  charge  against 
him  or  them,  and  on  conviction  to  punish  such  offense  by 
fine  in  any  sum  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars,  and 
shall  commit  such  person  or  persons  so  convicted  until 
such  fine  and  costs  are  paid. 

Approved  August  30,  1886. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  183. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  working  of  city  prisoners. 

The  City   Council  of  the  City  of    Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follozvs: 

SECTION  1.  That  all  city  prisoners  during  the  term 
of  their  commitment  for  non-payment  of  any  fine  and 
costs  imposed  after  conviction,  shall  be  liable  to  work 
upon  the  streets  or  public  squares  and  in  cleaning  all 
crossings  of  streets  in  the  city,  and  upon  any  and  all 
streets  of  the  city,  a  day's  labor  being  equivalent  to  two 
dollars  in  payment  of  such  fine  and  costs. 

SEC.  2.  Whenever  the  chief  of  police  shall  have 
prisoners  in  his  custody,  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  shall  designate  the  place  or  places  where  the  labor 
of  such  prisoners  may  be  required,  and  the  kind  of  work 
necessary  to  be  done,  and  thereupon  the  chief  of  police 
shall  have  such  work  performed  by  the  prisoners  in  his 
custody  as  far  as  practicable. 


314  ORDINANCE     NO.    184. 

SEC.  3.  The  eity  prisoners  must  labor  as  herein 
provided  under  the  direction  of  the  chief  of  police, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  see  the  prisoners  are  guarded 
to  prevent  escape,  and  if  necessary  he  may  shackle  them. 

SEC.  4.  No  prisoner  shall  be  compelled  to  labor  more 
than  ten  hours  in  one  day.  If  prisoners  shall  refuse  to 
labor  when  directed  by  the  chief  of  police,  or  other  per- 
son having-  them  in  charge,  they  shall  be  compelled  to 
go  upon  the  street  and  have  attached  to  their  leg  a  chain 
and  ball. 

SEC.  5  Repealed  bv  ordinance  No.  1306.  Approved 
August  5,  1898. 

SEC.  6.  This  ordinance  shall  not  be  construed  to 
require  any  female  to  perform  labor  nor  to  require  any 
person  to  labor  on  Sunday.  The  term  "prisoner"  or 
"city  prisoner"  as  used  in  this  ordinance,  shall  be  con- 
strued to  include  all  persons  who  have  been  or  may 
be  hereafter  committed  to  the  city  jail  for  the  non-pay- 
ment of  any  fines  and  costs  imposed  for  the  violation  of 
any  ordinance  of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Approved  November  22,  1887. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  184. 

An  ordinance  for  the  protection  of  monuments,  stakes,   posts  and  pegs, 
established  or  set  by  the  city  eng-ineer. 

The   City   Council   of  the    City  of  Tacoma   docs  ordain 
as  follows  : 

SECTION  1 .  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons  within  the  city  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  tore- 
move,  change,  pull  up  or  destroy,  or  in  any  manner  in- 
terfere with  any  monument,  stake,  post  or  peg  estab- 
lished or  set  by  the  city  engineer  of  said  city  of  Tacoma, 
or  by  any  of  his  assistants  in  the  performance  of  his  or 
their  duties  as  such  engineer  or  assistant;  provided,  how- 
ever, this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  contractor  who 
may  be  obliged  to  remove  such  monument,  stake,  post  or 
peg  in  the  performance  of  his  contract,  provided  said 
contractor  shall  first  notify  said  city  engineer  of  the  ne- 
cessity for  such  removal  and  obtain  permission  from  him 
so  to  do. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating  the  pro  visions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 


ORDINANCE    NO.    299.  315 

upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and 
upon  failure  to  pay  such  fine  and  costs  shall  be  committed 
to  the  city  jail  until  such  fine  and  costs  are  paid,  not  ex- 
ceeding" sixty  days. 

Approved  December  8,  1887. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  299. 

An  ordinance  regulating-  the  manner  in  which  light  and  water  com- 
panies shall  construct,  alter  and  repair  their  lines  withih  the  city 
of  Tacoma. 

The   City   Council  of  the  City  of    Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
firm,  co-partnership  or  corporation,  owning  or  operating 
under  any  franchise  to  supply  the  city  with  light  or  Notice  of  pro- 
water,  to  lay  down  any  water  mains  or  pipes  or  set  any 
poles,  or  make  any  construction,  or  lay  any  pipes  or  re- 
move the  same,  or  make  any  repairs,  without  first  noti- 
fying the  commissioner  of  public  works  in  writing  two 
days  prior  to  the  commencement  of  the  same,  what  con- 
struction, change,  repairs  or  alterations  are  desired  to 
be  made  and  when  they  desire  to  make  the  same. 

SEC.  2.     No  street,  avenue  or  alley  shall  be  obstruct-  obstructions, 
ed  a  greater  distance  than  one  hundred  feet,  for  a  longer 
period   than   six  working  days,   unless  the  city  council 
shall  extend  the  time  thereof. 

SEC.  3.  All  street  crossings  shall  be  kept  open  dur-  street  crossings 
ing  the  progress  of  said  improvement  for  a  sufficient 
width  to  allow  teams  to  pass,  and  all  sidewalk  crossings 
shall  be  kept  open  at  all  times,  by  the  erection  of  tem- 
porary walks  if  necessary,  so  as  not  to  interfere  with 
persons  traveling  thereon. 

SEC.  4.  Within  five  days  after  laying  down  any 
pipe  or  pipes,  or  tearing  up  the  street,  alleys  and  ave- 
nues, where  the  same  is  planked,  macadamized  or  paved, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  or 
co-partnership  making  or  having  charge  of  the  work  of 
said  company  carrying  on  the  work,  to  pave,  plank  or  Repair  of  street 
macadamize  the  said  street,  alley  or  avenue  with  the 
same  material  and  in  the  same  manner  as  the  streets, 


316 


ORDINANCE    NO.    299 — CON. 


Surplus  earth. 
Removal  of 


Poles  how  set. 


Repair  of 
works,  etc. 


Repair  of  lines, 
etc. 


Hydrants. 


Penalty. 


alleys  and  avenues  were  improved,  and  leave  the  same  in 
as  good  condition  as  they  were  before  the  said  work  was 
commenced. 

SEC.  5.  All  surplus  eaith  left  by  the  person,  firm, 
co-partnership  or  corporation  operating*  under  a  fran- 
chise to  supply  the  city  with  light  or  water  in  construct- 
ing", altering  or  repairing  their  lines,  shall  be  removed 
from  the  streets,  alley  or  railroad  within  five  days  after 
the  completion  of  said  work  or  any  part  thereof,  and  in 
refilling  ditches  or  excavations  the  earth  shall  be  tamped 
down  hard  and  solid,  and  said  street,  alley  and  avenue 
left  in  good  condition. 

SEC.  6.  All  poles  along  which  are  strung  electric 
wires  shall  be  set  so  that  the  sides  thereof  next  to  the 
streets  shall  be  inside  of  the  gutter  or  curb  stone  of  the 
sidewalk. 

SEC.  7.  All  work  of  construction,  alteration,  repair 
of  the  works  of  said  light  and  water  company  shall  be 
so  carried  on  as  not  to  interfere  with  any  public  work  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  to  construct,  alter  or  repair 
any  lines,  pipes  or  other  works,  or  set  any  poles  on  any 
street,  avenue  or  alley  of  said  city  where  the  city  is 
making  any  public  improvement  or  carrying  on  any  pub- 
lic work,  without  having  first  obtained  the  consent  of  the 
city  council. 

SEC.  8.  All  hydrants  and  their  connections  put  in 
by  any  water  or  light  and  water  company  shall  remain 
uncovered  until  examined  and  approved  by  the  inspector 
of  plumbing,  *  *  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any 
water  or  light  and  water  company  to  notify  said  inspector 
of  plumbing  that  such  hydrants  and  their  con- 

nections are  ready  for  inspection. 

SEC.  9.  Any  person,  firm,  copartnership  or  corpor- 
ation that  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  city  of  Tacoma  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  and  the  further  sum  of  fifty 
dollars  for  each  day's  violation  thereof. 

Approved  January  4,  1890. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.    405,    520    AND    677. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  405. 

An  ordinance  establishing-  stands  for  hacks  or  other  vehicles  for  hire, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  hacks  or  other 
vehicles  for  hire  to  stand  on  Pacific  avenue,  between 
South  Seventh  and  South  Fifteenth  streets,  between  the 
hours  of  7  a.  m.  and  7  p.  m. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating-  section  one  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and 
fined  in  the  sum  of  five  dollars  ($5)  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

Approved  March  16,   1891. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  520. 

An  ordinance   for  the  protection  of   the  public  parks  of  the  city  of 

Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma'. 

SECTION  1.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
drive  upon  the  foot  paths,  or  pick  any  of  the  flowers,  or 
mutilate  any  of  the  shrubs  or  trees,  or  any  of  the  monu- 
ments or  works  of  art,  or  in  any  manner  damage  any  of 
the  property  of  the  parks  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
board  of  park  commissioners,  or  shall  violate  any  of  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  the  board  of  park  commission- 
ers, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  ($5)  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100). 

SEC.  2  All  fines  received  for  violation  of  section 
one  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  paid  into  the  park  fund. 

Approved  September  14,  1891. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  677. 

An  ordinance  establishing  stands  for  hotel  omnibuses,  hacks,  cabs  and; 
other  vehicles  at  the  Pacific  avenue  depot. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.     That  there  is  hereby  granted  to   hotel 
omnibuses,  and  no  other  vehicles,  permission  to  occupy  a. 


318  ORDINANCE   NO.    768. 

space  on  Pacific  avenue  between  the  street  railway  track 
and  the  east  sidewalk,  extending-  from  the  sidewalk  apron 
in  front  of  the  Northern  Pacific  depot  fifty  (50)  feet 
north  upon  said  street  for  a  period  of  fifteen  (15)  min- 
utes prior  to  the  arrival  or  departure  of  any  passenger 
train. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  766.  Approved  No- 
vember 28,  1892.) 

SEC.  2.  That  there  is  hereby  granted  to  hacks, 
cabs  and  other  passenger  vehicles,  permission  to  occupy 
a  space  upon  Pacific  avenue  between  the  street  railway 
track  and  the  east  sidewalk,  extending  from  the  side- 
walk apron  in  front  of  the  Northern  Pacific  depot  sev- 
enty-five (75)  feet  south  upon  said  street,  and  also  the 
following  space:  Beginning  at  a  point  seventy-five  (75) 
feet  north  of  the  aforesaid  sidewalk  apron,  thence  ex- 
tending seventy-five  (75)  feet  northerly  upon  said  street 
for  a  period  of  fifteen  (15)  minutes  prior  to  the  arrival  or 
departure  of  any  passenger  train. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  766,  supra.) 

SEC.  3.  That  all  horses  attached  to  vehicles  stand- 
ing on  either  side  of  Pacific  avenue  between  the  outer- 
most extreme  points,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  shall 
stand  parallel  to  the  line  of  the  said  street  in  a  northerly 
or  southerly  direction,  and  not  crosswise  to  the  line  of 
the  street. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor and  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

Approved  July  25,  1892. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  768. 

-An  ordinance  prohibiting- the  depositing  of  any  dobris  or  refuse  matter 
in  or  near  that  waterway  or  channel  situate  along-  the  western 
shore  of  Commencement  Bay  between  :South  Fourth  street  and 
Puyallup  avenue. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  dump, 
•deposit  or  throw  any  debris  or  refuse  matter  whatsoever 
into  that  waterway  or  channel  at  the  head  of  Commence- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    785. 

ment  Bay,  extending  along-  the  western  shore  of  said 
bay  from  opposite  South  Fourth  street,  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma,  southward  to  Puyallup  avenue,  or  to  dump,  deposit 
or  throw  any  debris  or  refuse  matter  whatsoever  near 
said  waterway  or  channel  in  such  manner  that  the  same 
is  or  shall  be  liable  to  be  carried  or  washed  into  the  said 
channel. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation 
violating-  the  provisions  of  section  1  of  this  ordinance 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  to 
exceed  one  hundred  dollars. 

Approved  November  28,  1892. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  785. 

An  ordinance  fixing-  and  designating-  a  public  market  place  in  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  and  providing  for  maintaining  the  same. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma\ 

SECTION  1.  That  lots  numbered  1,  2,  3,  4,  and  5,  in 
block  numbered  2306,  and  lots  numbered  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  and 
6,  in  block  numbered  2406,  as  shown  on  the  Tacoma 
Land  Company's  plat  of  New  Tacoma,  tog-ether  with 
the  streets  abutting  said  lots,  be  and  they  are  hereby 
desig-nated  and  made  a  public  market  place  for  the  city 
of  Tacoma  for  the  sale  of  farm,  g-arden,  orchard  and 
dairy  products,  poultry,  fish,  g-ame  and  such  other  arti- 
cles as  are  usually  exposed  for  sale  in  market  places  in 
cities,  but  not  to  include  milk. 

SEC.  2.  Within  five  da}rs  after  the  passag-e  of  this 
ordinance  the  mayor  shall  appoint  a  market  master,  who 
shall  have  charge  and  supervision  of  said  market  place 
under  the  direction  of  the  city  council.  The  salary  of 
the  market  master  shall  be  such  a  sum  as  the  council 
may  from  time  to  time  fix  by  ordinance,  and  he  shall  hold 
office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  appointing-  power.  The 
mayor  may  at  any  time  remove  said  market  master  from 
office  and  appoint  his  successor. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  846,  approved  June 
13,  1893,  and  amendment  No.  23  to  the  charter.) 

SEC.  3.  There  shall  be  erected  and  maintained  up- 
on said  market  place  a  public  scales  for  weighing  farm 
products,  animals,  coal,  and  such  other  articles  as  may 
be  offered  for  weighing.  These  scales  shall  be  under 


ORDINANCE   NO.    830. 

the  supervision  of  the  market  master,  who  shall  have 
charge  of  all  the  weighing  upon  said  market,  and  who 
shall  furnish  for  each  and  every  load  weighed  upon  said 
scales  a  ticket  showing  the  gross  and  net  weight  of  such 
load  or  other  thing  weighed  by  him,  and  he  shall  collect 
such  fee  for  weighing  as  hereinafter  provided  in  this  or- 
dinance, which  fees  shall  be  paid  into  the  city  treasury 
every  month  by  the  market  master. 

SEC.  4.  The  fee  for  weighing  any  load  upon  wagon 
or  other  vehicle  shall  be  ten  cents;  for  any  animal  ten 
cents. 

SEC.  5.  Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  995,  approved 
June  6,  1895. 

Approved  January  25,  1893. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  830. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  manner  and  form  of  making-,  approving 
and  filing  plats  of  additions  to  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  Before  any  plat  or  map  of  any  addi- 
tion, rearrangement,  subdivision  or  any  other  plan  of 
platting  any  territory  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma  shall  be  accepted,  the  land  thus  platted  or  sub- 
divided must  be  surveyed.  The  plat  of  such  land  shall 
follow  the  general  system  of  townsite  adopted  by  the 
city  council,  conforming  as  far  as  practicable  with  sur- 
rounding additions,  and  with  the  topography  of  the 
ground  platted.  The  width  of  streets,  avenues  and 
alleys  shall  be  as  laid  down  in  the  general  system  adopt- 
ed by  the  council.  Stone  or  iron  monuments  shall  be 
placed  at  the  corners  of  said  additions  and  at  ever\r  in- 
tersection of  center  lines  of  streets,  and  at  intersections 
of  center  lines  of  streets  with  the  boundaries  of  the  ad- 
dition. If  stone  be  used,  a  cross  (X)  cut  in  the  top  of 
said  stone  shall  mark  the  exact  spot  of  intersection  or 
corner  of  addition.  If  iron  be  used  the  form  shall  be 
such  as  to  meet  the  approval  of  the  city  engineer.  All 
monuments  must  De  placed  at  least  eighteen  (18)  inches 
below  the  surface  of  the  ground.  Corner  stakes  having 
street  name  and  block  numoer  plainly  marked  thereon, 
must  be  placed  at  street  and  alley  corners. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    830 — CON.  32t 

SEC.  2-  All  plats  presented  for  acceptance  must  be 
drawn  in  duplicate  on  good  substantial  paper.  The 
names  of  streets  are  to  be  marked  thereon  and  lots  in 
each  block  numbered  in  progressive  numbers. 

The  sizes  of  all  lots,  width  of  streets  and  alleys, 
length  of  boundaries  and  angels  at  corners  of  the  addi- 
titions  are  to  be  distinctly  shown  upon  said  plats.  The 
distances  of  street  centers  from  boundaries  are  also  to  be 
plainly  shown. 

All  maps  or  plats  having  curved  lines  of  streets, 
avenues  or  alleys  must  have  the  radii  and  center  of  chords 
and  ordinates,  distances,  or  whatever  may  be  necessar}' 
to  define  such  curves  distinctly,  shown  upon  the  plat  and 
if  necessary  marginal  notes  explaining  the  same.  Every 
plat  must  contain  a  description  of  the  property  platted; 
the  acknowledgement  of  the  parties  or  party  platting 
the  land  that  he  or  they  are  the  sole  owners  of  the  same 
and  that  the  streets,  avenues,  alleys  and  parks  are  free 
from  mortgages  or  liens,  and  that  they  dedicate  such 
streets,  avenues,  parks  and  alleys  as  appear  upon  the 
plat,  to  the  public  use  forever.  It  must  contain  the  sur- 
veyor's certificate  that  the  plat  is  correct;  that  the  land 
has  been  surveyed  and  monuments  and  corner  stakes 
placed  at  required  points.  Such  certificate  must  be  ac- 
knowledged before  a  notary  public. 

SEC.  3.  All  plats  of  additions,  rearrangements,  or 
subdivisions  of  any  territory  within  the  limits  of  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  shall  be  examined  by  the  city  engineer.  If, 
in  his  judgment,  such  plat  conforms  to  the  general  sys- 
tem of  town  site  adopted  by  the  city  council,  and  is'  in 
accordance  with  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  he 
shall  approve  the  same  and  present  it  to  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works  for  approval.  No  plat  of  any 
land  laid  out  or  platted  shall  be  filed  or  recorded  until 
such  approval  is  had  and  indorsed  upon  such  plat,  by  the 
city  engineer  and  commissioner  of  public  works. 

SEC.  4.  Upon  recommendation  of  the  commissioner 
of  public  works  that  a  plat  be  accepted,  the  city  council 
may  approve  the  same.  If  approved  by  the  city  council, 
such  approval  must  be  indorsed  by  the  president  of  the 
council,  attested  by  the  city  clerk  and  signed  by  the 
mayor.  When  a  plat  is  so  recommended  and  approved 
it  shall  entitle  such  plat  to  be  filed  for  record.  The 


322  ORDINANCE   NO.    870. 

duplicate  of  such  plat  shall  be  filed  in  the  city  engineer's- 
office  as  a  true  copy  of  the  original  plat. 

SEC.  5.  Every  plat  which  is  not  filed  for  record 
within  three  months  after  approval  by  the  city  council, 
must  be  ag'ain  presented  for  acceptance  and  approval 
before  filing. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person  who  shall  file  or  cause  to  be 
filed  for  record  in  tne  office  of  the  auditor  of  Pieace 
county,  any  plat  or  any  addition,  which  has  not  been  ac- 
cepted or  approved  by  the  city  council,  shall,  on  convic- 
tion, be  fined  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars,  or,  be 
imprisoned  not  to  exceed  thirty  days,  such  plat  shall  be 
null  and  void.  And  the  city  attorney  shall  take  the 
proper  steps  to  restrain  such  owner  from  selling  prop- 
erty according  to  such  plat  until  the  same  be  accepted 
and  approved. 

SEC.  7.  Ordinance  No.  148,  passed  December  4,, 
1886,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  May  16,  1893. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  870. 

An  ordinance  to  establish   rules  for  the  use  and -maintenance  of   the 

public  market, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  no  person  shall  use  or  occupy 
any  stall,  stand  or  place  in  the  public  market  established 
by  ordinance  in  said  city,  or  use  or  occupy  any  stand, 
bench,  stall  or  allotted  space  in  or  about  the  market 
place  of  said  public  market,  unless  such  person  shall 
have  paid  the  market  master  such  sum  or  sums  of  money 
as  provided  in  this  ordinance  as  rent  therefor. 

SEC.  2.  That  no  person  or  firm  shall  hold  more 
than  two  stands  or  stalls  in  the  market  house  at  the 
same  time. 

SEC.  3.  That  all  vegetables,  provisions  or  other 
things  brought  upon  said  market  place  for  display  or 
sale  shall  be  placed  in  such  manner  as  the  market  master 
may  direct.  And  if  any  such  provisions,  vegetables  or 
fruits  shall  be  deemed  unwholesome  by  the  market  mas- 
ter, he  shall  order  the  owner  or  owners  thereof  to  imme- 
diately remove  them  from  the  market  place.  If  such 
owner  or  owners  neglect  or  refuse  to  move  them  forth- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    870 — CON.  323 

with,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  market  master  to 
remove  the  same  without  delay. 

SEC.  4.  That  no  person  shall  kill  or  slaughter  any 
animal  on  the  market  place,  nor  throw  or  deposit  any 
animal  or  vegetable  offal,  filth,  meat,  dead  animal,  fowl, 
fish  or  noisome  subject  in  or  about  the  market  house  or 
place. 

SEC.  5.  That  all  vehicles  in  which  articles  are 
brought  to  the  market  for  sale  shall  be  placed  in  such 
position  as  the  market  master  shall  direct. 

SEC.  6.  That  no  stall  or  place  in  said  market  shall 
be  rented  or  used  for  the  purpose  of  selling  or  giving 
away  any  wines  or  spirituous,  intoxicating  or  fermented 
liquors. 

SEC.  7.  That  no  person  shall,  during  market  hours, 
collect  together  or  address,  in  any  part  of  the  market 
place,  any  crowd  or  make  any  rude,  boisterous  or  un- 
seemly noise  or  disturbance,  or  use  any  obscene  or  pro- 
fane language  on  the  market  place.  Nor  shall  any  per- 
son in  a  state  of  intoxication  go  upon  said  market  place 
during  market  hours,  nor  shall  any  person  bring  or  suffer 
to  come  with  him  into  or  upon  said  market  place  during 
market  hours  any  unruly  or  dangerous  animal. 

SEC.  8.  That  all  wagons  and  other  vehicles  brought 
to  the  market  for  any  purpose  whatever  shall  be  placed 
under  and  by  the  direction  of  the  market  master,  and 
shall  never  be  allowed  to  obstruct  the  public  streets. 

SEC.  9.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  leave  any  wagon  or  other  vehicle  or  horse  or  animal 
upon  the  public  market  place  during  the  market  hours, 
except  such  as  are  stationed  by  the  market  master;  and 
it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  put  any  box,  bar- 
rel, bench  or  other  article  upon  the  market  place  or  the 
streets  or  sidewalks  about  it  during  market  hours,  ex- 
cept it  be  located  under  the  direction  of  the  market  mas- 
ter. 

SEC.  10.  That  the  rates  of  fees  and  charges  for 
the  rental  of  standing  places  on  the  market  grounds, 
and  the  weighing  of  animals  and  loaded  vehicles  upon 
the  public  scales,  are  hereby  fixed  at  the  following  rates, 
to-wit: 

Ten  cents  per  day  for  vehicles  for  the  sale  of  farm, 
orchard  or  dairy  products  raised  or  produced  in  Pierce 
county,  Washington. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    870 — CON. 

One  dollar  per  day  for  standing  place  to  sell  the  pro- 
ducts of  any  other  county  or  state. 

Ten  cents  for  weighing*  any  load  upon  wagon  or 
other  vehicle,  and  10  cents  for  weighing  any  animal  upon 
the  public  scales. 

Provided  that  the  market  master  may  sell  stands  in 
the  market  place  or  house  for  a  longer  peiiod  than  one 
day  at  auction  to  the  highest  bidder  therefor. 

SEC.  11.  That  all  rents,  fees  and  rates  provided 
for  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  due  and  collectible  in  ad- 
vance of  occupancy. 

SEC.  12.  That  the  market  master  shall  have  the 
direction  and  control  of  said  market,  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  all  the  ordinances  of  said  city  relating  there- 
to, and  that  he  shall  have  the  power  to  enforce  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  13,  That  every  person  who  shall  resist  said 
market  master  in  the  lawful  discharge  of  his  duty  in 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon 
conviction  thereof  before  the  justice  of  the  peace  hav- 
ing jurisdiction  of  municipal  offenses,  be  fined  in  the  sum 
of  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  for  every  such  offense,  and 
be  imprisoned  until  such  fine  and  the  costs  of  prosecu- 
tion are  paid. 

SEC.  14.  That  any  person  who  shall  in  any  partic- 
ular violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall, 
upon  conviction  thereof,  before  the  justice  of  the  peace 
having  jurisdiction  of  municipal  offenses,  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  every 
such  offense,  and  shall  be  imprisoned  until  such  fine  and 
cost  of  prosecution  are  paid;  but  not  exceeding  thirty 
days;  but  said  fine  and  costs  together  shall  not  exceed 
one  hundred  ($100)  dollars. 

SEC.  15.  That  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances 
inconsistent  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
are  hereby  repealed,  so  far  as  they  affect  the  same. 

SEC.  16.  That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  [and 
be  in  force]  from  and  after  its  publication. 

Approved  July  25,  1893. 


ORDINANCES    NOS.    1001    AND    1049. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1001. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  price  of  gas  furnished  to  consumers  within 
the  city  of  Tacoina. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Taconia: 

SECTION  1.  That  no  person  or  corporation  shall 
charg-e  more  than  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  ($1.50)  per 
thousand  cubic  feet  for  illuminating- g-as  furuished  to  con- 
sumers within  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  2.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  charg-e  more 
than  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  ($1.25)  per  thous- 
and cubic  feet  for  g-as  for  heating-  purposes,  furnished  to 
consumers  within  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  or  corporation,  managers, 
ag-ents  or  servants  thereof  violating-  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  ordinance  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  hundred  ($100)  dol- 
lars or  imprisonment  in  the  city  jail  not  exceeding-  thirty 
(30)  days/ 

Passed  June  25,  1895. 

Presented  to  the  mayor  for  his  approval  June  27, 
1895. 

Returned  by  the  mayor  with  his  objections  in  writ- 
ing- July  5,  1895. 

July  6,  1895,  presented  to  the  council  in  regular  ses- 
sion and  passed. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1049. 

An  ordinance  to  procure  the  attendance  of  witnesses  and  production  of 
testimony  before  the  city  council  while  engaged  in  any  investiga- 
tion, trial  or  hearing  authorized  by  the  city  charter,  and  to  punish 
persons  refusing  to  so  appear  or  testify. 

Be  it  or  da  hied  l>y  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  whenever  any  investigation,  trial 
or  hearing-  which  shall  be  authorized  by  the  charter  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  or  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Washing-- 
ton shall  be  undertaken  by  the  city  council,  the  said 
council  may  by  a  resolution,  instruct  its  president  to  is- 
sue a  subpoena  for  witnesses;  that  the  said  president  of 
the  city  council  when  so  instructed  shall  issue  a  subpoena 
in  the"  name  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  which  shall  be  di- 


32$  ORDINANCE    NO,    1090. 

rected  to  the  witness  or  witnesses  desired,  and  which 
shall  command  them  in  the  name  of  the  city  of  Tacoma 
to  appear  at  the  time  and  place  to  be  fixed  therein,  be- 
fore the  city  council  to  give  evidence  in  the  matter  in 
question,  under  penalty  provided  by  this  ordinance;  that 
the  witness  may  be  required  also  by  the  subpoena  to 
produce  books  and  papers  in  his  possession  or  under  his 
charge  or  control,  but  the  demand  for  t*ne  same  shall  be 
stated  in  the  said  subpoena. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police 
or  any  police  officer  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  serve  the 
said  subpoena,  provided  that  no  witness  shall  be  required 
to  attend  in  command  to  said  subpoena  unless  he  shall  be 
paid  at  least  one  day's  witness  fee  of  $2.00  and  his  mile- 
age at  ten  cents  per  mile  each  way,  in  advance,  and  the 
city  council  shall  make  provision  for  the  payment  of  the 
same  at  the  time  it  makes  the  order  for  the  issuance  of 
the  subpoenas. 

SEC.  3.  That  if  any  person  shall  refuse  to  obey 
the  said  subpoena  and  shall  refuse  to  attend  at  the  time 
designated  therein  from  day  to  day  until  he  shall  be  ex- 
cused by  the  president  of  the  council,  or  shall  fail  or 
refuse  to  produce  and  exhibit  any  books,  papers  or  docu- 
ments in  his  possession  which  shall  be  desired  in  said  ex- 
amination, unless  he  shall  have  a  good  and  legal  excuse 
therefore,  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  $100  or 
confined  in  the  city  jail  not  exceeding-  ten  (10)  days,  or 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;  provided  that  no  per- 
son shall  be  fined  or  imprisoned  except  upon  a  trial  be- 
fore a  court. 

Approved  January  27,   1896. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1090. 

An  ordinance  to  prevent  persons  from  improperly  retaining  books, 
papers,  keys  and  other  property,  and  from  improperly  withholding 
knowledge  or  information  as  to  keys,  locks  and  combinations  to 
safes,  vaults,  desks,  lockers,  drawers  and  doors  belonging  to  the 
city. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  if  any  per&on  or  persons  retain,, 
keep  or  lock  up  any  books,  papers,  records  or  property 
of  any  description  belonging  to  this  city  after  the  same 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1119. 

or  any  portion  thereof  have  been  demanded  by  the  mayor 
of  the  city,  or  any  committee  of  the  city  council,  duly 
authorized  to  make  such  demand,  or  shall  refuse  to  al- 
low a  full  inspection  of  all  books,  papers,  property  and 
records  belonging-  to  this  city  after  such  demand,  such 
person  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  con- 
viction thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars,  and  stand  committed  until  such 
fine  and  costs  are  paid. 

SEC.  2.  That  if  any  officer  or  employe  of  this  city 
shall,  after  his  term  of  office  or  employment  has  ended, 
and  his  successor  has  been  duly  elected  or  appointed,  as 
the  case  may  be,  and  has  been  duly  qualified,  refuse  to 
deliver  up  to  his  successor,  upon  demand,  all  keys  be- 
longing* in  said  office  or  employment,  and  all  records, 
books  and  papers  locked  up  in  vaults,  safes  or  desks,  he 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars  and  stand  committed  until  such  fine  and 
costs  are  paid. 

Approved  June  16,  1896. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1119. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  and  control  the  laying-  and  use  of  wires  to 
convey  electricity  or  electric  currents. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma\ 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per^-- 
son,  company  or  corporation  to  stretch  any  wires  to  con- 
vey electricity,  or  -electric  currents,  for  light,  heat  or 
motor  power,  upon,  along  or  across  the  streets  or  alleys, 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  or  from  one 
building  to  another,  within  said  limits,  unless  such  wire 
or  wires  are  placed  in  underground  conduits  under  the 
supervision  of  the  city  council.  Provided,  that  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  any  person, 
company  or  corporation  now  having  poles  set  and  wires 
stretched  thereon,  so  far  as  it  relates  to  such  poles  and 
wires,  and  the  business  purposes  for  which  such  wires, 
are  now  used. 

SEC.  2.  That  any  person  or  persons  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in, 


328.  ORDINANCE    NO.     1244. 

any  sum  not  less  than  fifty  dollars    ($50)  or  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  ($100.) 

Approved  August  10,  1896. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1244. 

An  ordinance  prohibiting  any  person  or  persons  from  wearing  hats  or 
bonnets  or  other  head  covering-  in  theaters  or  other  places  of  amuse- 
ment during  the  performance  or  rendition  of  any  program  in  said 
places. 

Be  it  ordained  l>v  I  he  Citv  o/    Tucoma'. 

SECTION  1.  No  person  or  persons  shall  wear  any 
hat,  bonnet  or  other  head  covering*  within  any  theater  or 
other  places  of  amusement  during-  the  performance  or 
rendition  of  any  program  on  the  stage  or  platform  of 
said  theater  or  place  of  amusement,  but  every  such  hat, 
bonnet  or  other  head  covering  shall  be  removed  from  the 
head  of  the  person  or  persons  wearing*  the  same,  during 
the  performance  or  rendition  of  any  program  within  the 
said  theater  or  place  of  amusement.  Provided,  however, 
that  the  above  prohibition  shall  not  be  held  to  include 
skull  caps,  lace  coverings  or  other  small  and  closely  fit- 
ting head-dress  or  coverings  which  does  not  interfere 
with  or  obstruct  the  view  of  the  stage  or  platform  of 
said  places  of  persons  sitting  in  the  rtar  of  said  wearer 
or  wearers  in  such  theaters  or  places  of  amusement. 

SKC.  2.  No  person  or  corporation  having  the  lease, 
management  or  control  of  any  theater  or  place  of  amuse- 
ment where  an  audience  may  be  assembled  to  witness 
any  performance  or  rendition  of  any  program  upon  the 
stage  or  platform  of  said  places,  shall  permit  any  per- 
son or  persons  during  the  time  of  the  performance  or 
rendition  of  any  program  upon  the  stage  or  platform  of 
said  places,  to  wear  any  hat,  bonnet  or  other  head  cov- 
ering contrary  to  the  provisions  of  section  1  of  this  ordi- 
nance; and  every  person,  firm  or  corporation  having  the 
lease,  management  or  control  of  any  theater  or  other 
place  of  amusement  shall  give  notice  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  at  or  before  the  commencement  of  such 
performance  or  program  to  those  present  by  distributing 
or  causing  to  be  distributed,  generally,  notices  of  said 
ordinance,  printed  or  otherwise  published  on  the  official 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1247. 

program,  or  in  a  conspicuous  place  or  portion  of  the  said 
theater  or  place  of  amusement. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5)  and  not  more 
than  ten  dollars  ($10)  or  imprisonment  in  the  city  jail  not 
less  than  two  (2)  days  nor  more  than  five  (5)  days,  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immedi^ 
ately  upon  its  legal  passage,  approval  and  publication. 

Approved  October  16,  1897. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1247. 

An  ordinance  providing1  harbor  regulations  and  prescribing-  duties   of 
the  harbor  master  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Wash. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1 .  Vessels  must  not  be  moored  or  anchored 
in  the  harbor  of  Commencement  bay  in  such  manner  as 
to  interfere  with  vessels  approaching-  or  leaving  the 
wharves. 

SEC.  2.  A  vessel  will  not  be  entitled  to  a  berth  at 
any  public  wharf  or  dock  until  an  application  shall  have 
been  made  to  the  harbor  master.  Such  application  must 
state  the  draft  of  the  vessel,  kind  of  cargo  and  locality 
desired.  No  application  entertained  unless  the  vessel  be 
in  the  harbor  and  ready  to  be  docked.  Berths  will  be 
assigned  in  the  order  of  the  application.  No  one  except 
the  harbor  master  has  authority  to  assign  berths  to  ves- 
sels. 

SEC.  3.  To  make  room  for  vessels  requiring  imme- 
diate accommodation,  idle  vessels  must  haul  or  go  to  an- 
chor at  expense  of  such  vessel  when  required  to  do  so  by 
the  harbor  master, 

SEC.  4.  When  it  is  necessary  for  a  vessel  to  move 
to  allow  exit  or  entrance  of  other  vessels,  she  must  do  so 
at  her  own  expense. 

SEC.  5.  Vessels  when  lying  at  the  wharf  or  slip, 
shall  lie  with  lower  and  top  sail  yards  braced  up,  unless 
being  used  in  discharging  or  taking  cargo,  and  jib  boom 
and  movable  spars  rigged  in,  if  required  by  the  harbor 
master. 


ORDINANCE     NX).    1247 — CON. 

SEC.  6.  A  vessel  anchored  or  moored  in  the  harbor 
or  lying  in  a  slip  or  dock  must  at  all  times  as  well  by 
night  as  by  day,  have  on  board  at  least  one  seaman  capa- 
ble of  taking  proper  care  of  such  vessel.  If  it  becomes 
necessary  a  vessel  may  be  removed  by  the  harbor  master 
at  the  expense  of  the  owner,  and  the  owner  and  the  ves- 
sel shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  that  shall  arise 
thereby. 

SEC.  7.  When  ballast,  stone,  coal,  brick,  ashes, 
cinders,  dust,  rubbish  or  loose  matter  or  anything  that 
will  sink,  is  being  landed  from  a  vessel  upon  a  wharf  or 
landing,  or  is  being  transferred  from  one  vessel  to  an- 
other, a  canvas  chute  or  other  contrivance  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  the  harbor  master,  must  be  used  to  prevent  any 
part  of  such  substance  from  falling  into  the  dock  or 
water. 

SEC.  8.  Fire  must  not  be  used  on  board  of  any  ves- 
sel for  heating  pitch,  tar  or  other  inflammable  substance, 
but  may  be  used  on  floating  stages  or  boats  for  the  pur- 
pose of  heating  such  substance  for  repairing  vessels,  pro- 
vided such  fire  is  constantly  in  the  care  of  some  person 
capable  of  taking  proper  care  of  the  -same,  while  lying 
at  the  dock. 

SEC.  9.  All  condemned  or  dismantled  vessels  must 
be  removed  to  such  places  as  the  harbor  master  shall  di- 
rect. 

SEC.  10.  No  substance  that  will  sink  or  form  an 
obstruction  to  navigation  must  be  deposited  in  the  water 
on  the  shores  of  the  harbor  without  first  obtaining  per- 
mission in  writing  from  the  harbor  master,  and  no  per- 
mission will  be  granted  to  discharge  ballast  in  the  bay 
where  there  are  less  than  twenty-two  fathoms  of  water 
at  low  tide. 

SEC.  11.  ,  All  vessels  at  anchor  shall  be  required  to 
toll  a  bell  during  the  continuance  of  foggy  weather,  and 
shall  keep  an  anchor  light  burning  from  sunset  to  sun- 
rise, at  some  point  of  said  vessel  where  best  seen  at  least 
twelve  feet  from  the  deck. 

SEC.  12.  Vessels  may  moor  at  the  city  buoys  upon 
the  payment  of  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  a  period  of 
fifteen  days  or  any  part  thereof,  which  shall  be  paid  to 
the  harbor  master,  who  shall  receipt  for  and  pay  the 
same  over  to  the  city  treasurer.  Vessels  leaving  a  buoy 
temporarily  after  having  moored,  prior  to  the  expiration 


ORDINANCE    NO.     1247 — CON. 


of  said  fifteen  days,  shall  have  a  rigfht  to  return  to  any 
unoccupied  buoy  designated  by  the  harbor  master  at  any 
time  prior  to  the  expiration  of  said  fifteen  days, 
without  charge,  but  in  case  all  buoys  are  occupied 
.and  remain  so  occupied  to  the  expiration  of  the  fifteen 
da\Ts,  then  in  such  case  said  vessel  forfeits  all  right  to 
return  to  a  buoy  without  charge.  Vessels  mooring  at 
city  buoys  do  so  at  their  own  risk  in  all  respects.  Not 
more  than  one  vessel  shall  be  allowed  to  moor  at  a  buoy 
at  the  same  time.  The  harbor  master  shall  have  power 
at  any  time  to  remove  an\T  vessel  from  said  buoys  at  the 
risk  and  expense  of  said  vessels. 

SEC.  13.  The  master,  agent  or  owner  of  a  vessel 
refusing  or  neglecting  to  obe\7  the  order  of  the  harbor 
master  in  any  matter  pertaining  to  the  regulation  of  the 
harbor  or  the  removal  or  stationing  of  such  vessel,  or 
failing  to  toll  said  bell  or  keep  said  anchor  light  burn- 
ing as  provided  herein,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  on  complaint  made  in 
writing  by  the  harbor  master  before  a  committing  magis- 
trate of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  to  be  collected  as  provided 
by  law. 

SEC.  14.  The  harbor  master  shall  keep  a  record 
in  a  book  to  be  provided  for  that  purpose  of  all  vessels 
entering  and  leaving  the  harbor,  which  record  shall  show 
the  name  of  the  vessel,  her  nationality,  tonnage,  kind  of 
cargo,  and  date  of  arrival  and  departure,  which  record 
shall  be  the  property  of  the  city  and  shall  be  turned  over 
by  the  harbor  master  to  his  successor.  He  shall  report 
to  the  council  monthly  the  amount  paid  by  him  to  the 
city  treasurer,  as  provided  by  section  12. 

SEC.  15.     It    shall    be    unlawful    to    run  any  water, 
craft  at  a  greater  speed   than  six  miles  per  hour  in  the 
harbor  or  in  any  water  way  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  south 
of  the  center  of  South  Fourth  street,  prolonged. 

SEC.  16.  Any  master,  agent,  owner  or  other  per- 
son having  control  of  an}7  vessel  violating-  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis-- 
demeanor,  and  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  17.  That  no  vessel  shall  anchor  in  the  waters 
of  Commencement  bay  between  a  line  extending  from 
St.  Paul  and  Tacoma  Lumber  Company's  wharf  to  the 


ORDINANCE    NO.     1299. 

Tacoma  Warehouse  and  Elevator  Company's  elevator 
and  west  sh®re  line  of  Commencement  bay,  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  without  written  permission  from  the  harbor 
master. 

SEC.  18.  Ordinance  No.  187,  ordinance  No.  719  and 
ordinance  No.  757  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  October  29,  1897. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1299. 

An  ordinance  declaring  certain  bulkheads  to  be  nuisances,  providing  for 
abating  said  nuisances,  for  the  reconstruction  of  such  bulkheads, 
and  fixing-  a  penalty  for  the  violation  of  this  ordinance. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  all  bulkheads  which  are  now  or 
may  hereafter  be  erected  upon  the  public  streets  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  which  are  in  an  unsafe  condition  due  to 
the  failure  of  the  owners  of  the  abutting-  lots  to  keep 
the  same  in  repair,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  nuisances. 

SEC.  2.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  is  here- 
by directed  to  prepare  specifications  for  reconstructing- 
said  bulkheads  by  building-  new  bulkheads  in  place 
thereof. 

SEC.  3.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works  to  notify  the  owner  or  owners  of 
said  lots  that  said  bulkhead  is  in  an  unsafe  condition; 
that  the  same  must  be  reconstructed  by  the  building  of 
a  new  bulkhead  within  a  period  of  four  weeks,  and  that 
specifications  for  such  improvements  are  on  file  with  the 
commissioner  of  public  works.  That  said  notice  shall 
contain  a  copy  of  this  ordinance,  which  shall  be  served 
by  publishing-  the  same  for  three  consecutive  times  in  the 
official  newspaper. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of 
public  works,  when  any  bulkheads  are  in  an  unsafe  con- 
dition, upon  the  failure  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the 
lots  abutting-  upon  said  bulkheads  to  comply  with  said 
notice,  to  file  a  complaint  ag-ainst  the  said  owner  or  own- 
ers for  maintaining-  a  nuisance;  and  upon  couviction 
thereof  such  owner  or  owners  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not 
less  than  three  (S3)  nor  more  than  ten  ($10)  dollars  for 
each  day  they  shall  refuse  or  neg-lect  to  comply  with  said 
notice. 

Approved  July  9,  1898. 


PART  li. 

The  remaining-  ordinances  are  arranged  in  the  fol- 
lowing1 classes  and  subdivisions: 

CLASS  I. 

CITY   OFFICERS,    EMPLOYEES,    LIMITS,    ETC. 


No.  of 
Ord, 


Regulating-  appointment  of  employees. 
Charges  of  the  city  eng-ineer  for  work  other 

than  for  the  city. 

Establish,  reg-ulate,  etc.,  a  city  jail. 
Monthly  payment  to  public  library. 
Establishing-    a    public    library,    etc.     (See 

"Funds.") 

Special  election  for  extension  of  city  limits. 
Boundaries  of  election  precincts. 
Creating-  city  offices  and  defining-  the  duties. 

a.  Assistant  city  attorney. 

b.  Assistant  to  the  city  attorney. 

c.  Boiler  inspector.    (See  *  'Licenses.") 

d.  Deputy  city  clerk. 

e.  Clerk  to  the  justice  of  the  peace. 

f.  Commissioner  of  health. 

g.  Inspector  of  building's  and  licenses, 
h.    Inspector  of  plumbing-. 

i.     Librarian. 

j.    Second  assistant  librarian, 
k.  Market  master,  creating". 
1.    Market  master,  duties. 
m.  Board  of  park  commissioners, 
n.   Storekeeper. 

o.    Superintendent  of   the  water  and  lig-ht 
department,  etc. 


1014 

1313 
904 
628 

932 
398 
800 

397 

1289 

938 

926 

1254 

1074 

1318 

1317 

1142 

1246 

845 

871 

323 

1315 


947 


334 


REVISED    ORDINANCES. 

CLASS  II. 

ELECTRIC    LIGHTS. 


1  Authorizing*  the  commissioner  of  public  works  j 

to  contract  for  electric  current.  j  1232 

2  Fixing-  price  and   establishing-  rules   for  the  j 

use  of  electric  lig-hts.  \  1301 


CLASS  III. 

SOUTH   ELEVENTH    STREET   BRIDGE. 


Authorizing-  the  construction  of  a  bridg-e  on 

South  llth  street. 
Reg-ulate   the  use   of   railway  tracks  on   the 

bridg-e. 


CLASS  IV. 

FIRE   DEPARTMENT. 


1  Org-anization,  establishment,  etc.,  of  the  fire 

department. 

2  Manner  of  making-  the   pay  rolls  of  the  fire 

department. 


CLASS  V. 

FRANCHISES. 


See  index. 


REVISED    ORDINANCES. 

CLASS  VI. 

FUNDS. 


335 


No.  of 
Ord. 


1  Ambulance  fund. 

2  Bicycle  road  fund.     See  Licenses. 

3  City  hall  fund. 

4  I  City  hall  emergency  fund. 

5  Eleventh  (South)  street  bridge  fund. 
(»      Peed  emergency  fund. 

7  Fire  department  expense  fund. 

8  General  and  road  funds. 

9  General  expense  fund. 

10  Harbor  fund. 

11  Individual  redemption  fund. 

Sec.  158,  Art.  12  of  the  revised  charter. 

12  Interest  fund. 

Sec.  84,  Art.  9  of  revised  charter. 
Legal  expense  fund. 
Library  fund. 

Local  improvement  District  No.  1  fund. 
Pacific  avenue  fund. 
Park  fund. 

Sec.  187[4]  Art.   16  of   revised   charter 

and 

Plumbing  license  fund.     See  "Licenses." 
Police  department  emergency  fund. 
Salary  fund. 
Sewer  fund. 
Sinking  fund. 

Sec.  84,  Art.  9  of  revised  charter  and 
Water  and  light  fund. 
Water  and  light  extension  fund. 
Disposition  of  revenues  to  various  funds. 


1260 

1252 

357 

1141 

954 

1167 

1118 

194 

955 

957 


1076 
932 

1002 
876 


1057 

1320 

1122 

974 

224 

647 

879 

901 

1266 


CLASS  VII. 

GRADES. 

The  city  engineer  having  found  that  the  records  of 
his  office  would  not  in  many  instances  verify  the  grades 
of  streets  as  set  forth  in  the  various  ordinances,  the  com- 


336  KKVISED   ORDINANCES. 

mittee  on  enrolled  ordinances  agreed  not  to  have  printed 
said  ordinances  in  full. 

The  following-  is  presented  to  the  public  as  a  matter 
of  reference,  which  gives  the  number  of  every  ordinance 
passed  in  reg-ard  to  the  alleys,  avenues  and  streets 
therein  set  forth: 

Grades  of  alleys—  Ord. 

Between  C  and  D  streets,  South  17th  and  Jefferson 

streets , 231 

Between  D  and  B  streets,  South  9th  and  South 

llth  streets 231 

Between  blocks  908  and  909,  South  9th  and  llth 

streets 253 

Grades  of  avenues — 

Cliff  (North) .  .491  515 

Cliff  (South) 817 

Division , .  .   491 

Mason 787 

Oakes 777 

Pacific 210,  509,  797 

Park 509 

Puyallup 235,  308 

Ross 509 

Sixth 509 

St.  Helens 98  N.  T. 

Tacoma  (North) 140,  491,  515 

Tacoma  (South) 98  N.T.,  113,  509 

Union 875 

Washing-ton 777 

Winthrop 210 

Wrig-ht 509 

Yakima  (North) 491.  515 

Yakima  (South) 98  N.T.,  113,  182,  509,  875 

Grades  of  streets- 
Adam  509 

Adams 324,  604 

Adelaide 783 

{  Ainsworth  (See  P  street) 

*  -  -  Alder 783,  817 

Asotin 777 

Bailey 509 

Baltimore 787 

Benefit..  .  783 


REVISED    ORDINANCES.  337 

Grades  of  streets —  Ord. 

Boyleston 783 

Bush 783 

Carr. 175 

Carriboo 783 

Center 509 

Cove 575 

Cheyenne 787 

Cypress 783 

Dock 210 

Evelyn 509 

Ferdinand 787 

Front 1088 

Gove : P787 

Huson 787 

Jefferson 113,  227,  231 

Johnston 509,  783 

McCarver 175 

Mullen 787 

Myrtle 783 

Orchard 787 

Pine 783 

Post 783 

Prospect 509 

Railroad 98  N.  T.,  33,   140,  509 

Starr 175 

Steele 971 

Stevens 787 

St.  Helen's  . . ' 146 

Summitt 783 

Traf ton 509 

Verde 787 

Walnut 783 

Water 787 

White 1088 

A  street  .  .  .98  N.T.,  33,  210,  491,  509 


C 
C 
C 

D 
D 
D 
D 
E 


(East) 210 

(North) 491,  515 

(South).  .98  N.T.,  113,  118,  12,  9139,  324,  509 

(East) 210,  604 

(North) 491,  515 

(South)...... 98  N.T.,  113,  140,  159,  491,  509 

(West) 875 

(East) 210 


338 


EKVISED    ORDINANCES. 


Grades  of  streets — 


Ord. 


E  street  (North) 491 

E  (South) 98  N.T.,  113,  231,  509 

F  (East) 210 

F  (South) 509 

G  (North) 191  491 

G  (South) 98N.T.,  113,  166,  509 

H  (East) 875 

I  (North) 491,  515 

I  (South).... 98N.T.,  113,  509 

(North) 515,  97! 

(South) 210,  509,  875 

K  (North) 515 

K  (South)  509 

L   (East) ;;;; ;;;;;;;:;;;;;; ;;'/;  375- 

L      (North) 515 

L      (South) 509,  777,  1257 

M      (North) 51S 

M      (South 509,  777 

N      (North) 515 

N      (South) 509,  777 

O      (North) 515 

O      (South) 509' 

P      (North) ....  515^ 

P  (South)                         509 

Q  (North).....                     515 

Q   (South).... ; ;;;; 509 

North  3rd  street 491 

4th  ' 231 

5th  '   491 

6th  4   491 

7th  '  •  875 

44   llth  '  •  515 

South  llth  '   210,  928 

44   12th  '  ..  509 

44   15th  '   509 

North  21st  4                    817 

South  21st  '   113 

"   23rd  '   509- 

"   25th  '   220,  509,  633 

44   26th  '   387,  649- 

"   29th  '   509 

44   30th  '   509 

44   32nd  4 875 > 


REVISED   ORDINANCES. 


339 


Grades  of  streets- 


Ord. 


South  34th  street 804,  875 


35th 

North  36th 

South  38th 

North  42nd 

South  43rd 

North  45th 

South  45th 

"   46th 

"   47th 


509,  875 
875 

777 
787 
777 
787 
875 
817 
777 


CLASS  VIII. 

POLICE   DEPARTMENT. 


Creating1  a  police  force  and  prescribing"  the 

duties  thereof. 
Manner  of  making  the  pay  rolls  of  the  police 

department.  (See  "Pire  Department"). 


No,  of 
Ord, 


77 
850 


CLASS  IX. 

SIDEWALKS. 


Regulate  the  width  of  sidewalks. 


No.  of 
Ord. 


Manner  ©^constructing  sidewalks  on  certain 
streets  'between  Pacific  avenue  and  C 
street.  959 

Manner  of  maintaining,  repairing  and  renew- 
ing sidewalks.  1056 


1297 


340 


REVISED   ORDINANCES. 


CLASS   X. 

STREETS. 


No.  of 
Ord. 


Manner  of  parking-  streets. 
Record  of  labor  performed  on  street  work. 
Assessment  and  collection  of  the  cost  of  im- 
proving1 street  intersections. 


667 
741 

1198 


CLASS  XI. 

WATER, 


Provide  for  the  purchase  of  the  water  w^orks 
and  electric  lig-ht  plant,  etc.,  from  the 
Tacoma  Ivig-ht  and  Water  Company. 

Relating-  to  the  issuance  of  water  and  lig-ht 
bonds  and  ratifying-  proceeding's  under 
ordinance  No.  790. 

Method  of  collecting-  receipts  from  water  and 
lig-ht  customers. 

Reg-ulating-  the  use  and  price  of  water. 


No,  of 
Ord. 


790 


847 

1030 
1058 


CLASS  XII. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 


• 

No.  of 
Ord. 

1 

Dividing-  the  city   into  two  assessment  dis- 

tricts. 

1259 

2 

Fixing-  the  number  of  hours  constituting-  a 

day's  work  on  city  improvements. 

320 

3 

Saloon  license  limits. 

1005 

4 

Payment  of  the  cost  of  the  publication  of  ordi- 
nances granting-  franchises  by  those  bene- 

fited. 

1162 

REVISED    ORDINANCES. 


341 


No.  of 
Ord, 


5  Revising",  compiling",  etc.,  the  ordinances,  etc. 

6  Issuance  of  warrants  not  to  exceed  80   per 

cent  of  the  tax  levy. 

7  Prescribing  form   and  mode  of  execution  of 

local  improvement  bonds,  etc. 

8  Revising  the  ordinances  so  as  to  make  them 

conform  to  the  revised  and  amended  char- 
ter and  the  acts  of  the  legislature. 
Salaries. 


1290 

1051 

821 


1331 
1333 


CLASS  I. 

C?ity  Officers,  Employes,  Limits,  Etc. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1014. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  appointment  of  certain  persons  in  any  of 
the  departments  of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  no  person  shall  be  appointed  or 
employed  in  any  of  the  departments  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma, or  upon  the  public  works  of  said  city,  in  which 
the  appointee  or  employe  is  to  receive  pay  for  services 
rendered  out  of  any  of  the  funds  of  the  city  of  Tacoma 
unless  he  shall  be  an  actual  resident  and  qualified  voter 
in  said  city;  provided  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  not  apply  to  such  employes,  the  nature  of  whose 
duties  requires  them  to  reside  outside  the  city  limits,  or 
to  any  public  works  of  said  city  located  outside  the  city 
limits;  provided  further,  that  the  provisions  of  this  or- 
dinance shall  not  apply  to  the  employes  of  any  person 
doing- public  work  under  a  contract  made  by  the  city;' 
provided  further,  that  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  not  apply  to  women  or  minors  who  are  citizens  of 
the  United  States  and  bona  fide  residents  within  the  city 
of  Tacoma  for  more  than  one  year. 

SEC.  2.  Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1306,  approved 
August  5,  1898. 

SEC.  3.  The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  ap- 
ply to  all  persons  now  or  hereafter  appointed  to  office  or 
employed  in  the  service  of  said  city. 

SEC.  4.  That  any  officer  or  person  having  author- 
ity who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  liable  to  removal  from  office  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  the  city  charter. 

The  above  ordinance  was  passed  by  the  council  Au- 
gust 31,  1895,  sent  to  the  mayor  for  approval  September 
2,  1895,  and  returned  by  him  to  the  council  with  objec- 
tions September  7,  1895. 

Council  ordered  the  mayor's  objections  spread  on  the 
record  and  proceedad  to  vote  on  the  question:  Shall  the 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1313.  343 

ordinance  pass,  notwithstanding-  the  objections  of  the 
mayor?  The  vote  resulted  as  follows:  Ayes,  13;  noes,  3. 
The  chair  declared  the  ordinance  passed. 


ORDINANCE  NO.   1313. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  charges  of  the  city  engineer  for  official  ser- 
vices performed  by  him,  or  under  his  supervision,  other  than  those 
performed  for  the  city. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Taconia: 

SECTION  1.  That  when  official  services  are  per- 
formed by  the  city  engineer  or  under  his  supervision,  the 
charges  therefor  shall  be  made  and  regulated  as  follows, 
to- wit: 

First — When  services  are  charged  for  by  the  day,  any 
portion  or  fraction  of  a  day  less  than  one-half  day  shall 
be  charged  for  as  a  one-half  day. 

Second — For  transitman  and  instrument  the  charge 
shall  be  at  the  rate  of  five  dollars  ($5)  per  day. 

Third — For  rodman,  one  dollar  and  seventy-five 
cents  ($1.75)  per  day. 

Fourth — Fixing  sidewalk  grades  within  one  mile 
from  the  city  hall  the  charge  shall  be  one  dollar,  ($1)  for 
one  lot  or  fractional  part  thereof,  and  twenty-five  (25) 
cents  for  each  additional  or  fractional  part  of  a  lot 
adjacent  thereto. 

Fifth — Fixing  sidewalk  grades  distant  more  than 
one  mile  from  the  city  hall,  two  dollars  ($2)  for  one  lot 
or  fractional  part  thereof,  and  twenty-five  (25)  cents  for 
each  additional  or  fractional  part  of  a  lot  adjacent 
thereto. 

Sixth — All  transportation  expenses  shall  be  paid  to 
the  city  engineer  in  addition  to  the  foregoing  charges. 

Seventh — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  engineer  to 
require  all  charges  for  official  services  and  transporta- 
tion to  be  paid  in  advance. 

SEC.  2.  All  charges  for  work  done  by  the  city  en- 
gineer, or  under  the  direction  of  the  city  engineer,  in- 
cluding transportation  expenses,  shall  be  collected  by 
him  and  immediately  paid  over  to  the  city  treasurer,  less 
transportation  expenses,  which  may  be  retained  and  paid 
out  by  said  city  engineer  as  required. 

Approved  August  12,  1898. 


ORDINANCES    NOS.    904    AND    628. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  904. 


An  ordinance  to  establish,  control  and  regulate  a  city  jail  in  the  city  of 

Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  certain  building  situated  at  the 
intersection  of  Cliff  avenue  and  South  twelfth  street,  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  now  popularly  known  as  the 
city  jail,  is  hereby  designated  and  established  as  the  city 
-jail  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Washington. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  chief  of  police  of  said  city  shall 
have  charge  and  supervision  of  said  jail,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  city  council,  and  he  shall  have  power  to 
establish  and  enforce  such  rules  and  regulations  not  in- 
consistent with  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Washington,  and 
the  ordinances  of  said  city,  as  he  shall  deem  necessary  or 
expedient  for  the  good  government  and  protection  of  said 
jail  and  those  confined  therein;  for  the  maintenance  of 
decency,  the  preservation  of  peace,  the  suppression  of 
disorder,  the  preservation  of  health  and  the  enforcement 
of  personal  cleanliness. 

SEC.  3.  That  all  persons  lawfully  in  the  custody 
of  the  police  authorities  of  said  city  shall  be  confined 
and  safely  kept  in  said  city  jail  until  lawfully  discharged. 

SEC.  4.  That  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  September  28,  1893. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  628. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  payment  to  the  public  library  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($250)  per  month. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  from  the 
general  fund  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  monthly,  paya- 
ble to  public  library  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  the  pur- 
pose of  maintenance  thereof. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  841,  approved  June 
6,  1893.) 

Approved  June  6,  1893. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    398.  345 

ORDINANCE  NO.  398. 

.An  ordinance  to  provide  for  calling-  a  special  election  for  the  purpose 
of  submitting-  to  the  electors  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  also  for 
the  purpose  of  submitting-  to  the  electors  of  the  following  described 
territory,  to-wit:  Beginning-  where  the  south  boundary  of  section 
ten  (10),  township  twenty  (20)  north,  range  three  (3)  east  of  the 
Willamette  Meridian,  intersects  the  westerly  boundary  of  the  Puy- 
allup  Indian  reservation,  and  running-  thence  southerly  along  the 
boundary  line  of  the  Ptiyallup  Indian  reservation  to  where  the  same 
intersects  the  eastern  boundary  of  section  twenty-two  (22),  in  the 
aforesaid  township;  thence  south  along-  the  eastern  boundary  of 
section  twenty-two  (22),  in  the  aforesaid  township,  to  the  southeast 
corner  of  said  section  twenty-two  (22);  thence  west  along-  the  south 
boundary  of  sections  twenty-two  (22),  twenty-one  (21),  twenty  (20> 
and  nineteen  (19).  all  in  said  township,  and  also  along-  the  south 
boundary  line  of  section  twenty-four  (24),  in  township  twenty  (20) 
north,  range  two  (2)  east,  to  the  southwest  corner  of  said  sections 
twenty-four  (24) ;  thence  north  along  the  western  boundary  of  sec- 
tions twenty-four  (24),  thirteen  (13)  and  twelve  (12),  in  said  township 
twenty  (20)  north,  range  two  (2)  east,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  sec- 
tion eleven  (11),  in  said  township  twenty  (20)  north,  range  two  (2) 
east;  thence  west  along  the  north  boundary  of  sections  eleven  (11  )r 
ten  (10)  and  nine  (9),  in  the  said  township  last  above  named,  to  the 
shore  of  Puget  Sound;  thence  northerly  along  the  shore  of  Puget 
Sound  to  Point  Defiance  in  section  ten  (10),  township  twenty-one 
(21)  north,  range  two  (2)  east ;  thence  in  an  easterly  and  southeast- 
erly direction  along  said  shore  line  to  the  north  boundary  of  section 
twenty-three  i23),  township  twenty-one  (21)  north,  rang-e  two  (2)  east; 
thence  westerly  along-  the  north  boundary  of  section  twenty-three  (23) 
to  the  northwest  corner  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  said  section  twen- 
ty-three (23) ;  thence  south  along-  the  center  line  of  said  section, 
twenty-three  (23)  to  the  southwest  corner  of  the  northeast  quarter 
of  said  section  twenty-three  (23);  thence  east  to  the  southeast  corner 
of  the  northeast  quarter  of  said  section  twenty-three  (23) ;  thence 
south  along  the  western  boundary  of  sections  twenty-four  (24)  and 
twenty-five  (25),  in  the  last  above  named  township,  to  the  southwest 
corner  of  said  last  named  section  twenty-five  (25) ;  thence  east  to  the 
southeast  corner  of  said  last  named  section  twenty-five  (25) ;  thence 
south  along  the  western  boundary  of  section  thirty-one  (31),  in  town- 
ship twenty-one  (21)  north,  range  three  (3)  east,  and  the  western 
boundary  of  section  six  (6),  township  twenty  (20)  north,  range  three 
(3)  east,  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section  six  (6) ;  thence  east  to- 
the  southeast  corner  of  section  six  (6)  last  above  named ;  thence 
south  along  the  western  boundary  of  section  eig-ht  (8),  in  township 
twenty  )20)  north,  range  tnree  (3)  east,  to  the  southwest  corner  of 
section  eight  (8) ;  thence  east  along  the  south  boundaries  of  sections, 
eight  (8).  nine  (9)  and  ten  (10),  in  township  twenty  (20)  north,  range 
three  (3)  east  to  the  place  of  beginning,  the  question  whether  or  not 
the  above  described  territory  shall  be  annexed  to  and  become  a  part 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

WHEREAS,  A  petition  signed  by  more  than  one-fifth 
(1-5)  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  in 
the  county  of  Pierce,  state  of  Washing-ton,  has  been 
filed  with  and  received  by  the  city  council  of  the  said 
city  of  Tacoma,  petitioning-  that  the  boundaries  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma  be  altered  and  the  new  territory  herein- 


346  ORDINANCE    NO.    398 — CON. 

after  described  be  included  within  the  said  city  of  Ta- 
coma,  and  that  the  said  city  council  submit  to  the  elec- 
tors residing  in  said  territory  and  the  electors  residing- 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  the  question  whether  said  terri- 
tory shall  be  annexed  to  the  city  of  Tacoma  and  become 
a  part  of  said  city.  Said  territory  so  proposed  to  be 
annexed  to  the  said  city  of  Tacoma  is  described  as  fol- 
lows: Beg-inning-  where  the  south  boundary  of  section 
ten  (10),  township  twenty  (20)  north,  rang-e  three  (3) 
east  of  the  Willamette  meridian,  intersects  the  westerly 
boundary  of  the  Puyallup  Indian  reservation,  and  run- 
ning thence  southerly  along-  the  boundary  line  of  the 
Puyallup  Indian  reservation  to  where  the  same  inter- 
sects the  eastern  boundary  of  section  twenty-two  (22)  in 
the  aforesaid  township;  thence  south  along-  the  eastern 
boundary  of  section  twenty-two  (22)  in  the  aforesaid 
township,  to  the  southeast  corner  of  said  section 
(22);  thence  west  along-  the  south  boundary  of  sec- 
tions twenty-two  (22),  twenty-one  (21),  twenty  (20)  and 
nineteen  (19),  all  in  said  township,  and  also  along-  the 
south  boundary  line  of  section  twenty-four  (24),  in  town- 
ship twenty  (20)  north,  rang-e  two  (2)  east,  to  the  south- 
west corner  of  said  section  twenty-four  (24);  thence  north 
along-  the  western  boundary  of  sections  twenty-four  (24), 
thirteen  (13)  and  twelve  (12),  in  said  township  twenty  (20) 
north,  rang-e  two  (2)  east,  to  the  northeast  corner  of 
section  eleven  (11),  in  said  township  twenty  (20)  north, 
rang-e  two  (2)  east;  thence  west  along-  the  north  bound- 
ary of  sections  (11)  ,ten  (10)  and  nine  (9),  in  the  town- 
ship last  above  named,  to  the  shore  of  Pug-et  sound; 
thence  northerly  along-  the  shore  of  Pug-et  sound  to 
Point  Defiance  in  section  ten  (10),  township  twenty-one 
(21)  north,  rang-e  two  (2)  east;  thence  in  an  easterly  and 
southeasterly  direction  along- said  shore  line  to  the  north 
boundary  of  section  twenty-three  (23),  township  twenty- 
one  (21)  north,  rang-e  two  (2)  east;  thence  westerly 
along-  the  north  boundary  of  section  twenty-three  (23), 
to  the  northwest  corner  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  said 
section  twenty-three  (23) ;  thence  along- the  center  line  of 
said  section  twenty-three  (23)  to  the  southwest  corner  of 
the  northeast  quarter  of  said  section  twenty-three  (23); 
thence  east  to  the  southeast  corner  of  the  northeast 
quarter  of  said  section  twenty-three  (23);  thence  south 
along-  the  western  boundary  of  sections  twenty-four  (24) 


ORDINANCE    NO.    398 — CON. 

and  twenty-five  (25),  fn  the  last  above  named  township, 
to  the  south  west  corner  of  said  last  named  section  twenty- 
five  (25) ;  thence  east  to  the  southeast  corner  of  said  last 
named  section  twenty-five  (25);  thence  south  along"  the 
western  boundary  of  section  thirty-one  (31),  in  township 
twenty-one  (21)  north,  range  three  (3)  east,  and  the 
western  boundary  of  section  six  (6),  township  twenty 
(20)  north,  range  three  (3)  east  to  the  southwest  corner 

>f  section  six  (6);  thence  east  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
action  six  (6)  last  above  named;  thence  south  along*  the 
western  boundary  of  section  eight  (8),  in  township 

;wenty  (20)  north,  range  three  (3)  east  to  the  southwest 
corner  of  section  eight  (8);  thence  east  along1  the  south 
boundaries  of  sections  eight  (8),  nine  (9)  and  ten  (10),  in 
•  wnship  twenty  (20)  north,  range  three  (3)  east  to  the 

)lace  of  beginning-.     Therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma^  as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  That  a  special  election  be  held  in  and 
for  said  city  of  Tacoma,  in  Pierce  county,  state  of  Wash- 
ing-ton, and  in  the  territory  above  described,  in  said 
"'ierce  county,  state  of  Washington,  on  the  17th  day  of 
.pril.  1891,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  9  of  an 

of  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  Washington,  en- 
;itled,  "An  act  providing  for  the  organisation,  classifica- 
tion, incorporation  and  government  of  municipal  corpora- 
tions, and  declaring  an  emergenc}',"  approved  by  the 
governor  March  27  1890,  for  the  purpose  of  submitting 
to  the  legal  electors  residing  in  said  city  of  Tacoma,  and 
:o  the  electors  residing  in  [said]  territory,  the  question 
whether  the  said  territory  shall  be  annexed  to  and  be 
included  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  said  city  of 
Tacoma  and  become  a  part  of  said  city. 

SEC.  2.  That  each  elector  who  shall  be  in  favor  of 
annexing  said  territory  to  the  said  city  of  Tacoma  is 
hereby  invited  to  vote  on  said  proposition  by  placing 
upon  his  ballot  the  words  "For  Annexation,"  or  words 
equivalent  thereto.  That  each  elector  who  shall  be  op- 
posed to  annexing  the  said  territory  to  said  city  of  Ta- 
coma is  hereby  invited  to  vote  upon  such  proposition  by 
placing  on  his  ballot  the  words  "Against  Annexation," 
or  words  equivalent  thereto. 

SEC.  3.  The  mayor  and  city  clerk  shall  give  notice 
by  publication  in  the  Tacoma  Daily  Ledger,  the  official 


ORDINANCE   NO.    800. 


city  newspaper,  and  in  the  Washington  Herald,  a  weekly 
newspaper  printed  and  published  outside  of  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  in  the  county  of  Pierce, 
state  of  Washing-ton,  for  a  period  of  four  (4)  weeks  of 
an  election  to  be  held  on  the  17th  day  of  April,  1891,  and 
of  the  question  to  be  voted  upon,  as  provided  in  the  sec- 
ond section  of  -this  ordinance,  which  notice  shall  specify 
the  several  places  for  holding  the  election  in  the  different 
precincts  of  the  city,  and  the  different  places  in  said  ter- 
ritory at  the  places  hereinafter  designated,  and  the  in- 
spectors and  judges  appointed  to  hold  the  same. 

SEC.  4.  The  following  places  are  designated  in  the 
various  precincts  in  the  several  wards  of  the  city  for 
holding  the  election  herein  provided  for,  and  the  persons 
herein  named  are  hereby  appointed  as  inspectors  and 
judges  of  electien  in  the  several  precincts,  as  follows: 
(See  Ordinance  Book.) 

And  the  following  places  within  said  territory  are 
designated  for  holding  the  election  herein  provided  for, 
and  the  persons  herein  named  are  appointed  as  inspectors 
and  judges  of  election  in  the  said  several  places,  as  fol- 
lows: (See  Ordinance  Book.) 

Approved  March  7,  1891. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  800. 

An  ordinance  dividing  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  the  several  wards  thereof, 
into  election  precincts  and  describing  the  boundaries  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  the 
eight  wards  thereof,  are  hereby  divided  into  the  election 
precincts  hereinafter  named,  and  having  the  boundaries 
hereinafter  set  forth,  for  the  holding  of  municipal  elec- 
tions, both  general  and  special,  and  for  whatever  pur- 
pose, which  said  precincts  are  as  follows,  to  wit: 

SEC.  2.  First  ward,  First  precinct — All  that  por- 
tion of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center  line 
of  Union  avenue  on  the  west,  the  south  boundary  of  sec- 
tion 31,  tp  21  n,  r  3  east  on  the  south,  the  center  line  of 
Fife  street  on  the  east  and  Commencement  bay  on  the 
north. 

SEC.  3.     First  ward,  Second  precinct — Commencing 


ORDINANCE   NO.    800 —CON.  349 

where  the  center  line  of  Fife  street  intersects  the  shore 
line  of  Commencement  bay;  thence  south  along-  said  cen- 
ter line  of  Fife  street  to  the  north  line  of  Buck- 
ley's addition:  thence  east  to  the  center  line  of  Yakima 
avenue;  thence  along-  the  center  line  of  Yakima  avenue 
to  the  center  line  of  North  Eleventh  street;  thence  along^ 
the  center  line  of  North  Eleventh  street  to  the  center 
line  of  North  Tacoma  avenue;  thence  along-  the  center 
line  of  North  Tacoma  avenue  to  the  center  line  of  North 
Eig"hth  street;  thence  along-  the  center  line  of  North 
Eighth  street  to  the  shore  line  of  Commencement  bay;, 
thence  northwesterly  along-  the  shore  line  of  Commence- 
ment bay  to  the  place  of  beginning-. 

SEC.  4.  First  ward,  Third  precinct — Commencing^ 
where  the  center  line  of  Fife  street  intersects  the  South 
boundary  of  section  31,  tp  21  n,  rang-e  3  east;  thence 
north  along*  the  center  line  of  Fife  street  to  the  north 
line  of  Buckley's  addition;  thence  east  to  the  center  line 
of  North  Yakima  avenue;  thence  along-  the  center  line  of 
North  Yakima  avenue  to  the  center  line  of  North  Elev- 
enth street;  thence  along-  the  center  line  of  North  Elev- 
enth street  to  the  center  line  of  North  Tacoma  avenue^ 
thence  along-  the  center  line  of  North  Tacoma  avenue  to 
the  center  line  of  North  Eig-hth  street;  thence  along-  the 
center  line  of  North  Eighth  street  to  the  shore  line  of 
Commencement  bay;  thence  southeasterly  along-  the  shore 
line  of  Commencement  bay  to  the  prolongation  of  the 
center  line  of  North  Sixth  street  to  the  western  bound- 
ary of  section  5,  tp.  20  n,  rang-e  3  e;  thence  north  along- 
the  west  boundary  of  section  5,  tp  20  n,  rang-e  3  east* 
to  the  southeast  corner  of  section  31,  tp  21  n,  rang-e  3. 
e;  thence  along-  the  south  boundary  of  section  31  to  the 
place  of  beg-inning-. 

SEC.  5.  Second  ward,  First  precinct — All  that  por- 
tion of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  between  the  center  line 
of  North  Sixth  street,  the  center  line  of  Division  avenue 
and  the  shore  line  of  Commencement  bay. 

SEC.  6.  Second  ward,  Second  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  between  the  center 
line  of  Division  avenue,  the  center  line  of  I  street  on  the 
east,  the  center  line  of  South  Sixth  street  and  its  pro- 
longation on  the  south,  and  the  shore  line  of  Commence- 
ment bay  on  the  north. 

SEC.  7.     Second  v,ard,  Third  precint — All  that  por- 


ORDINANCE    NO-    800 — CON. 

tion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center  line 
of  South  Sixth  street  and  its  prolongation  on  the  north, 
the  center  line  of  St.  Helens  avenue  on  the  west,  the 
center  line  of  South  Ninth  street  and  its  prolongation  on 
the  south,  and  the  city  limits  on  the  east. 

SEC.  8.  Second  ward,  Fourth  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Sixth  street  on  the  north,  the  center  line 
of  I  street  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of  Ninth  street 
on  the  south  and  the  center  line  of  St.  Helens  avenue  on 
the  east. 

SEC.  9.  Second  ward,  Fifth  precinct — All  that  por- 
tion of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center  line 
of  Division  avenue  on  the  north,  the  west  boundary  of 
section  5,  tp.  20  n.,  r.  3  e.  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of 
South  Ninth  street  on  the  south  and  the  center  line  of  I 
street  on  the  east. 

SEC.  10.  Third  ward,  First  precinct — All  that  por- 
tion of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center  line 
of  South  Fourteenth  street,  prolonged,  on  the  north,  the 
prolongation  of  the  center  line  of  East  G  street  on  the 
west,  the  prolongation  of  South  Nineteenth  street  on 
south,  and  the  city  limits  on  the  east. 

SEC.  11.  Third  ward,  Second  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Ninth  street  and  its  prolongation  on  the 
north,  the  center  of  Tacoma  avenue  on  the  west,  the 
center  of  South  Eleventh  street  and  its  prolongation  on 
the  south,  and  the  city  limits  on  the  east. 

SEC.  12 — Third  ward,  third  precinct — All  that  por- 
tion of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center  line 
of  South  Eleventh  street  on  the  north,  the  center  line  of 
Tacoma  avenue  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of  South 
Thirteenth  street  on  the  south,  and  the  center  line  of  the 
prolongation  of  East  C  street  on  the  east. 

SEC.  13.  Third  ward,  Fourth  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Thirteenth  street  on  the  north,  the  center 
line  of  Tacoma  avenue  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of 
South  Fifteenth  street  on  the  south,  and  the  prolonga- 
tion of  the  center  line  of  East  C  street  on  the  east. 

SEC.  14.  Third  ward,  Fifth  precinct— All  that  por- 
tion of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center  line 
of  South  Fifteenth  street  on  the  north,  the  center  line  of 


, 


ORDINANCE    NO.    800 — CON, 


acoma  avenue  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of  South 
Seventeenth  street  on  the  south,  the  prolongation  of 
the  center  line  of  East  I  street  on  the  east. 

SEC.  15.  Third  ward,  Sixth  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Seventeenth  street  on  the  north,  the  center 
line  of  Tacoma  avenue  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of 
South  Nineteenth  street  on  the  south,  the  prolongation 
of  the  center  line  of  East  I  street  on  the  east. 

SEC.  16.  Third  ward,  Seventh  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Fourteenth  street  on  the  north,  the  center 
line  of  K  street  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of  South 
Nineteeth  street  on  the  south,  and  the  center  line  of  Ta- 
coma avenue  on  the  east. 

SEC.  17.  Third  ward,  Eighth  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Eleventh  street  on  the  north,  the  center 
line  of  K  street  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of  South 
Fourteenth  street  on  the  south,  the  center  line  of  Ta- 
coma avenue  on  the  east. 

SEC.  18.  Third  ward,  Ninth  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Ninth  street  on  the  north,  the  west  bound- 
ary of  section  5,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  on  the  west,  the  center 
line  of  South  Eleventh  street  on  the  south,  and  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Tacoma  avenue  on  the  east. 

Sec.  19.  Third  ward,  Tenth  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Eleventh  street  on  the  north,  the  west 
boundary  of  section  5,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  on  the  west,  the 
center  line  of  South  Nineteenth  street  on  the  south,  and 
the  center  line  of  K  street  on  the  east. 

SEC.  20.  Fourth  ward,  First  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  pro- 
longation of  the  center  line  of  South  Nineteenth  street 
on  the  north,  the  center  line  of  East  F  street  and  its 
prolongation  on  the  west,  the  south  boundary  of  sections 
9  and  10,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  on  the  south,  and  the  Puyallup 
reservation  line  on  the  east. 

SEC.  21.  Fourth  ward,  Second  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  pro- 
longation of  the  center  line  of  South  Nineteenth  street 
on  the  north,  the  center  line  of  East  C  street  and  its  pro- 


ORDINANCE     NO.    800 — CON. 

longation  on  the  west,  the  south  boundary  of  section  9, 
tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  on  the  south,  and  the  center  line  of  East 
F  street  and  its  prolongation  on  the  east. 

SEC.  22.  Fourth  ward,  Third  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Nineteenth  street  on  the  north,  the  center 
line  of  Tacoma  avenue  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of 
South  Twenty-Fifth  street  on  the  south,  the  center  line 
of  East  C  street  and  its  prolongation  on  the  east. 

SEC.  23.  Fourth  ward,  Fourth  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street  on  the  north,  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Tacoma  avenue  to  its  intersection  with  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  thence  southwesterly  along* 
said  railroad  to  the  west  boundary  of  section  9,  tp  20  n, 
r  3  e,  thence  south  along-  said  west  boundary  of  section 
9,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section  9  on 
the  west,  the  south  boundary  of  section  9  on  the  south, 
the  center  line  of  east  C  street  on  the  east. 

SEC.  24.  Fourth  ward,  Fifth  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  in  all  of  sections  16 
and  24,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  and  fractional  sections  15  and  22, 
tp  20  n,  r  3  e. 

SEC.  25.  Fifth  ward,  First  precinct— All  that  por- 
ion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  within  the  following* 
boundaries:  Commencing-  at  the  intersection  of  the  cen- 
ter line  of  South  Twenty-first  street  -with  the  centei 
line  of  Tacoma  avenue,  thence  west  along-  the  center  line 
of  South  Twenty-first  street  to  the  center  line  of  J  street, 
thence  southerly  along*  the  center  line  of  J  street  to 
the  south  boundary  of  section  8,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  thence 
east  to  the  southeast  corner  of  section  8,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e, 
thence  north  along-  the  east  boundary  of  section  8,  tp  20 
n,  r  3  e,  to  the  Northern  Pacific  railroad,  thence  along- 
the  Northern  Pacific  railroad  to  the  center  line  of  Ta- 
coma avenue,  thence  northerly  along-  the  center  line  of 
Tacoma  avenue  to  the  place  of  beg-inning-. 

SEC.  26.  Fifth  ward,  Second  precinct  -All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  within  the  following- 
boundaries:  Commencing-  at  the  intersection  of  the  cen- 
ter lines  of  South  Nineteenth  street  and  Tacoma  avenue, 
thence  south  along-  the  center  line  of  Tacoma  avenue  to 
the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-first  street;  thence 
westerly  along-  the  center  line  of  Twenty-first  street  to 


ORDINANCE    NO.    800 — CON,  353 

the  center  line  of  J  street;  thence  southerly  along-  the 
center  line  of  J  street  to  the  center  line  of  South  Twen- 
ty-third street;  thence  westerly  along  the  center  line  of 
South  Twenty-third  street  to  the  west  boundary  of  sec- 
tion 8,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  north  to  the  center  line  of 
South  Nineteenth  street;  thence  easterly  along1  the  cen- 
ter line  of  South  Nineteenth  street  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning-. 

SEC.  27.  Fifth  ward,  Third  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  within  the  follow- 
ing- boundaries:  Commencing-  at  the  southwest  corner 
of  section  8,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  north  to  the  center 
line  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street;  thence  east  along-  the 
center  line  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street  to  the  center 
line  of  Alaska  street;  thence  south  along-  the  center  line 
of  Alaska  street  to  the  south  boundary  of  Smith  & 
Fife's  addition;  thence  east  along-  the  south  boundary  of 
Smith  &  Fife's  addition  to  the  center  line  of  South 
Twenty-seventh  street;  thence  along-  the  center  line  of 
South  Twenty-seventh  street  to  the  center  line  of  J  street; 
thence  southerly  along-  the  center  line  of  J  street  to  the 
south  boundary  of  section  8,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  west 
to  the  place  of  beg-inning-. 

SEC.  28.  Fifth  ward,  Fourth  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  within  the  following- 
boundaries:  Commencing-  at  the  northwest  corner  of 
section  17,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  south  along-  the  west 
boundary  of  section  17,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  to  the  center  line 
of  South  Fortieth  street;  thence  west  to  the  center  line 
of  Ferry  street;  thence  south  along-  the  center  line  of 
Ferry  street  to  the  south  boundary  of  section  18,  tp  20  n, 
r  3  e;  thence  east  to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  20, 
tp.  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  south  to  the  southwest  corner  of 
sec  20,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  east  to  the  southeast  corner 
of  sec  20,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  north  to  the  northeast  corner  of 
sec  17,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  and  west  to  the  place  of  beg-inning-. 

SEC.  29.  Fifth  ward,  Fifth  precinct— All  that  por- 
tion of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  within  the  following- 
boundaries:  Commencing-  at  the  intersections  of  the  cen- 
ter lines  of  South  Twenty-third  and  J  streets;  thence 
westerly  along-  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-third 
street  to  the  center  line  of  Sprague  avenue;  thence 
south  along-  the  center  line  of  Sprag-ue  avenue  to  the  cen- 
ter line  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street;  thence  east  along- 


354  ORDINANCE   NO,  800— CON. 

the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street  to  the  center 
line  of  Alaska  street;  thence  south  along-  the  center  line 
of  Alaska  street  to  the  south  boundary  of  Smith  &  Fife's 
addition;  thence  east  to  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty- 
seventh  street;  thence  along-  the  center  line  of  South 
Twenty-seventh  street  to  the  center  line  of  J  street; 
thence  northerly  along*  the  center  line  of  J  street  to  the 
place  of  beginning-. 

SEC.  30.  Sixth  ward,  First  precinct — All  that  por- 
tion of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  within  the  following- 
boundaries:  Commencing1  at  the  intersection  of  the  south 
line  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street  with  the  east  boundary 
of  section  7,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  west  along*  the  center 
line  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street  to  the  west  boundary 
of  section  7,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  south  along-  the  west 
boundary  of  section  7,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e,  to  the  center  line 
of  South  Twenty-eighth  street;  thence  west  along-  the 
center  line  of  South  Twenty-eig-hth  street  to  the  west 
boundary  of  Oakland  addition;  thence  north  to  the  north 
boundary  of  the  south  half  of  section  12,  tp  20  n,  r  2 
east;  thence  west  to  the  west  boundary  of  section  12,  tp 
20  n,  r  2  e;  thence  south  to  the  southwest  corner  of  sec- 
tion 12,  tp  20  n,  r  2  e;  thence  east  to  the  center  line  of 
Union  street;  thence  south  along-  the  center  line  of 
Union  street  to  the  center  line  of  South  Fortieth  street; 
thence  east  along-  the  center  line  of  South  Fortieth  street 
to  the  center  line  of  Pine  street;  thence  south  along-  the 
center  line  of  Pine  street  to  the  center  line  of  South 
Forty-eig-hth  street;  thence  east  along-  the  center  line  of 
South  Forty-eig-hth  street  to  the  center  line  of  Ferry 
street:  thence  northerly  along-  the  center  line  of  Ferry 
street  to  south  line  of  South  Fortieth  street;  thence  east 
along-  center  line  of  South  Fortieth  street  to  center  line 
of  Sprag-ue  avenue;  thence  north  to  place  of  beg-inning-. 

SEC.  31.  Sixth  ward,  Second  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying-  within  the  follow- 
ing- boundaries:  Commencing  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
section  19,  tp  20  n,  r  3  e;  thence  west  to  the  southwest 
corner  of  section  24,  tp  '20  n,  r  2  e;  thence  north  to  the 
northwest  corner  of  section  13,  tp  20  n,  r  2  e;  thence 
east  to  the  center  line  of  Union  street;  thence  south  along 
the  center  line  of  Union  street  to  the  center  line  of  South 
Fortieth  street;  thence  east  along  the  center  line  of 
South  Fortieth  street  to  the  center  line  of  Pine  street; 


ORDINANCE    NO.    800— CON.  35$, 

thence  south  along-  the  center  line  of  Pine  street  to  the 
center  line  of  South  Forty -eighth  street;  thence  east 
along  the  center  line  of  South  Forty-eighth  street  to  the 
center  line  of  Sprague  avenue;  thence  south  along  the 
center  line  of  Sprague  avenue  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

SEC.  32.  Seventh  ward,  First  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  described  as  follows:  Be- 
ginning at  the  northeast  corner  of  section  6,  township 
20  north,  range  3  east  of  the  Willamette  meridian;  thence 
west  along  the  north  line  of  said  section  to  Pine  street, 
thence  south  along  Pine  street  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
Coulter's  addition;  thence  east  along  the  center  line  of 
said  center  line  of  section  6,  and  thence  north  to  the 
place  of  beginning. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1274,  approved  March 

11,  1898.) 

SEC.  33.  Seventh  ward,  Second  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  between  the  center 
line  of  South  Twelfth  street  on  the  north,  the  center 
line  of  Union  street  on  the  west,  the  center  line  of  South 
Twenty-fifth  street  on  the  south,  and  the  center  line  of 
Sprague  avenue  on  the  east. 

SEC.  34.  Seventh  ward,  Third  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  in  all  of  sections  1, 
2,  3  and  4,  tp  20  n,  r  2  e,,  and  the  north  half  of  section 

12,  tp  20  n,  r  2  e,  together  with  that  portion  of  the  Oak- 
land audition  lying  between    the  center    line  of  South 
Twenty-eighth  street  to  the  north  boundary  of  Oakland 
addition. 

SEC.  32.  Seventh  waid,  Fourth  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  said  section  6  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Coulter's  ad- 
dition; thence  north  along  Pine  street  to  to  the  north  line 
of  said  section  6;  thence  west  along  the  north  line  of 
said  section  6  to  the  west  line  of  said  section;  thence 
south  along-  the  west  line  of  said  section  to  the  southwest 
corner  of  Coulter's  addition,  and  thence  east  along  the 
center  line  of  said  section  6  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1274,  supra.) 

SEC.  35.  Eighth  ward,  First  precinct— All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  within  the  following 
boundaries:  Commencing-  on  the  shore  line  of  Com- 
mencement bay  at  its  intersection  with  the  west  boundary 
of  Wallace's  addition;  thence  south  to  the  northwest 


356  ORDINANCE   NO.    397. 

ner  of  Law's  addition;  thence  east  to  the  northeast  cor- 
ner of  Hope  Park  addition;  thence  south  to  the  south- 
east corner  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  25,  tp  21 
n,  r  2  e;  thence  west  to  the  shore  line  of  Puget  Sound; 
thence  following  the  shore  line  of  Puget  Sound  north- 
westerly, easterly  and  southeasterly  to  the  north  boun- 
dary of  section  23,  tp  21  n,  r  2  e;  thence  west  to  the 
northeast  corner  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  23, 
tp  21  n,  r  2  e;  thence  south  to  the  southeast  corner  of  the 
northwest  quarter  of  section  23,  tp  21  n,  r  2  e;  thence 
east  to  the  northeast  corner  of  the  southeast  quarter  of 
section  23,  tp  21  n,  r  3  e;  thence  north  to  the  shore  line 
of  Commencement  bay;  thence  southeasterly  along  the 
shore  line  of  Commencement  bay  to  place  of  beginning. 

SBC.  36.  Eighth  ward,  Second  precinct — All  that 
portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  lying  within  the  following 
boundaries:  Commencing  at  the  southeast  corner  of  sec- 
tion 36,  tp  21  n,  r  2  e;  running  thence  west  to  the  shore 
line  of  Puget  Sound;  thence  northerly  to  the  north  bound- 
ary of  Narrows  subdivision;  thence  east  to  the  southeast 
corner  of  Hope  Park  addition;  thence  north  to  the  north- 
east corner  of  the  southeast  quarter  of  the  northwest 
^quarter  of  section  25,  tp  21  n,  r  2  e;  thence  east  to  the 
northwest  corner  of  Law's  addition;  thence  north  to  the 
^hore  line  of  Commencement  bay.  thence  southeasterly 
to  the  center  line  of  Union  avenue;  thence  south  to  the 
place  of  beginning. 

Approved  March  23,  1893. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  397. 

An  ordinance  creating  the  office  of  assistant  city  attorney,  defining-  the 
duties  thereof  and  fixing  his  compensation, 

JBe  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of 
assistant  city  attorney,  whose  duties  it  shall  be  to  assist 
the  city  attorney  in  his  office,  and  perform  such  duties  as 
may  be  required  by  the  city  attorney,  and  the  term  of  his 
office  shall  be  during  the  pleasure  of  the  appointive 
power. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  828.  Approved  May 
16,  1893.) 

SEC.  2.  Amended  by  ordinance  No.  646  and  re- 
pealed by  ordinance  No.  828,  supra. 


ORDINANCES    NOS,    1289    AND    926. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1280. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  employment  of  an  attorney  to  assist 
the  city  attorney  in  defending-  the  city  in  suits  upon  warrants,  and 
fixing- "the  compensation  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  a  competent  lawyer  shall  be  em- 
ployed to  assist  the  city  attorney  in  defending-  suits  upon 
city  warrants  which  have  already  been  brought,  as  well 
as  others  that  may  be  brought,  to  determine  the  validity 
of  and  the  obligation  of  the  city  to  pay  its  outstanding 
warrants. 

SEC.  2.  Such  lawyer  shall  be  employed  by  and 
shall  render  such  assistance  under  the  direction  and 
supervision  of  the  mayor  and  city  attorney,  and  shall 
continue  in  said  employment  during  the  pleasure  of  the 
mayor  and  city  attorney. 

SEC.  3.  The  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  lawyer 
for  rendering  such  service  in  assisting  the  city  attorney 
shall  be  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  per  month  dnringf  the 
time  such  service  shall  be  performed,  and  shall  be  paid 
by  warrants  drawn  on  the  salary  fund  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma. 

Approved  May  20,  1898. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  926. 

An  oidinance  creating-  the  office  of  deputy  city  clerk  and  prescribing 
the  duties  of  said  office. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  office  of  deputy  city  clerk  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  created. 

SEC.  2.  The  duties  of  the  deputy  city  clerk  shall 
be  to  perform  such  duties,  under  the  direction  of  the  city 
clerk,  which  are  hereby  provided  by  the  charter  as  the 
duties  of  the  city  clerk,  and  to  perform  the  duties  of  the 
office  of  the  city  clerk  in  the  absence  of  the  city  clerk. 

Approved  December  18,  1893. 


358  ORDINANCE    NO,    1254. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1254. 

An  ordihance  prescribing  the  duties  and  fixing  the  compensation  of  the 
clerk  of  the  justice  of  the  peace,  hearing  and  disposing-  of  cases 
for  violation  of  the  city  ordinances.' 

WHEREAS,  The  act  of  the  legislature  of  the  state 
of  Washing-ton  abolishing-  municipal  courts  has  made  no 
provision  for  the  disposition  of  cases  for  violation  of  city 
ordinances;  and, 

WHEREAS,  Such  cases  under  the  laws  of  the  state 
must  now  be  tried  by  a  justice  of  the  peace  without  any 
additional  compensation  from  the  city,  and 

WHEREAS,  No  salary  has  been  provided  for  the 
clerk  of  such  justice  of  the  peace  by  the  county,  and 
such  clerk  being-  necessary  for  the  prompt  disposition  of 
all  cases  in  which  the  city  is  interested,  and 

WHEREAS,  There  is  no  law  prescribing-  the  qualifi- 
cations and  duties  of  such  clerk;  therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  clerk  of  the  justice  of  the 
peace  hearing-  cases  for  violation  of  the  city  ordinances 
shall  have  the  custody  and  care  of  the  books,  papers  and 
records  pertaining*  to  said  court  belonging-  to  the  cit}T  of 
Tacoma;  he  shall  be  present  during-  all  the  sessions  of 
&aid  court  and  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  required 
of  him  as  clerk  of  said  court;  he  shall  receive  all  fines, 
penalties  and  fees  of  every  kind  and  keep  a  full  and  ac- 
curate and  detailed  account  of  the  same;  and  shall  on 
each  day  pay  into  the  city  treasury  all  moneys  received 
for  said  city  during-  the  day  previous,  with  a  detailed  ac- 
count of  the  same  and  taking-  the  treasurer's  receipt 
therefor. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  said  clerk  shall  receive  a  salary 
from  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  all  of  his  services  of  sixty 
dollars  per  month. 

SEC.  3.  Befor  entering-  upon  the  discharg-e  of  his 
duties  said  clerk  shall  file  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  one  thous- 
and dollars,  conditioned  that  he  will  well  and  truly  per- 
form his  duties  as  such  clerk  and  promptly  pay  over  to 
the  city  treasurer  all  money  coming-  into  his  hands  as 
provided  in  section  one  of  this  ordinance,  which  said  bond 
shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor. 

Approved  December  24,  1897. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1074.  359 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1074. 

An  ordinance  creating  the  office  of  commissioner  of  health,  defining: 
the  duties  thereof  and  fixing-  the  compensation  of  said  office. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  is  hereby  created  the  office 
of  commissioner  of  health  of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  2.  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  be  a 
practicing*  physician  and  surgeon,  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  mayor  without  confirmation  by  the  council,  and  shall 
serve  during-  the  pleasure  of  the  appointive  power. 

SEC.  3.  Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1333.  Ap- 
proved September  9,  1898. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  officer  to  in- 
spect, when  called  upon  to  do  so  by  any  person,  or  when 
in  his  or  the  opinion  of  the  board  of  health,  or  any  of  its 
members,  it  seems  necessary,  all  provisions,  meat,  fish, 
fruit,  vegetables,  bread,  flour,  pork,  whisky,  beer,  wine, 
milk  and  water,  and  all  liquors  and  any  and  all  things, 
offered  for  sale  in  the  city  to  be  used  as  food  or  drink. 

'  SEC.  5.  Said  officer  shall  have  the  right  to  enter,, 
for  the  purpose  of  making  such  examination  and  inspec- 
tion, any  place  or  building  where  any  provisions,  fruit, 
vegetables,  whisky,  beer,  wkie,  milk  or  other  liquors  are 
kept  for  sale,  and  no  person  shall  be  permitted  to  sell  or 
dispose  of  anything  pronounced  by  said  officer  as  unfit  to- 
be  used  for  food  or  drink,  and  all  such  articles  or  things* 
shall  be  seized  and  destroyed  by  said  officer. 

SEC.  6.  Said  officer  shall  have  charge  of  all  pest, 
houses,  and  shall  attend  to  the  vaccination  of  indigent 
persons,  and  shall  report  to  the  board  of  health  any 
matter  needing  the  attention  of  such  board,  and  shall 
have  all  the  powers  of,  and  perform  all  the  duties  here- 
tofore performed  by  the  city  physician. 

SEC.  7.  Said  officer  shall  have  charge  of  the  gen- 
eral cleanliness  of  the  city;  he  shall  see  that  no  filth  or 
offal  or  unhealthy  substance  is  permitted  to  accumulate 
in  any  part  of  the  city,  and  shall  be  provided  with  such 
police  officers  as  may  be  found  necessary  for  carrying  out 
the  orders  of  said  officer;  he  shall  have  all  the  powers, 
of  and  perform  all  the  duties  heretofore  performed  by 
the  health  officer. 

SEC.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  officer  to  see 
that  all  charter  provisions  and  all  resolutions  and  ordi- 


360  ORDINANCE   NO.    1318. 

nances  passed  b}^  the  city  council  coming-  within  the  scope 
of  his  duties  are  rig-idly  enforced,  and  he  shall  make  a 
complaint  to  the  justice  of  the  peace  having  jurisdiction 
of  municipal  offenses  of  any  violation  of  any  of  the  or- 
dinances of  the  city  coming-  within  the  scope  of  his 
duties. 

SEC.  9.  That  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances 
in  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  May  19,  1896. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1318. 

An  ordinance  creating-  the  office  of  inspector  of  buildings  and  licenses 
and  defining-  the  duties  thereof,  and  repealing-  ordinances  Nos.  996 
and  1075. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of 
inspector  of  building's  and  licenses. 

SEC.  2-  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  officer  to  exer- 
cise a  supervision  over  the  alterations  and  repairs  of  all 
old,  and  the  erection  of  all  new  building's,  and  to  enforce 
in  reg-ard  thereto  all  resolutions  and  ordinances  of  the 
city  which  are  now  in  force,  or  which  may  hereafter  be 
passed  by  the  city  council,  concerning-  the  erection,  alter- 
ation and  repairing-  of  building's.  He  shall  issue  permits 
for  the  erection,  alteration  or  repairing  of  all  building's 
in  accordance  with  the  building-  ordinances  of  the  city. 
He  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  permits,  numbering*  the 
same  consecutively  as  issued.  His  record  shall  also 
show  the  size  of  said  building's,  the  material  of  which 
they  are  constructed,  the  location  and  kind  of  building1, 
the  name  of  the  owner,  architect  and  contractor,  the 
cost  of  the  erection,  alteration  or  repairing-  of  said  build- 
ing-, and  all  other  information  that  may  be  deemed  neces- 
sary. His  record  shall  be  open  for  the  inspection  of  the 
public  during-  business  hours.  He  shall  visit  and  inspect 
any  repair  or  new  work  being  done  on  any  building  in 
the  city,  and  he  shall  have  the  right,  so  far  as  his  duties 
make  it  necessary,  to  enter  any  building  or  premises  for 
the  purpose  of  examination  or  inspection,  or  to  order  the 
suspension  of  any  work  not  in  conformity  with  the  re- 


r 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1317. 

quirements  of  the  ordinances  relating-  thereto.  He  shall 
visit  and  inspect  any  building-  within  twenty-four  (24) 
hours  after  being  notified  to  do  so  by  the  owner  01  builder 
thereof,  and  any  failure  to  do  so  shall  subject  him  to  a 
fine  of  not  more  than  ten  dollars  ($10.) 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  examine  all  build- 
ings so  damaged  from  the  action  of  the  elements  or  decay, 
by  fire  or  through  improper  construction  as  to  be  a  dan- 
gerous nuisance,  and  he  shall  order  the  same  removed, 
torn  down,  or  repaired,  according  to  the  location  with 
reference  to  the  fi**e  limits,  and  the  percentum  of  dam- 
age sustained. 

SEC.  4.  He  shall  make  a  careful  inspection  of  all 
passenger  and  freight  elevators  in  the  city,  except  such 
as  are  regularly  inspected  by  a  duly  authorized  casualty 
company,  at  least  once  in  six  months,  and  see  that  the 
said  elevator  door  and  shafts  are  in  a  perfectly  safe  con- 
dition, in  accordance  with  the  provisions  governing  the 
same. 

.  SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  enforce  all  resolu- 
tions and  ordinances  now  in  force,  or  which  may  here- 
after be  passed  by  the  city  council,  in  respect  to 
licenses  of  every  kind  and  nature. 

SEC.  6.  He  shall  make  complaint  to  the  justice  of 
the  peace  having  jurisdiction  of  municipal  offenses  of 
any  violation  of  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  within 
the  scope  of  his  duties. 

SEC.  7.  He  shall  submit  to  the  city  council  a 
monthly  report  in  detail  of  the  business  transacted  by 
him. 

SEC.  8.  Ordinances  Nos.  996  and  1075  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealod. 

Approved  August  12,  1898. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1317. 

An  ordinance  creating  the  office  of  inspector  of  plumbing-  and  defining- 

his  duties. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.     There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of 
inspector  of  plumbing. 

SEC.   2.     The  inspector  of  plumbing  shall  be  a  prac- 
ical  plumber,   and  shall  be  appointed  by  the  board  of 


362  ORDINANCE   NO.    1142, 

health  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  shall  hold  office  until 
removed  by  said  board  of  health  for  cause,  which  must 
be  shown. 

SEC.  3.  The  duties  of  said  inspector  of  plumbing 
shall  be  to  inspect  all  plumbing-  work,  for  which  permits 
are  hereafter  granted  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  in  pro- 
cess of  construction,  alteration  or  repair.  He  shall  report 
to  said  board  of  health  all  violations  of  any  law,  ordinance 
•or  by-law  relating  to  plumbing  work,  and  he  shall  per- 
form such  other  appropriate  duties  as  may  be  required 
by  said  board. 

Approved  August  12,  1898. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1142. 

An  ordinance  creating  the  office  of  city  librarian  and  fixing  the  salary 
of  the  city  librarian  and  the  compensation  of  the  assistant  librarian. 

J3e  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  for  the  management  of  the  city 
library  there  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  city  librarian. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  duties  of  said  city  librarian  shall 
be  to  care  for  and  manage  the  city  library  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma  in  accordance  with  such  directions  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  given  by  the  city  council. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  city  librarian  shall  be  appointed 
by  the  mayor  without  confirmation  by  the  council,  and 
such  librarian,  when  so  appointed,  shall  hold  office  dur- 
ing the  pleasure  of  the  appointive  power. 

(As  amended  by  Sec.  6  of  the  charter.) 

SEC.  4.     Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1333. 

SEC.  5.  All  ordinances,  and  parts  of  ordinances,  in 
•so  far  only  as  they  conflict  with  this  ordinance,  are  here- 
by repaled. 

Approved  October  26,  1896. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.    1244,    845   AND   871. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1244. 

An  ordinance   creating-  the  office  of  second   assistant  librarian,  pre- 
scnbing-  the  duties  and  fixing  the  compensation. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  created 
the  office  of  second  assistant  librarian,  who  shall  perform 
such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  such  assistant  by  the 
city  librarian, 

Salary  clause  repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1333,  ap- 
proved September  9,  1898. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  845. 

An  ordinance  creating  the  office  of  public  market  master  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  and  fixing-  his  salary. 

Bent  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  The  office  of  public  market  master  is 
hereby  created. 

SEC.  2.  The  salary  of  the  market  master  shall  be 
such  fees  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  collected,  the 
amount  of  such  fees  to  be  fixed  by  ordinance. 

Approved  June  13,  1893. 

(See  ordinance  No.  1333.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  871. 

An   ordinance  defining   the   powers  and  duties   of   the   public   market 

master. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  public  market  master  shall 
have  charge  and  supervision  of  the  public  market  house 
and  grounds  and  be  appointed  and  commissioned  by  the 
mayor  and  council  as  a  policeman,  but  not  to  receive  any 
compensation  from  the  city,  and  not  to  be  required  to  do  any 
duty  as  a  policeman  except  in  connection  with  his  duties 
as  market  master. 

SEC.  2  That  the  market  master  shall  have  author- 
ity to  order  and  remove  any  person  from  the  public  mar- 
ket house  or  place  who  is  guilty  therein  of  any  violation 
of  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  establishing-  rules  for 


ORDINANCE   NO.    323. 

the  use  and  maintenance  of  the  public  market,  or  any 
person  who  shall  fail  to  obey  any  legal  order  from  that 
officer. 

SEC.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  market 
master  to  cause  all  wagons,  teams  and  other  vehicles  to 
be  placed  in  the  market  place,  so  as  best  to  suit  the  con- 
venience of  the  public  and  of  buyers  and  sellers.  To 
take  charge  of  and  take  care  of  the  public  scales  and 
weigh  or  cause  to  be  weighed  thereon  any  animal  or 
loaded  vehicle  or  other  thing  offered  for  weighing  in  the 
market  place,  and  not  to  suffer  the  scales  to  be  used  for 
any  other  purpose;  also  to  keep  them  in  good  order  and 
proper  balance.  He  shall  preserve  order  on  the  market 
place  during  market  hours.  He  shall  remove  or  cause 
to  be  removed  all  obstructions  and  nuisances  found  there- 
in, and  remove  all  vagrant  or  disorderly  persons  found 
within  the  market  place.  He  shall  arrange  the  stands 
for  wagons,  the  stalls  or  stands  in  the  market  house 
and  the  situation  of  all  articles  brought  to  such  market 
for  sale. 

SEC.  4.  That  it  shall  be  the  specified  duty  of  said 
market  master  to  cause  all  the  provisions  of  all  ordi- 
nances that  may  be  in  force  relating  to  the  public  mar- 
ket to  be  obeyed,  and  to  cause  all  violations  of  the  same 
to  be  prosecuted  before  the  justice  of  the  peace  having 
jurisdiction  of  municipal  offenaes. 

SEC.  5.  That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and 
be  in  force  from  and  after  its  publication. 

Approved  July  25,  1892. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  323. 

An  ordinance  to  establish  a  board  of  park  commissioners   for  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  and  defining  their  duties  and  powers. 

1 he   City   Council   of  the    City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  is  hereby  established  a 
board  of  park  commissioners  consisting  of  five  members, 
who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  and 

who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  and  until  their  succes- 
sors are  appointed  and  qualified. 

(As  amended  by  sections  No.  186  and  No.  6  of  the 
city  charter.) 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1315. 


I      SEC.  2.     The  said  board  shall  have  the  power  and 
shall  be  their  duty, 
First — To  take  charge  of  and  exercise  control  over 
all  the  parks  belonging*  to  the  city. 

»  Second — To  make  reports  to  the  city  council  from 
time  to  time  regarding  the  condition  of  the  parks,  and 
to  recommend  appropriations  by  the  council  for  the  im- 
provement of  the  parks,  and  when  such  appropriations 
have  been  made  to  expend  the  same  in  such  improve- 
ments. 

Third — To  make  such  rules  and  regulations  in  re- 
gard to  the  use  of  the  parks  as  shall  best  serve  the  in- 
terests of  the  public. 

Fourth — To  receive  in  the  name  of  the  city  all  mon- 
eys or  other  property  donated  for  the  improvement  of 
the  parks  by  individuals  or  corporations,  and  to  expend 
and  use  the  same  in  such  manner  as  shall  best  carry  out 
the  intent  of  the  donors. 

Fifth — To  do  all  things  necessary  and  proper  to. 
secure  for  the  public  the  free  use  and  enjoyment  of  said 
parks. 

SEC.  3.  Said  board  shall  elect  such  officers  from 
among  their  number  as  to  them  shall  seem  fit,  and  they 
shall  keep  a  record  of  their  proceedings  which  shall  at 
all  times  be  open  to  inspection  by  the  mayor  and  city- 
council. 

Approved  June  9,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1315. 

An  ordinance  creating  the  office  of  storekeeper  and  defining  his  duties., 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  created, 
the  office  of  storekeeper. 

SEC.  2.  The  duties  of  said  office  shall  be  to  keep 
strict  account  of  all  supplies  and  personal  property  of 
every  kind  and  character  belonging  to  the  city  of  Ta-. 
coma,  and  to  preserve  and  care  for  the  same. 

Approved  August  12,  1898. 


ORDINANCES    NOS.    947   AND    1232. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  947. 

An  ordinance  creating  the  office  of  superintendent  of  the  light  and  water 
department  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  fixing  the  term  of  office  and  the 
manner  of  appointment  of  the  superintendent  thereof,  fixing  his 
compensation  and  defining  his  duties. 

Approved  July  3,  1894. 

This  ordinance  was  declared  invalid  by  Judge  Par- 
ker on  August  3,  1894,  in  the  superior  court,  Pierce 
county,  in  case  No.  12603,  entitled  Board  of  Public 
Works  et  al.  against  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Tacoma 
«t  al. 


CLASS    II. 

Electric  Lights. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1232. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
to  enter  into  a  contract  in  the  name  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  furnish 
the  city  electric  current  to  operate  its  light  and  power  business. 

JBe  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
t)f  the  city  of  Tacoma  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
in  the  name  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  within  ten  days  after 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  to  execute  and  deliver  in 
duplicate  to  James  O-  Carr  a  contract  for  furnishing  to 
the  city  of  Tacoma  electric  current  to  operate  its  light 
;and  power  business,  which  said  contract  is  in  the  words 
and  figures  following,  to- wit: 

"This  agreement  made  and  entered  into  this  .... 

day  of ,  1897,  by  and  between  the  city  of  Tacoma, 

a  municipal  corporation  of  the  first  class,  party  of  the 
first  part,  and  James  O.  Carr,  doing  business  under  the 
name  of  the  Tacoma  Railways  Company,  party  of  the 
second  part,  witnesseth: 

That  the  said  parties,  for  and  in  consideration  of  the 
sum  of  one  dollar  in  hand,  each*  to  the  other  paid,  the 
receipt  whereof  is  hereby  acknowledged,  and  in  consid- 
eration of  the  further  mutual  covenants  and  agreements 
hereinafter  contained,  hereby  agree  as  follows: 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1232 — CON,  367 

SECTION  1.  The  party  of  the  second  part  hereby 
agrees  to  furnish  the  party  of  the  first  part  with  elec- 
tricity for  all  city  electric  light  and  power  business  up 
to  the  aggregate  capacity  of  the  dynamos  designated  in 
the  specifications,  and  the  party  of  the  first  part  agrees 
to  take  from  the  party  of  the  second  part  all  the  elec- 
tricity, if  required  for  the  use  of  said  city,  delivered  on 
the  switch-board  of  the  party  of  the  first  part  to  be 
located  in  the  station  building  of  the  party  of  the  second 
part  at  its  power  house  situated  at  the  intersection  of 
South  Thirteenth  and  A  streets  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
Washington,  at  the  following  rates,  to-wit:  1.62J  cents 
per  kilowatt  hour  for  alternating  current  lighting  ser- 
vice and  for  constant  potential  direct  current  for  power 
service,  and  1.75  cents  per  kilowatt  hour  for  direct  con- 
stant current  arc  lighting  service;  the  foregoing  rates  to 
be  based'  upon  the  use  of  the  dynamos  owned  by  the 
party  of  the  first  part  and  mentioned  in  the  specications 
calling  for  bids  for  power,  which  specifications  are  hereto 
attached,  marked  Exhibit  A  and  made  a  part  of  this 
contract 

SEC.  2.  If  the  party  of  the  first  part  shall  substi- 
tute, during  the  continuance  of  this  contract,  one  or 
more  modern  arc  lighting  dynamos  of  the  Brush,  West- 
ern Electric,  Wood,  Excelsior,  or  other  modern  dyna- 
mos of  a  mutually  satisfactory  type  and  of  a  capacity 
each  of  not  less  than  125  2000-candle  power  arc  lights, 
the  party  of  the  second  part  will  furnish  the  arc  light 
current  from  such  large  machines  at  1.62|  cents  per  kil- 
owatt hour. 

SEC.  3.  In  case  the  party  of  the  first  part  shall 
find  upon  substitution  of  said  modern  large  arc  lighting 
dynamos  that  the  same  are  not  sufficient  to  supply  all  of 
the  arc  lights  required  by  it,  and  that  said  surplus  of  arc 
lights  required  by  it  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty  2000- 
candle  power  arc  lights  or  more  than  fifty  2000-candle 
power  arc  lights,  said  party  of  the  second  part  hereby 
further  agrees  to  operate  for  said  party  of  the  first  part 
to  carry  said  surplus  lights,  not  exceeding  one  fifty  arc 
light  dynamo  operating  not  less  than  thirty  lights,  for 
the  said  price  of  1.62-2  cents  per  kilowatt  hour.  It  is 
further  agreed  that  if  it  is  necessary  in  operating  the 
small  arc  light  machines  or  the  .large  ones  to  run  any 
machine  with  less  than  fifteen  lights  in  a  circuit,  the 


368  ORDINANCE   NO.    1232 — CON. 

price  of  the  current  from  such  machines  when  so  ope- 
rated  shall  be  1.85  cents  per  kilowatt  hour. 

SEC  4.  It  is  agreed  and  understood  that  until  such 
time  as  the  large  engine  in  the  power  station  of  the  party 
of  the  second  part,  which  is  used  to  operate  the  railway 
plant  of  said  second  party,  is  so  much  overloaded  that 
it  is  unable  to  operate  the  power  generator  of  the  party 
of  the  first  part,  and  the  day  lighting  generator  of  the 
party  of  the  first  part,  that  said  power  generator  and 
day  lighting  generator  may  be  operated  from  said  engine, 
but  if  so  operated  the  party  of  the  second  part  shall  not 
charge  more  than  1J  cents  per  kilowatt  hour  for  the 
alternoting  current  for  day  lighting,  nor  more  than  1^ 
cents  per  kilowatt  hour  for  the  direct  constant  potential 
current  furnished  the  party  of  the  first  part  for  its  power 
current. 

SEC.  5.  This  contract  shall  be  in  full  force  and 
effect  thirty  days  after  the  ordinance  shall  gfo  into  effect 
ratifying  and  approving  the  same,  and  within  said  thirty 
days  the  said  contract  shall  be  signed  by  the  parties 
hereto,  and  a  bond  shall  be  given  by  the  party  of  the 
second  part  in  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars- 
as  required  by  the  specifications.  This  contract  shall  be 
in  full  force  and  effect  from  and  after  said  time,  until 
canceled  by  either  party,  on  six  months'  notice  in  writ- 
ing by  the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  on  one  year's 
notice  in  writing  by  the  party  of  the  second  part,  of  in- 
tention so  to  terminate  the  same;  provided,  however, 
that  the  said  contract  shall,  in  any  event,  continue  in 
force  for  five  years  from  the  date  the  party  of  the  second 
part  commences  to  furnish  power  as  provided  herein.  If 
for  any  reason  the  party  of  the  first  part  should  desire  to 
cancel  this  contract  at  any  time  before  five  years  and 
after  six  months  from  the  date  that  said  party  of  the 
second  part  commences  to  furnish  power  in  accordance 
herewith,  said  party  of  the  first  part  may  do  so  upon 
giving  three  months'  notice  in  writing  of  its  option  so  to 
terminate  the  same,  upon  first  paying  to  the  party  of  the 
second  part  in  cash  a  sum  of  money  computed  at  the  rate 
of  $125  per  month  for  each  and  every  month  of  said  five 
years,  which  shall  not  have  expired  at  the  date  that  said 
cancellation  takes  effect. 

SEC.  6.  The  party  of  the  first  part  is  hereby  given 
the  right  at  any  time  before  the  expiration  of  five  said 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1232 — CON. 


tars'  term  to  pay  to  the  party  of  the  second  part  a  sum 
money  computed  at  the  rate  of  $125  per  month  for 
ch  and  every  month  of  said  five  years  which  shall  not 
then  have  expired,  and  upon  making-  such  payment  in 
cash  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  from  and  after  that  date, 
until  this  contract  is  terminated  by  lapse  of  time  or 
otherwise,  as  herein  provided,  at  the  rate  of  1£  cents  per 
kilowatt  hour,  any  and  all  electric  currents  herein  agreed 
to  be  furnished,  except  such  as  may  be  furnished  from 
the  small  arc  light  machines  now  owned  by  the  party  of 
the  first  part,  with  the  exception  of  one  small  arc  light 
machine,  which  may  be  operated  in  connection  with  all 
large  arc  light  machines  as  hereinbefore  in  section  3  pro- 
vided, and  as  to  same  the  rate  will  be  \  of  1  cent  per 
kilowatt  hour  less  than  the  rates  hereinbefore  specified 
for  the  operation  of  said  small  machines. 

SEC.  7.  Should  this  contract  be  continued  for  a 
longer  period  than  five  years,  the  electric  current  here- 
inbefore referred  to  will  be  furnished  by  the  party  of 
the  second  part  to  the  party  of  the  first  part  at  the  rate 
of  1^2  cents  per  kilowatt  hour,  except  such  current  as 
may  be  furnished  from  the  present  small  arc  lighting 
machines,  and  current  from  the  same  shall  be  furnished 
at  the  rate  of  y&  of  1  cent  per  kilowatt  hour  less  than 
the  rates  hereinbefore  prior  to  section  6  specified. 

SEC.  8.  The  party  of  the  second  part  is  hereby 
given  the  full  use  of  the  present  lighting  station  of  the 
party  of  the  first  part  until  such  time  as  the  necessary 
building-  and  machinery  chang-es  can  be  made  in  the  power 
house  of  the  party  of  the  second  part,  so  that  the  dyna- 
mos of  the  party  of  the  first  part  may  be  operated  pro- 
perly therefrom.  During-  the  time  that  said  station  of 
the  party'of  the  first  part  is  so  used  by  said  party  of 
the  second  part,  "said  party  of  the  first  part  shall  have 
the  right  to  insure  said  station  and  its  contents  at  the 
expense  of  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  in  and  for 
the  sum  of  $20,000,  or  any  sum  less  than  $20,000  for 
which  said  party  of  the  first  may  be  able  to  have  said 
station -and  its  contents  insured. 

SEC.  9.  The  party  of  the  second  part  is,  for  the 
term  of  this"  contract,  given  the  use  of  the  following- 
property  of  the  party  of  the  first  part,  to-wit:  Three 
large  125  horse  powrer  boilers,  two  smokestacks  now 
connected  with  said  three  boilers,  and  the  necessary  pip- 


ORDINANCE    NO,   1232— CON. 

ing-  and  valves  now  belonging-  to  the  party  of  the  first 
part  required  to  properly  connect  said  boilers  with  the 
boilers  and  steam  piping-  of  the  party  of  the  second  part 
at  its  present  power  station;  also  one  steam  pump  of 
sufficient  size  to  feed  said  three  boilers;  also  all  the  belt- 
ing- now  in  use  in  station  of  the  party  of  the  first  part, 
and  the  belt  now  being-  used  to  drive  the  dynamo  of  the 
party  of  the  first  part  now  located  in  the  station  of  the 
party  of  the  second  part;  also  all  the  dynamos  now  belong-- 
ing-  to  the  party  of  the  first  part,  tog-ether  with  the  reg-- 
ulating-  and  indicating-  apparatus  and  switches  required 
to  properly  operate  the  same,  and  also  the  exciters  there- 
for; all  of  the  above  specified  machinery  and  apparatus 
to  be  used  by  the  party  of  the  second  part,  to  be  first 
carefully  inventoried,  and,  at  the  expiration  of  the  con- 
tract returned  to  the  party  of  the  first  part  in  accord- 
ance with  the  specifications  hereto  attached  and  made  a 
part  of  this  contract.  Por  the  purpose  of  making-  such 
inventory,  the  party  of  the  first  part  shall  select  a  rep- 
resentative, and  the  party  of  the  second  part  shall  select 
a  representative,  and  these  two  representatives  so  se- 
lected, shall  select  a  third  representative,  and  these 
three  representatives  shall  make  a  careful  inventory  of 
said  propert}^  and  appraise  the  value  of  same,  and  make 
a  statement  as  to  condition  of  same,  and  shall  make  a 
report  in  triplicate  showing  the  inventory  and  the  con- 
clusions of  said  three  representatives  as  to  the  physical 
condition  and  value  of  the  property  so  inventoried,  and 
said  report  shall  be  attached  to  this  contract  and  made 
a  part  thereof. 

SEC.  10.  The  party  of  the  first  part,  throug-h  its 
commissioner  of  public  works,  shall  designate  in  writing" 
to  the  party  of  the  second  part  the  names  of  employ [e]s 
and  agents  of  the  party  of  the  first  part  who  are  author- 
ized to  inspect  the  property  of  the  party  of  the  first  part 
for  all  particular  features  of  its  operation  and  mainte- 
nance in  connection  with  the  lig-hting-  and  power  busi- 
ness of  the  party  of  the  first  part  and  the  provisions  of 
this  contract,  and  all  such  persons  so  authorized  shall 
have  the  right  to  enter  the  premises  of  the  party  of  the 
second  part  at  any  time  for  such  purpose. 

SEC.  11.  The  reading-  of  the  Watt  meters  men- 
tioned in  the  specifications  hereto  attached  shall  be  taken 
by  a  representative  of  the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  by 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1232 — CON.  371 

a  representative  of  a  party  of  the  second  part,  at  noon  o« 
the  last  day  of  each  and  every  calender  month,  and  said 
two  representatives  shall  make  reports  in  duplicate  as  to 
their  findings,  one  copy  of  said  report  to  be  filed  with 
the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  one  copy  thereof  to  be 
filed  with  the  party  of  the  second  part;  said  readings 
shall  form  the  basis  of  the  charges  for  current  for  the 
calender  month. 

SEC.  12.  The  party  of  the  first  part  shall  pay  to 
the  party  of  the  second  part,  for  the  service  herein 
agreed  to  be  performed,  and  at  the  rates  in  this  contract 
specified,  in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  on  or 
before  the  20th  day  of  each  month,  for  the  service  per- 
formed during  the  preceding  month.  In  case  default  is 
made  in  any  payment  as  herein  provided,  the  party  of  the 
second  part  may,  at  its  option,  discontinue  such  service, 
upon  giving  to  said  party  of  the  first  part  ten  days'  no- 
tice in  writing  of  its  intention  to  discontinue  said  service 
by  reason  of  said  default  unless  said  payment  be  made 
on  or  before  the  tenth  day  after  the  service  of  said  notice 
upon  the  mayor  or  commissioner  of  public  works. 

SEC.  13.  The  party  of  the  first  party  shall  furnish 
and  own  the  Watt  meters,  and  either  party  to  this  con- 
tract shall  have  the  right,  by  giving  notice  to  the  other 
party,  at  any  time  to  have  said  meters  tested  as  to  accu- 
racy, the  expense  of  same  to  be  borne  by  the  party  who 
requests  the  test. 

SEC.  14.  The  party  of  the  first  part  is  hereby 
given  the  right,  during  the  continuance  of  this  contract, 
to  use  such  poles  as  it  may  desire  belonging  to  the  party 
of  the  second  part;  provided  that  such  use  does  not  in, 
any  wise  interfere  with  the  use  of  said  poles  by  the  party 
of  the  second  part,  and  does  not  materially  damage  the 
same. 

SEC.  15.  The  party  of  the  hrst  part  is  hereby 
given  the  right  to  bring  its  electric  light  and  power 
wires  into  the  station  building  of  the  party  of  the  second 
part,  and  to  connect  same  with  the  switch  board  to  be 
board  to  be  erected  therein  by  the  party  of  the  first  part, 
erected  therein  by  the  party  of  the  first  part,  said  switch 
board  to  be  placed  at  some  convenient  location  to  be 
mutually  agreed  upon. 

SEC.  16.  The  party  of  the  second  part  is  to  use  all 
reasonable  care  and  diligence  in  avoiding  accidents,  and 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1232 — CON. 

shall  give  to  the  party  of  the  first  part  the  best  of  elec- 
tric service,  but  in  case  the  party  of  the  second  part  is 
prevented  from  doing1  so  through  strikes,  riots,  the  ele- 
ments or  any  other  unavoidable  casualty  or  accident, 
which  could  not  be  reasonably  foreseen  and  prevented  by 
said  second  party,  the  said  second  party  shall  not,  under 
such  circumstances,  be  liable  for  failure  to  provide  such 
service;  but,  should  the  party  of  the  second  part,  through 
any  negligence  or  lack  of  reasonable  foresight,  fail  to 
produce  said  power,  the  damage  accruing  by  said  failure 
shall  be  borne  by  said  party  of  the  second  part;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  if  by  reason  of  a  strike  said  party 
of  the  second  part  is  temporarily  prevented  from  operat- 
ing its  plant,  and  rendering  to  the  city  the  service  herein 
provided  for,  in  such  case  said  party  of  the  first  part 
shall  have  as  a  police  power  the  right  to  operate  said 
plant  at  the  expense  of  said  party  of  the  second  part 
during  said  temporary  disability  for  the  purpose  of  fur- 
nishing said  city  necessary  light  and  power. 

SEC.  17.  The  party  of  the  second  part  agrees  during 
the  continuance  of  this  contract,  not  to  engage  in  the 
electric  lighting  business  in  the  cit}*  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  18.  This  contract  is  to  be  binding  upon  the 
successors  and  assigns  of  the  parties  hereto. 

SEC.  19.  All  payments  provided  for  in  this  con- 
tract shall  be  made  from  the  fund  known  as  the  "'Water 
and  Light  Fund,"  created  and  described  in  ordinance 
No.  879,  and  which  is  made  up  from  all  revenues  received 
for  water  [and  light,  and  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  reve- 
nues derived  from  water  and  light,  which  fund  shall  not, 
until  said  payments  have  been  made  to  the  extent  of  said 
payments,  be  diverted  from  said  fund.  Said  payments 
shall  not  be  chargeable  against  any  other  revenues  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  20.  It  is  hereby  further  agreed  and  under- 
stood by  and  between  the  parties  hereto  that  all  terms 
and  provisions  in  this  contract  to  any  extent  modifying 
the  conditions  of  the  specifications  hereinbefore  referred 
to  are  minor  changes  of  said  specifications  and  the  said 
parties  hereto  mutually  waive  any  question  as  to  whether 
said  changes  are  of  a  minor  or  essential  character. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF  the  city  of  Tacoma  has 
caused  these  presents  to  be  executed  in  triplicate  by  its 
commissioner  of  public  works  hereunto  duly  authorized, 


I  ORDINANCE    NO,    1232 — CON. 

nd  the  said  James  O.  Carr,  doing*  business  under  the  name 
f  the    Tacoma   Railways  Company,   has   caused    these 
presents    to    be  executed  by    S.    Z.    Mitchell,    his  duly 
authorized  ag-ent. 

CITY  OF  TACOMA, 

By 

Its  Commissioner   of  Public  Works. 

JAMES  O.  CARR, 

Doing*    business   under  the  name   of  Tacoma    Railways 
Company, 

By 

His  Managing-  Ag^ent. 

Countersigned  ....  day  of 

By 

City  Controller. 

"EXHIBIT  A." 

SPECIFICATIONS   FOR    ELECTRIC   POWER   SERVICE. 
Instructions  to  Bidders. 

Bids  must  be  'handed  in  to  the  clerk  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  woiks  between  the  hours  of  9  a.  m.  and 
11  a.  m.,  on  the  30th  day  of  June,  1897.  No  bids  will  be 
considered  which  are  handed  in  before  or  after  the  time 
mentioned. 

Contractors  will  bid  per  kilowatt  hour  for  current 
furnished  in  accordance  with  the  specifications. 

Each  bid  must  be  accompanied  by  a  certified  check 
of  5  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  proposal,  made  payable 
to  the  clerk  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works.  Checks 
of  successful  bidder  will  be  returned  upon  execution  of 
contract  and  acceptance  of  bond.  All  other  checks  re- 
turned immediately  upon  award  of  contract. 

No  bids  can  be  withdrawn  after  having-  been  opened 
by  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

Any  bidder  who  refuses  to  enter  into  a  contract 
after  it  has  been  awarded  to  him,  will  be  declared  irre- 
sponsible and  his  check  forfeited. 

The  commissioner  of  public  works  reserves  the  rig-ht 
to  reject  any  and  all  bids  which  may  be  deemed  disad- 
vantageous to  the  city. 

All  proposals  shall  be  made  upon  blanks  furnished 
by  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

Each  bid  must  be  accompanied  by  an  affidavit  to  the 
effect  that  the  bid  is  genuine  and  not  sham  or  collusive, 


374  OKDINANCK    NO,    1232 — CON. 

or  made  in  the  interest  or  on  the  behalf  of  any  person 
not  therein  named,  and  that  the  bidder  has  not  directly 
or  indirectly  induced  or  solicited  any  bidder  to  put  in  a 
sham  bid,  or  any  other  person  or  corporation  to  refrain 
from  bidding,  and  that  the  bidder  has  not  in  any  manner 
sought,  by  collusion,  to  secure  to  himself  an  advantage 
over  other  bidders.  Any  bid  made  without  such  affidavit, 
or  in  violation  thereof,  shall  be  absolutely  void.  (See 
Sec.  162  City  Charter.) 

Successful  bidders  will  be  required  to  enter  into  a 
bond  insuring*  the  completion  of  the  work  as  per  his  bid 
and  specifications  with  two  or  more  sureties,  in  an 
amount  equal  to  the  amount  of  the  contract.  This  bond 
shall  also  protect  and  secure  the  city  from  any  damage 
or  loss  caused  to  the  city  machinery,  dynamos  or  other 
city  property  by  accident  or  otherwise,  while  the  said 
machinery  and  dynamos  are  operated  by  the  contractor  at 
the  present  city  electric  light  station.  Contract  must  be 
executed  and  bond  filed  writh  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  not  earlier  than  the  fifth  day  and  not  later  than 
the  tenth  day  from  the  award  of  contract. 

SPECIFICATIONS. 

Total  amount  of  the  contract  will  depend  in  part 
upon  the  power  of  consumption  to  be  hereafter  measured 
by  meter,  the  latter  is  assumed  for  the  purpose  of  fixing 
amount  of  certified  check,  or  deposit,  to  be  6,000,000  kil- 
owatt hours  for  the  five  years. 

The  city  now  has  the  following  dynamos,  viz: 

13  Thompson-Houston  10  amphere  50-light  arc 
dynamos. 

1  Thompson-Houston  6.8  amphere  50-light  arc  dy- 
namo. 

3  American  (Wood)  10  amphere  50-light  arc  dyna- 
mos. 

1  Thompson- Houston  40-K.  W.   200  volt  power  dy- 
namo. 

2  2000-lights,    T.  &   H.    1040  volt   alternating  cur- 
rent dynamos. 

1  1500-light  Westinghouse  1040  volt  alternating  cur- 
rent dynamo. 

1  750-Westinghouse  (light)  1040  volt  alternating 
current  dynamo. 

Bids  are  required  on  a  meter  basis  for  operating  and 
maintaining  for  a  term  of  five  years  all  city  electric  light 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1232 — CON. 

and  power  business,  and  no  bid  will  be  considered  that 
does  not  provide  for  at  least  operating-  the  above-men- 
tioned electric  light  and  power  dynamos  to  their  full 
capacity,  or  to  furnish  the  city  with  the  same  amount  of 
power  and  lights  that  the  above  specified  dynamos  would 
furnish. 

The  current  shall  be  delivered  to  the  city  at  the  city 
switch  board  in  the  present  distributing  station,  or  at 
such  other  distributing1  station,  within  the  business  dis- 
trict, as  may  hereafter  be  mutually  agreed  upon.  The 
current  to  be  delivered  (within  the  practical  limits  of  the 
capacit}7  of  the  city  dynamos)  at  such  voltage  and  such 
amperage  as  the  city  may  in  writing*  direct.  Said  cur- 
rent to  be  measured,  at  the  distributing  station,  by- 
Thompson  recording  Watt  meters. 

The  city  to  have  the  right,  at  any  time,  to  substi- 
tute other  lighting-  and  power  d3Miamos  of  more  modern 
construction  and  of  larger  units,  and  such  new  dynamos 
may  be  of  the  same,  or  a  different  voltage  and  amperage, 
provided  that  no  substition  of  dynamos  will  be  made  in 
such  way  as  will  increase  the  expense  of  operation  or 
maintenance  of  the  same,  and  the  cky  shall,  at  any  time, 
have  the  right  to  increase  the  aggregate  amount  of  power 
as  same  may  be  required. 

The  contractor  may  if  he  so  should  desire,  use  any 
portion  of  the  city's  present  steam  plant,  but  shall  state 
specifically  in  his  bid,  or  before  the  contract  is  signed,, 
what  portion,  if  any,  of  said  steam  plant  he  proposes  to> 
use,  and  for  howr  long1  a  time  he  proposes  to  use  each 
portion  thereof.  The  contractor  may  use  water  or  steam 
power  for  generating-  purposes,  and  may,  if  he  desires, 
use  other  than  the  city's  dynamos  for  furnishing*  the  cur- 
rent desired  for  the  city.  But  in  case  other  dynamos  are 
used,  they  must  be  such  as  are  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
city,  or  its  representatives,  and  in  every  way  adapted 
and  suitable  for  the  present  wiring-  and  distributing-  sys- 
tem of  the  city,  and  shall  in  the  bid  be  described  in  de- 
tail and  the  use  thereof  shall  not  put  the  city  to  any- 
extra  expense. 

Such  portion  of  the  city's  machinery  as  may  be  used 
by  the  contractor  shall  at  the  expiration  of  the  contract, 
or  on  the  discontinuance  of  such  use,  be  returned  to  the 
city  in  as  g-ood  condition  as  when  received,  ordinary  wear 
and  tear  from  use,  and  damage  caused  by  fire,  excepted. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1232 — CON. 

'The  contractor  to  commence  furnishing-  the  power 
within  thirty  days  from  date  of  award  of  contract. 
Contractor  must  assume  the  present  city  light  station 
wood  contract,  and  shall  have  free  water  for  operating 
city  steam  plant  at  the  present  city  light  station.  The 
contractor  shall,  as  set  forth  above,  bid  for  at  least  suffi- 
cient power  to  operate  the  above  enumerated  city  dyna- 
mos to  their  full  capacity,  or  furnish  the  city  with  the 
same  amount  of  power  and  lights  that  the  above  specified 
-dynamos  would  furnish,  but  in  case  a  greater  amount  of 
power  is  not  contracted  for  now,  the  city  shall  have  the 
right  to  furnish  any  increase  of  power  it  may  desire  to 
gfet  from  its  own  plant  or  at  its  option  call  for  competi- 
tive bids  for  same. 

The  contract  to  be  entered  into  now  shall  be  in  full 
force  and  effect  until  cancelled  by  er  her  party  on  six 
months'  notice  in  writing  by  the  city,  and  on  one  year's 
notice  by  the  contractor  of  the  intention  to  so  terminate 
the  same;  provided  that  the  said  contract  shall  in  any 
event  continue  in  force  for  five  years  from  the  date  that 
the  contractor  commences  furnishing  power  in  accord- 
ance with  the  same. 

If  the  contract  for   furnishing  power  is  awarded  to 

a  water  power  company,  the   city  shall    give   the  said 

water  compan}^  the  right  to  string   wires  and   use  the 

<  city's  electric  light  poles  for  conducting-  the  power  to  the 

city  electric  light  station,  and  for  no  other  purpose. 

If  the  contractor  should  desire  to  use  the  city  elec- 
tric light  station  and  the  city's  machinery  and  dynamos, 
lie  must  have  the  station,  machinery  and  dynamos  insured 
:at  his  own  expense,  said  insurance  to  be  made  in  favor  of 
the  city,  and  the  amount  of  insurance  determined  by  the 
.actual  market  value  of  the  building,  machinery,  boilers, 
-dynamos,  switchboard  and  wire,  all  contained  in  the  sta- 
tion. 

The  city  will  insure  their  dynamos,  if  moved  to  any 
other  distributing  power  station. 

The  city  reserves  the  right  to  change  these  specifi- 
cations in  any  minor  details,  or  add  any  minor  specifica- 
tions to  the  same  before  signing  the  contract. 

SEC.  2.  All  payments  provided  for  under  said  con* 
tract  and  under  the  terms  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  made 
from  what  is  known  as  the  "  Water  and  Light  Fund," 
as  described  and  created  in  ordinance  879,  which  consists 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1301. 

of  all  revenues  received  for  water  and  light;  and  there  fs^ 
hereby  appropriated  from  said  fund  to  be  used  for  the 
payments  under  this  contract,  such  sum  or  sums  of 
money  as  may  be  necessary  from  time  to  time  to  pay  the 
several  sums  of  money  which  shall  become  due  under  the 
terms  of  said  contract. 

SEC.  3.  The  terms  of  the  agreement  set  forth  inr 
the  tirst  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force- 
and  effect  and  binding  upon  the  parties  thereto  thirty 
days  after  this  ordinance  goes  into  effect. 

Passed  September  2nd,  1897. 

Presented  to  the  mayor  for  his  approval  September 
3rd,  1897;  returned  by  the  mayor  with  his  objections  irt 
writing  to  the  council  and  deposited  with  the  city  clerk 
September  7th,  1897.  Presented  to  the  council  in  regular 
session  September  9th,  1897,  and  by  its  order  the  objec- 
tions of  the  mayor  were  entered  on  the  journal,  and  on 
motion  of  Chandler,  the  council  proceeded  to  vote  upon 
upon  the  question,  "Shall  the  ordinance  pass,  notwith- 
standing the  objections  of  the  mayor  ?  "  On  roll  call  the 
vote  resulted  as  follows:  Yeas,  12;  nays,  4.  The  presi- 
dent of  the  council  thereupon  declared  the  ordinance 
passed,  notwithstanding  the  objections  of  the  mayor. 

Dated,  September  10th,  1897. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1391. 

An  ordinance  fixing1  the  price  and  establishing  rules  and  regulations- 
governing1  the  use  of  electric  lights  furnished  by  the  city  of  Tacoma^ 
and  repealing1  all  prior  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  following  rules  and  regula- 
tions be,  and  the  same  hereby  are,  established  for  the 
fixing,  regulating  and  controlling  of  the  use  and  price  of 
light  furnished  by  the  city  of  Tacoma: 

Rule  1.  Applications  for  the  use  of  light  must  be 
made  on  printed  forms  furnished  at  the  office  of  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works.  The  applicant  must  state 
fully  and  truly  all  the  purposes  for  which  the  light  willf 
be  used,  the  time  the  lights  are  to  be  burned,  and  must 
agree  to  conform  to  these  rules  and  regulations  as  a  con- 
dition for  the  use  of  the  light. 

Rule.  2.     No   person  supplied  with   light  from   the- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1301 — CON, 

city's  wires  will  be  entitled  to  use  the  current   for  any 
other  purposes  than  those  stated  in  his  application. 

Rule  3.  Should  any  applicant  or  occupant  of  any 
premises  supplied  with  light  desire  additional  light  or 
lights  of  greater  candle  power,  a  new  application  must 
be  made  and  a  permit  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works.  If  lights  are  burned  outside 
of  hours  contracted  for  they  will  be  charged  extra  at  the 
established  rate  for  such  lights. 

Rule  4.  Any  person  desiring  to  discontinue  the  use 
of  lights  must  give  notice  in  writing  at  the  office  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works.  Lights  will  be  charged 
for  at  the  regular  rate  until  such  notice  is  given. 

Rule  5.  No  person,  except  an  employe  of  the  lig^ht 
and  water  department  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall  make 
connections  with  the  city's  wires,  nor  connect  wires  when 
they  have  been  disconnected  by  the  city,  nor  without  a 
permit  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  nor  make 
any  alterations  to  any  service  connected  with  the  city's 
wires.  No  connections  shall  be  made  until  the  wiring 
and  appliances  on  the  premises  to  be  connected  have  been 
properly  inspected  under  the  direction  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works. 

Rule  6.  A  report  in  writing  of  any  work  done  or 
changes  made  on,  in,  or  about  any  wiring  by  which  cur- 
rent is  or  may  be  drawn  from  the  wires  of  the  city  must 
be  filed  with  the  commissioner  of  public  warks  within 
twenty-four  (24)  hours  after  completion. 

Rule  7.  All  lamps  and  lines  which  are  the  property 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  be  protected  from  injury 
and  shall  not  be  moved  or  handled  except  by  an  employe 
of  the  water  and  light  department,  and  any  handling  by 
any  person  or  persons  other  than  an  employe  of  the  water 
and  light  department,  shall  relieve  the  said  department 
of  all  responsibility  for  interruption  and  irregularity  of 
light  and  such  person  or  persons  shall  be  liable  to  the 
city  for  any  injury  or  damage  to  its  property. 

Rule  8.  In  case  the  light  is  interrupted  from  any 
cause  whatever,  the  only  liability  of  the  city  shall  be  to 
abate  the  rent  for  the  actual  time  of  such  interruption; 
but  no  allowance  will  be  made  unless  notice  is  given  in 
writing  at  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
within  twelve  (12)  hours  after  such  interruption  occurs. 

Rule  9.     The  water  and  light  department  and  every 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1301 — CON. 

person  delegated  by  it  for  the  purpose,,  shall  have  free 
access,  at  reasonable  hours,  to  all  premises  supplied  with 
light,  for  the  purpose  of  examining1  lamps,  wires  or  fix- 
tures. 

Rule  10.  No  city  line  shall  be  extended  on  any 
street  in  the  city  until  the  residents  thereon  have  made 
application  for  light  on  such  street,  and  no  application 
will  be  considered  unless  sufficient  business  is  offered, 
amounting-  to  at  least  ten  (10)  lights  for  each  block  ex- 
tended; provided,  however,  that  this  rule  shall  not  be 
construed  to  prevent  the  city  council,  in  its  discretion, 
from  extending  the  wires  of  the  city  electric  light  plant 
into  parts  of  the  city  when  it  may  be  found  profitable  to 
do  so. 

Rule  11.  The  water  and  light  department  reserves 
the  right  to  discontinue  the  current  at  any  time  where 
there  is  any  suspicion  of  fraud  or  abuse  and  place  a  meter 
and  charge  meter  rates  and  rentals  as  provided  for  in 
this  ordinance. 

Rule  12.  On  failure  to  comply  with  the  rules  and 
regulations  established  as  a  condition  for  the  use  of  light, 
or  to  pay  the  rents  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  herein- 
after provided,  the  city  may,  without  notice,  turn  off 
light  until  payment  is  made  of  the  amount  due,  together 
with  the  sum  of  fifty  (50)  cents  in  addition  for  the  ex- 
pense of  turning  the  lights  off  and  on. 

Rule  13.  Electric  light  rentals  will  be  due  and  pay- 
able on  the  first  day  of  each  month  for  the  month  pre- 
vious, at  the  office  of  the  city  treasurer,  without  any  no- 
tice whatever  to  the  consumer,  and  if  not  paid  within 
twelve  days  thereafter,  the  light  may  be  cut  off  from  the 
premises,  as  provided  in  Rule  No.  12,  unless  the  twelfth 
day  falls  on  Sunday,  or  is  a  legal  holiday,  in  which  case 
the  consumer  will  be  allowed  all  of  the  next  succeeding 
business  day. 

Rule  14.  If  consumers  of  lights  put  in  more  lights 
or  lights  of  a  greater  candle  power  than  named  in  the 
application  or  permit,  such  extra  lights  will  be  charged 
for  at  the  regular  rate,  and  in  addition  thereto  a  penalty 
of  twenty-five  cents  will  be  charged  for  each  lamp  so 
put  in  or  changed. 


380  ORDINANCE   NO.    1301 — CON. 

MONTHLY   ELECTRIC   LIGHT   RATES. 

SEC.  2.  The  price  per  month  for  arc  lights  shall 
be  as  follows: 

1  arc  light  all  nig-ht $10.00 

1  arc  lig-ht  until  midnight 5.50 

Each  half  arc  light,  midnight  only 5.00 

SEC  3.  The  prices  of  incandescent  lights  shall  be 
as  follows,  per  month,  except  as  otherwise  specified  in 
sections  4,  5  and  6  herein: 

Each  16  candle  power  light  burned  until  10  p.  m.  .$  0.60 
Each  16  candle  power  light  burned  until  2  a.  m. .  .      1.00' 

Each  16  candle  power  light  burned  all  night 1.50 

Each  16  candle  power  light  burned  all  day i  .00 

Each  32  candle  power  light  burned  until  10  p.  m. .      1.10 
Each  32  candle  power  light  burned  until  2  a.  m.  . .      2.00 

Each  32  candle  power  light  burned  all  night 3.00 

Each  32  candle  power  light  burned  all  day. 2.00 

The  prices,  of  electric  lights  by  meter  shall  be  as 
follows,  the  minimum  meter  rate  Si. 00  per  month: 

From  6,250  watt  hours  to  7,750  watt  hours,  a  fixed 
rate  of  $1.25. 

For  7,750  watt  hours  or  over  16  cents  per  kilowatt 
hour. 

From  9,375  watt  hours  to  10,000  watt  hours,  a  fixed 
rate  of  Si. 50. 

For  10,000  watt  hours  or  over,  15  cents  per  kilowatt 
hour. 

From  14,250  watt  hours  to  15,500  watt  hours,  a 
fixed  rate  of  $2.15. 

For  15,500  watt  hours  or  over,  14  cents  per  kilowatt 
hour. 

From  17,750  watt  hours  to  21,000  watt  hours,  a  fixed 
rate  of  $2.50. 

For  21,000  watt  hours  or  over,  12  cents  per  kilowatt 
hour. 

From  22,900  watt  hours  to  27,500  watt  hours,  a  fixed 
rate  of  $2.75. 

For  27,500  watt  hours  or  over,  lOc  per  kilowatt  hour. 

From  30,000  watt  hours  to  38,000  watt  hours,  a  fixed 
rate  of  $3.00. 

For  38,000  watt  hours  or  over,  8c  per  kilowatt  hour. 

From  44,000  watt  hours  to  50,000  watt  hours,  a  fixed 
rate  of  S3.50. 

For  50,000  watt  hours  or  over,  7c  per  kilowatt  hour- 


ORDINANCE     NO.    1301 — CON. 

SEC.  4.  There  shall  be  and  is  hereby  established  a 
meter  rate  for  hospitals  and  other  kindred  charitable  in- 
stitutions, using*  not  less  than  twenty-five  (25)  incandes- 
cent lamps.  The  meter  rate  shall  be  the  regular  meter 
rates  subject  to  a  discouut  of  thirty  (30)  per  cent,  pro- 
vided the  previous  month's  bill  is  paid  at  the  city  treas- 
urer's office  on  or  before  the  12th  day  of  each  month. 

SEC.  5.  Meters  may  not  be  furnished  when  less, 
than  twelve  (12)  lights  are  burned. 

SEC.  6.  There  shall  be  and  is  hereby  established 
prices  and  rates  known  as  "residence  rates,"  which  shall 
be  confined  to  such  houses  as  are  fully  and  only  used  and 
occupied  as  private  dwelling*  houses.  Parties  reserv- 
ing three  (3)  or  more  rooms  in  such  house  for  roomers 
will  be  allowed  five  (5)  lights  only  at  residence  rate, 
and  for  each  and  every  additional  light  the  lodging  house 
rate  will  be  charged  as  hereinafter  provided.  The  resi- 
dence rate  per  month  shall  be  as  follows: 

The  minimum  residence  rate  shall  be  $1.25  per 
month.  For  each  and  every  16-candle  power  light  in- 
stalled there  shall  be  charged  thirty  (30)  cents  per 
month;  for  each  and  every  32  candle  power  light,  sixty 
(60)  cents  per  month;  provided,  however,  that  if  less 
than  four  16  candle  power  lights  or  two  32  candle  power 
lights  be  used  the  charge  shall  be  $1.25. 

The  regular  meter  rate  shall  also  apply  to  resi- 
dences, and  where  an  electric  meter  is  used  there  shall 
be  a  discount  of  ten  per  cent  off  the  charge  made  for 
meter  consumption;  provided,  the  same  be  paid  in  manner 
as  provided  for  in  rule  13;  provided,  however,  in  no  in- 
stance shall  the  bill  be  reduced  below  the  minimum 
charge. 

SEC.  7.  The  rates  for  lodging  houses,  flats,  apart- 
ment-houses, boarding  houses,  living  rooms  in  blocks 
and  similar  houses  shall  be  as  follows: 

For  each  and  every  16  candle  power  light  installed 
in  rooms  fifty  (50)  cents  per  month  per  light;  for  each 
and  every  32  candle  power  light  in  rooms,  one  dollar 
(SI. 00);  16  candle  power  light  for  hallways,  one  dollar 
($1.00);  32  candle  power  light  for  hallways,  two  dollars, 
($2.00).  The  meter  rate  shall  be  the  regular  meter 
rates. 

SEC.  8.  A  rental  of  twenty-five  (25)  cents  per 
month  will  be  charged  for  each  meter.  A  meter  shall 


382  ORDINANCE    NO.    899. 

be  considered  in  use  until  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  is  notified  to  remove  it. 

SEC.  9.  Modern  types  of  incandescent  lamps  not 
exceeding-  3  and  6-10  watts  per  candle  power,  shall  be 
used.  Where  meters  are  not  used  if  lamps  are  used 
consuming-  more  watts  per  candle  power  than  3  and  6-10 
watts  per  candle  power,  an  extra  charg-e  of  five  (5)  cents 
for  16  candle  power  lamps  and  ten  (10)  cents  for  32  can- 
dle power  lamps  will  be  charg-ed. 

SEC.  10.  The  following-  ordinances  are  hereby  re- 
pealed, namely:  Ordinance  No.  887,  approved  Aug-ust 
29th,  1893,  in  so  far  only  as  it  refers  to  the  use  and  price 
of  electric  lig"ht;  all  of  ordinance  No.  965,  approved  Oc- 
tober 1st,  1894;  all  of  ordinance  No.  1009,  approved  Au- 
g-ust 5th,  1895;  all  of  ordinance  No.  1120,  approved  Au- 
g-ust 10,  1896;  all  of  ordinance  No.  1156,  approved 
January  26th,  1897;  and  all  other  ordinances  and  parts 
of  ordinances  in  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  this  ordi- 
nance. 

SEC.  11.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  on  and  after  Aug-ust  1st,  1898. 

Approved  July  28,  1898. 


CZ.ASS    III. 

South  Eleventh  Street  Bridge. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  899. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  construction  of  a  bridge  on  South  Elev- 
enth street  across  the  ship  channel  from  the  bluff  to  the  tide  flats. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  enter  into  a  contract 
for  the  construction  of  a  bridg-e  on  South  Eleventh  street, 
across  the  ship  channel  from  the  bluff  to  the  tide  flats, 
according-  to  the  plans  and  specifications  filed  in  the  office 
of  said  commissioner  on  the  27th  day  of  June,  1893;  pro- 
vided, that  the  payment  for  such  construction  shall  be 
out  of  and  from  the  fund  arising-  from  the  sale  of  bonds 


ORDINANCE    NO.    986,  383 

authorized   by  virtue  of  ordinances  numbered   801    and 
823,  and  not  otherwise. 

Approved  September  28,  1893. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  986. 

An  ordinance  authorizing-  and  ordering-  the  construction  of  street  rail- 
way tracks  upon  the  South  Eleventh  street  bridge  and  its  ap- 
prooches,  regulating-  the  use  and  maintenance  of  the  same,  and 
providing-  for  the  cost  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  whenever  application  is  made  as 
hereinafter  provided,  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered 
to  construct  upon  the  South  Eleventh  street  bridge  and 
its  approaches  a  street  railway  track,  according  to  the 
plans  and  specifications  to  be  prepared  by  the  city  en- 
gineer and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  commissioner,  said 
work  to  be  done  by  day  labor4. 

SEC.  2.  Whenever  any  person  or  corporation  oper- 
ating' any  street  railway  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall 
make  application  to  the  commissioner  of  public  works  to 
connect  with  the  said  railway  tracks  of  the  city  afore- 
said, said  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  proceed  to 
construct  said  track  as  aforesaid. 

SEC,  3.  Any  persons  or  companies  using  said 
tracks  shall  pay  therefor  the  sum  of  10  cents  per  car 
per  trip  each  way.  The  council  reserves  the  right  to 
change  and  further  regulate  these  charges  at  any  time. 
It  being  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance  to  provide  for  the 
use  of  said  bridge  and  approaches  for  street  railway 
traffic  with  no  exclusive  rights  to  or  discrimination 
against  any  company  or  person. 

SEC.  4.  The  cost  of  such  improvement  shall  be 
paid  out  of  any  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  the 
bridge  bonds  by  warrants  drawn  thereon,  upon  the 
amount  due  being  certified  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
works,  audited  by  the  city  controller  and  ordered  paid 
by  the  city  council. 

Approved  April  16,  1895. 


384  ORDINANCE   NO.    256. 

CLASS  IV. 

Fire  Department. 

ORDINANCE   NO.  256. 

An  ordinance  providing-  for  the  organization,  establishment,  regula- 
tion and  g-overnment  of  the  fire  department  in  the  city  of  Tacoma 
W.  T. 

The   City   Council   of  the    City  of  Tacoma   docs  ordain 

as  follows  : 

Consists  of  SECTION  1.     The  fire  department  shall  consist  of  a 

chief  of  fire  department,  and  first  assistant  chief  of  fire 
department,  and  such  engineers,  captains,  lieutenants, 
horsemen,  drivers,  truckmen,  hosemen  and  as  many  per- 
manent and  transient  members  as  the  number  of  engines 
and  other  fire  apparatus  of  the  city  shall  from  time  to 
time  require. 

Compensation.  •  SEC.  2.  Amended  by  ordinances  Nos.  268,  319,  431, 
840  and  1084.  Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1333,  ap- 
proved September  9,  1898. 

SEC.  3.     Repealed  by   section  6  of  the  charter,  as 
amended  by  amendment  No.  23. 

Appointments,  SEC.  4.  The  chief  of  fire  department  shall  have 
power  to  appoint  proper  persons  to  fill  the  respective 
positions  in  the  fire  department,  which  appointments 
shall  be  approved  by  the  city  council. 

As  amended  by  section  66  of  the  charter. 

Suspension.  SEC.  5.     The  chief  of  fire  department   may  at  any 

time  suspend  any  officer  or  employee  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment until  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  council  there- 
after, when  the  council  may,  at  any  regular  meeting 
thereof,  remove  him  from  office.  The  council  may,  by 
majority  vote  at  any  time,  of  its  own  motion,  suspend  or 
remove  any  officer  whatever  or  member  of  said  fire  de- 
partment from  office  in  said  department. 

Rules,  SEC.  6.     The  chief  of  fire  department  and  the  com- 

mittee on  fire  and  water  shall  have  power  to  make  such 
rules  and  regulations  as  they  may  see  fit,  not  inconsist- 
ent with  the  charter  or  ordinances  of  the  city,  and  shall 
enforce  said  rules  and  regulations  by  punishing  the 
offending  party  by  reprimand,  forfeiture  of,  or  withhold- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    256 — CON,  385 

ing  pay  for  a  specified  time,  or  with   the  consent  of  the 
council,  dismissal  from  the  department. 

SEC.  7.     The  chief  of  fire  department  shall  investi-  Records, 
gate  the  cause  of  all  fires  that   may  occur  in  the  city  as 
soon  as  may  be,  and  record  the  result  of  such  investiga- 
tion in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  the  chief  of  fire  department 
for  that  purpose. 

SEC.  8.     All  members  of  the  fire  department  shall  Rules, 
be  subject  to  and  shall  strictly  comply  with  all  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  department. 

SEC.  9.     The  chief   of    tire   department  shall  have  Chief  in  corn- 
sole  and  absolute  control  and  command  over  all  persons  matld- 
connected  with  the  fire  department  of  the  city,  and  shall 
possess  full  power  and   authority  over   its   organization 
and  discipline. 

SEC.  10.  The  chief  of  fire  department  shall  at  all  Duty  of  chief, 
times  supervise  and  keep  in  repair  and  ready  for  instant 
use  all  the  property  of  the  city  connected  with  the  fire 
department.  He  shall  certify  to  all  bills  against  the 
city  chargeable  to  said  fire  department.  He  shall  keep 
a  record  of  the  organization  of  all  companies,  member- 
ship, vacancies,  appointments  and  dismissals,  and  all 
notices  issued.  He  shall  attend  all  fires  happening  in 
any  division  of  the  city,  and  all  orders  issued  by  him  to 
any  other  officer  or  member  of  the  department  shall  be 
promptly  obeyed.  He  shall  also  cause  to  be  kept  in 
books  for  that  purpose  a  full  and  complete  record  of  all  Record  mer^- 
transactions  in  said  department,  of  complaints  against bers- 
members,  and  the  judgment  of  the  chief  of  fire  depart- 
ment thereupon,  of  time  lost  by  them,  and  of  all  pro- 
perty placed  in  his  charge,  and  such  other  books  and  Books, 
records  as  shall  be  required  by  the  business  of  the  de- 
partment, which  books  shall  always  be  open  for  the  in- 
spection of  any  member  of  the  city  council.  He  shall  also 
report  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  in  writing,  upon  the  Report  yearly, 
condition  of  the  department,  the  number  of  fires  that 
have  occurred  in  the  city  during  the  year  preceding,  and 
the  cause  of  the  same  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained. 
Also  the  number  of  buildings  destroyed  or  injured,  the 
names  of  the  owners,  or  occupants  of  the  same,  the  value 
of  the  property  destroyed,  as  near  as  can  be  ascertained, 
and  the  amount  of  insurance  upon  the  buildings  and 
other  property,  which  said  report  shall  be  filed  and  pre- 
served in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk.  It  shall  also  be 


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Report  quar- 
terly. 


Clerk. 


Oath  of  office. 


Limits. 


Removal  of 
property. 


Blowing-  up 
buildings. 


Control  at  fire 


the  duty  of  the  chief  of  fire  department  to  report  to  the 
mayor  and  city  council  quarterly,  on  the  first  day  of 
July,  October,  January  and  April,  and  oftener  if  re- 
quired, the  condition  of  the  fire  engines,  fire  alarm  tele- 
graph, and  all  other  fire  apparatus  belonging  to  the  city; 
also  to  recommend  such  additions  to  and  alterations  of 
the  same  as  may  be  deemed  expedient.  He  shall  at  all 
times  be  subject  to  the  control  and  direction  of  the  mayor 
and  city  council  in  matters  pertaining  to  the  fire  depart- 
ment. 

SEC.  11.  The  chief  of  fire  department  shall  have 
power  to  appoint  some  one  member  of  the  company  to 
act  as  clerk  or  secretary,  who  shall  receive  for  his  com- 
pensation therefor  five  dollars  per  month  extra  pay. 

SEC.  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  fire 
department  and  each  member  thereof  to  be  qualified  by 
the  city  clerk,  by  oath  or  affirmation,  that  he  will  faith- 
fully support  the  constitution  of  the  United  States,  and 
laws  and  organic  act  of  the  state  of  Washington,  the 
charter  and  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  per- 
form to  the  best  of  his  ability  all  the  duties  of  his  office. 

SEC.  13.  The  chief  of  fire  department,  or  any 
assistant  chief  in  command,  may  prescribe  limits  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  fire  within  which  no  person  excepting 
those  wrho  reside  therein,  firemen  and  policemen,  and 
those  admitted  by  order  of  any  officer  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment shall  be  permitted  to  come. 

SEC.  14.  The  chief  of  fire  department,  or  any 
assistant  chief  in  command,  shall  have  power  to  cause 
the  removal  of  any  property  whenever  it  shall  become 
necessary  for  the  preservation  of  such  property  from 
fire  or  to  prevent  the  spreading  of  fire  or  to  protect  ad- 
joining property. 

SEC.  15.  No  building  or  structure  of  any  kind  shall 
be  blown  up  or  otherwise  destroyed  for  the  purpose  of 
checking  the  progress  of  any  fire,  except  in  case  of  abso- 
lute necessity,  and  then  only  on  the  order  of  the  chief  of 
fire  department,  or  in  his  absence  upon  the  order  of  the 
assistant  chief  of  fire  department,  or  in  the  absence  of 
both,  upon  the  order  of  the  person  in  command. 

SEC.  16.  The  chief  of  fire  department  shall  have 
full  power,  control  and  command  over  all  persons  whom- 
soever, at  any  fire,  and  in  his  absence  the  first  assistant 
chief  shall  perform  his  duties.  And  in  the  absence  of 


ORDINANCE    NO.    256 — CON.  38t" 

the  chief  and  first  assistant  of  fire  department,  the 
senior  foreman  in  whose  district  the  fire  occurs,  shall  act 
as  chief  of  fire  department. 

SEC.  17.     The  chief  of  fire   department,  or  person  Command 
in  command,  shall  have  power  to  command  such  assist-  assistance, 
ance  from  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  not  members  of  the 
fire  department,  for  the  extinguishment  of  fire,  and  for 
the  preservation  of  property  exposed   to  fire,  as  may  in 
his  judgment  be  required.     And  in  case  any  person  shall 
neglect  or  refuse  to  render  assistance  as  above  required,  Refusal  to 
or  shall   refuse   to   obey   any  other   lawful   order  of  the asslst- 
officer  in  command,  or  who  shall  insult,  menace  or  inter-  Interferencev 
fere  with  any  officer  or  man  connected   with  the  fire  de- 
partment while  on  duty;  or,  who  shall  without  authority 
give  any  order  to  any   member  of  the  department  while 
on  duty;  or,  if  any  fireman  or  other  person  shall  refuse  Refusal  to 
to  do  as  aforesaid,  such   person  in  either  case  so  offend-  abey- 
ing  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  the  committing 
magistrate  of  said   city,  be   punished    by   a   fine  not  ex-  Punishment^ 
ceeding  t went  v-five  dollars,  and  may  be  imprisoned  until 
such  fine  is  paid,  not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

SEC.   18.     Each    assistant  chief  oi  the  fire  depart- Disability  of 
ment  shall  obey  all  orders  of  the  chief  of  fire  department,  cbief • 
and  shall  at  all  times  assist  him  in   his   duties.     In  case 
of  the  absence  or   disability  of  the  chief  of  fire  depart- 
ment, the  powers  and  duties  conferred  and  imposed  upon 
him  by  this  ordinance  shall  devolve  on,  and  be  performed 
by,  the  assistant  chiefs  of   fire  department  respectively 
in  the  order  of  their  rank. 

SEC.  19.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  foreman  of  each  Duty  of  fore- 
company  to  see    that   the    engines  and  other  apparatus  merl< 
committed  to  his  care,  and  the  several  buildings  in  which 
the  same  are  deposited,  and  all  things   in   and  belonging 
to  the  same  are  kept  neat  and  clean,  and  in  order  for  im- 
mediate use. 

It  shall  also  be  their  duty  to  preserve  order  and  dis- 
cipline at  all  times  in  their  respective  companies,  and  re- 
quire and  enforce  a  strict  compliance  with  the  city  ordi- 
nances and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment. 

SEC.  20.     If   any   wagon,  cart,  street  railway  car,  Driving- ovet- 
steam  car  or  other  vehicle  be  driven  over  the  hose  belong-  hose« 
ing  to  the  fire  department  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  laid  in 
the  streets  at  the  occurrence  of  any  lire  in  the  city,  or  at 


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ORDINANCE    NO.    256 — CON. 


Intoxicating- 
liquors. 


Fine. 


Cards. 


any  alarm  of  fire,  the  owner,  driver  or  drivers  of  such 
vehicle  shall  be  subject  to  prosecution  before  the  com- 
mitting* magistrate  of  said  city,  and  upon  conviction  shall 
Punishment,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding-  ten  dollars  for  the  first 
offense,  and  upon  any  subsequent  conviction  for  the  same 
offense  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  more  than  fifty 
dollars,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

SEC.  21.  In  case  of  and  during-  the  continuance  of 
a  fire,  no  intoxicating-  liquors  shall  be  allowed  among-  the 
firemen  or  be  brought  on  to  the  ground  for  any  purpose, 
except  the  same  shall  have  been  ordered  by  the  mayor  or 
chief  of  the  fire  department.  And  any  person  or  per- 
sons furnishing-  any  intoxicating-  liquor  to  firemen  dur- 
ing- a  fire,  except  as  herein  provided,  shall  pay  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

SEC.  22.  No  cards,  dice,  g-ambling-  apparatus  or  in- 
toxicating- drinks  shall  be  broug-ht  into,  used  or  remain 
in  any  building-  occupied  by  the  department.  And  none 
but  members  of  the  department  shall  occupy  any  such 
building-  without  permission  of  the  chief  of  fire  depart- 
ment. 

SEC.  23.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  members  of  the 
fire  department  to  prevent  all  persons  not  belonging  to 
the  department  from  entering-  any  house  or  handling-  any 
apparatus  belong-ing  to  the  department  without  permis- 
sion. 

SEC.  24.  Any  member  of  the  fire  department  re- 
ceiving injuries  or  becoming  disabled  while  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties  so  as  to  prevent  him  from  attending 
to  his  duties  as  such  member,  shall  for  the  space  of 
thirty  days,  provided  his  disability  shall  last  that  time, 
receive  his  usual  salary.  The  fact  of  such  disability 
and  its  duration  shall  be  certified  by  the  attending  phy- 
sicians or  such  other  evidence  as  the  chief  of  fire  depart- 
ment may  require. 

SEC.  25.  Each  member  of  the  fire  department  shall 
be  furnished  with  a  copy  of  the  rules  and  regulations 
prescribed  by  chief  of  fire  department  foi  the  govern- 
ment of  the  department. 

SEC.  26.  Every  member  of  the  fire  department, 
when  on  duty,  shall  wear  a  suitable  badge  furnished  by 
the  city,  and  any  member  who  shall  lose  or  destroy  the 
same  shall  be  required  to  pay  the  cost  of  replacing  it. 


Trespassing. 


Injuries. 


Salary. 


Rules. 


Bad^e. 


ORDINANCE    NO,    256 — CON.  389 

And  whenever  any  member  shall  leave  the  department 

lie  shall    immediately    deliver   the    badge  and   all  other  Return  of 

property  belonging-  to  the  city  to  the  proper  officer.  badge. 

SEC.  27.     Chief  of  fire  department,  for  meri tor ious  Rewards  how 
services  rendered  by  any  member  of  the  fire  department  received, 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  may  permit  any  member  of 
said  department  to  retain  for  his  own   benefit,  any  re- 
ward or  present  tendered  him  therefor.     And  it  shall  be 
cause  of  removal  of  any  such  member  to  receive  any  re- 
ward or  present  without  notice  thereof  to  the  chief  of 
fire  department. 

SEC.  28.     No    member   of    the   department,    under 
penalty  of  forfeiting  the  salary  or  pay  which  may  be  due 
to  him,  shall  withdraw  or  resign  except  by  permission  of  Resignation, 
the  chief  of  fire  department  or  the  city  council.     Unex- 
plained absence  without  leave  of  any  member  of  the  de- 
partment for  five  days  shall  be  cause  for  removal  and  a  Removal, 
forfeiture  of  all   pay  due.     But  it  may,  at  the  option  of 
chief  of  fire   department,    be   deemed   and    held  to  be  a 
resignation  by  such  member,  and  accepted  as  such. 

SEC.  29.  There  shall  be  a  general  inspection  of  the  inspection, 
fire  department  houses,  engines  and  other  apparatus  be- 
longing thereto,  by  the  committee  on  fire  and  water. 
And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  chief  of  fire  department  to 
appoint  the  day  for  such  inspection,  and  to  give  due  notice 
thereof  to  the  city  council. 

SEC.   30.     There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  chief  of  Superintendent 
fire  department,  for  the  approval  of  the  city  council,  a  of ]fire  alarm 
person   who  shall  be  a  practical  and  skilled  electrician, te 
to  be  called  the  superintendent  of  the  fire  ularm  tele- 
graph, who   shall    have    the   general  superintendence  of 
the  fire  alarm  telegraph  under  the  direction  of  chief  of 
fire  department. 

SEC.   31.     The  chief  of  fire  department  shall  have  Fire  alarm 
charge  of  all  apparatus,   instruments,   batteries,   alarm  property, 
boxes  and  wires  belonging  to  or  connected  with  said  de- 
partment.    And    he   shall  see    that  the  same  are  at  all 
times  kept  in  good  working  order  and  promptly  repaired 
when  out  of  order.     And  shall  test  all  the  instruments 
and  alarm  boxes  at  least  once  a  month. 

SEC.   32.     He  shall  keep  such  books  as  may  be  ne- Books  as  to 
cessary,  in  which  shall  be  recorded  all  such  matters  as 
may  be  necessary  for  a  full  understanding  of  the  opera- 
tions of  the  telegraph. 


390  ORDINANCE   NO,    256 — CON. 

Superintend  SEC.   33.     He  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  chief 

operators,  etc.  of  £re  department,  see  that  the  operators,  line  men  and 
assistants  in  his  office  do  and  perform  such  duties  as  may 
be  required  of  them,  to  the  end  that  the  fire  alarm  tele- 
graph  shall  be  at  all  times  in  perfect  working-  order  and 
free  from  obstructions. 

Batteries,  etc,  SEC.   34.     The  batteries  and  instruments  at  the  sta- 

tions shall  be  in  the  care  of  and  operated  by  the  officers 
in  charge  of  the  several  stations,  all,  however,  under 
the  control  and  direction  of  the  said  chief  of  fire  de- 
partment. 

Rules  for  tele-          SEC.   35.      He  shall  make  such  rules  and  regulations 
graph.  as  he  may  deem  most  beneficial  and  expedient  for   the 

successful  operation  of  said  telegraph,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  chief  of  fire  deparement. 

Custody  of  SEC.   36.     The  chief  of  fire  department  shall  have 

keys,  the  custody  and  control  of  all  keys  belonging-  to  the  vari- 

ous signal  boxes,  and  shall  keep  a  record  of   all    keys 
distributed  by  him,  and  shall  take  receipts  for  the  same. 
SEC.  37.     If  any  persen  shall  make  or  cause  to  be 
Make  duplicate  made,  or  have  in  his  possession  an   impression  or  dupli- 
keys-  cate  of  any  signal   key  without  permission  of  the  chief 

of  fire  department,  such  person  upon  conviction  thereof 
before  the  committing  magistrate  shall  be  fined  in  any 
Punishment.  sum  n°t  less  than  $10  nor  more  than  $100,  and  in  default 
may  be  imprisoned  until  such  fine  is  paid,  not  exceeding* 
sixty  days. 

Interfere  with  SEC.  38.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 

alarm  boxes,  tamper,  meddle  or  interfere  in  any  way  with  signal  boxes 
or  any  part  thereof;  or  cut,  break,  injure,  deface  or  re- 
move any  of  the  said  boxes,  or  any  of  the  wires  or  sup- 
ports thereof,  connected  with  any  part  of  said  system. 
Or  to  make  any  connection  or  communication  therewith, 
so  as  to  interfere  with  the  proper  working  of  said  sys- 
tem. Or  with  evil  intent  to  injure,  break  or  destroy 
any  machinery  or  fixture  connected  with  said  system. 
Any  person  guilty  of  a  violation  of  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  section,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be 
Punishment,  fined  any  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars,  and  in  default  may  be  imprisoned 
not  exceeding  sixty  days. 

Repeals  others.  SEC.  39.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
heretofore  in  force,  relating  to  the  fire  department  of 
said  city  are  hereby  repealed. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.   850,    24,    O.  T.,    AND   25,    O.  T.  391 

SEC.  40.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  its  publication. 
Approved  July  2,  1889. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  850. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  manner  in  which  the  pay  rolls  of  the  fire 
and  police  departments  shall  be  made,  and  prescribing  the  manner 
in  which  the  employees  shall  be  paid. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  shall  appear  upon  the  gen- 
eral pay  roll  of  the  fire  and  police  departments  for  each 
month  the  name  of  each  employee  and  the  nature  and 
description  of  his  employment,  the  rate  of  wages  and 
the  amount  due  such  employe. 

SEC.  2.  Repealed  by  section  5,  ordinance  No.  1306, 
approved  August  5,  1898. 

Approved  June  15,  1893. 


CZ.ASS  V. 

Franchises. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  24,  O.  T. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Tacoma  Water  Co.  the  privilege  to  sup- 
ply the  city  of  Tacoma  and  its  inhabitants  with  pure  and  fresh 
water. 

Passed  and  approved  October  1;  1883. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  25,  O.  T. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  Job  Carr  and  his  associates  the  right  to  sup- 
ply the  city  of  Tacoma  and  its  inhabitants  with  pure  and  fresh 
water. 

NOTE — The  record  shows  no  title.  The  above  is 
supplied  by  the  revisor  from  the  contents  of  the  ordi- 
nance. 

Passed  and  approved  November  5,  1883. 


392  ORDINANCES  NOS.  26,  O.T.,  20,  N.T.,  46,  N.T.,  82,  N.T.,  AND  96,  N.T. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  26,  O.  T. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  John  N.  Fuller  the  right  to  supply  the  City 
of  Tacoma  and  its  inhabitants  with  pure  and  fresh  water. 

NOTE — The  record  shows  no  title  of  ordinance. 
The  above  is  supplied  by  the  revisor  from  the  contents 
of  the  ordinance. 

Passed  and  approved  November  5,  1883. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  20,  N,  T. 

An  ordinance  granting-  to  the  New  Tacoma  Water  Company  the  right 
of  way  through  the  streets,  lanes  and  alleys  of  New  Tacoma  for 
laying  water  pipes  to  conduct  fresh  water. 

Passed  April  28,  1880. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  46,  N.  T. 

To  authorize  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  to  construct  and  op- 
erate a  railroad  over  Railroad  and  Rainier  streets  and  Cliff  avenue  in 
New  Tacoma. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  82,  N.  T. 

'anting  to  the  Tacon 
r  of  New  Tacoma  at 

Approved  May  4,  1883. 


An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Tacoma  L,ight  Company  the  right  to  supply 
the  city  of  New  Tacoma  and  its  inhabitants  with  light. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  96,  N.  T. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  Charles  B,  Wright  and  his  associates  [the] 
privilege  to  supply  the  city  of  New  Tacoma  and  its  inhabitants 
with  pure  and  fresh  water. 

Passed  and  approved  August  24,  1883. 


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ORDINANCES   NOS.    103,    N.  T.,    107,    N.  T.,    AND   31^***  393 

ORDINANCE  NO.  103,  N.  T. 

An  ordinance  granting-  to  John  E.  Burns,  his  heirs  and  assig-ns  the 
right  to  maintain,  repair,  take  up  and  relay  water  pipes  and  main- 
tain reservoirs  for  storing-  and  conducting  fresh  water  for  domestic 
and  other  purposes. 

Passed  and  approved  September  21,  1883. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  107,  N.  T. 

An  ordinance  granting-  Philip  Metzler,  his  associates,  heirs  or  assigns, 
the  right  and  privilege  to  maintain  reservoirs,  lay,  take  up,  repair, 
relay  and  maintain  water  pipes,  and  to  store  therein  and  conduct 
therethrough  water  for  the  use  of  the  city  and  citizens  of  New  Ta- 
coma. 

Approved  October  9,  1883. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  31. 

An  ordinance  granting-  to  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates  and  assigns, 
the  right  or  privilege  to  supply  the  city  of  Tacorna  and  its  inhabi- 
tants with  pure  and  fresh  water. 

WHEREAS,  John  W.  Sprague  has  made  application 
to  the  corporate  authorities  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  for 
the  right  and  privilege  of  supplying  said  city  and  its  in- 
habitants with  pure  and  fresh  water,  preliminary  to  the 
incorporation  under  chapter  CLXXXV,  of  the  code  of 
Washington  Territory,  of  a  corporation  to  be  called  the 
Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company,  for  the  purpose  of 
erecting  the  necessary  works,  reservoirs,  mains,  pipes, 
etc.,  for  so  supplying  said  city  and  its  inhabitants,  and 
which  said  right  and  privilege,  when  obtained,  it  is  his 
intention  to  assign  to  said  corporation  when  organized, 
and, 

WHEREAS,  under  the  laws  of  the  territory  of  Wash- 
ington it  is  necessary  that  the  right  or  privilege  of  sup- 
plying the  city  of  Tacoma  and  the  inhabitants  thereof 
with  pure  and  fresh  water  shall  be  obtained  before  the 
said  "Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company"  can  be  law- 
fully formed  for  the  purpose  of  so  doing,  now,  therefore, 

The   Common  Council  of  the    City  of  Tacoma  does  or- 
dain as  folloivs: 

SECTION  1.     That  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates 


394  ORDINANCE   NO.    31 — CON, 

and  assigns,  are  hereby  granted  the  right  and  privilege 
of  supplying  the  city  of  Tacoma  and  the  inhabitants 
thereof  with  pure  and  fresh  water  for  which  they  shall 
be  and  are  hereby  authorized  to  charge  the  consumers 
thereof  reasonable  rates.  • 

SEC.  2.  That  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  said  John 
W.  Sprague,  his  associates  and  assigns,  are  hereby 
granted  the  right,  liberty  and  privilege  of  laying  down, 
relaying,  connecting,  disconnecting  and  repairing  such 
and  so  many  mains  and  pipes  along,  through  and  under 
the  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  highways  and 
public  parks  and  grounds  of  Tacoma  as  may  be  neces- 
sary, proper  and  convenient  for  supplying  the  said  city 
and  the  inhabitants  thereof  with  pure  and  fresh  water, 
and  for  that  purpose  to  make  connections  between  the 
street  mains  and  pipes  and  the  dwellings  or  other  build- 
ings of  the  consumers. 

SEC.  3.  That  in  the  work  of  breaking  the  soil  of 
the  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  and  highways  and 
public  parks  and  grounds  of  Tacoma  for  the  purpose  of 
laying,  relaying,  connecting,  disconnecting  and  repairing 
said  mains  and  pipes  and  making  connection  beween  the 
same  and  the  dwellings  or  other  buildings  of  the  con- 
sumers, said  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates  and 
assigns,  shall  be  governed  by  and  conform  to  the  generai 
ordinances  of  Tacoma  in  force  at  the  time  such  work  is 
done  regulating  the  opening  and  breaking  of  the  avenues, 
streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  highways  and  public  parks  and 
grounds,  and  he  and  they  shall  with  all  convenient  speed 
complete  the  work  for  which  the  soil  shall  have  been 
broken  and  forthwith  replace  the  earth  and  make  good 
the  said  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  and  highways 
and  public  parks  and  grounds  so  opened  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  the  officers  charged  with  the  supervision  and  care 
of  such  highways  or  parks.  All  mains  and  pipes  shall 
be  laid  not  less  than  six  inches  below  the  established 
grade  of  the  highway  under  which  they  are  so  laid,  but 
in  such  a  manner  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  construc- 
tion of  sewers  and  drains,  nor  with  the  grading  of  the 
public  highways  and  grounds. 

SEC.  4.  Whenever  the  establishment  of  grades, 
drains,  sewers,  or  other  necessary  city  improvements 
shall  render  necessary  the  removal  or  relaying  of  the 
mains  and  pipes  laid  beneath  any  public  highway  or 


ORDINANCE   NO,    32. 

ground,  said  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates  or  assigns, 
shall,  upon  live  days  written  notice  given  by  the  proper 
city  officers,  remove  and  relay  the  same  at  his  or  their 
expense,  and  upon  his  or  their  failure  so  to  do,  then  the 
said  city  officers  may  remove  the  same,  and  the  said  city 
and  its  officers  shall  not  be  liable  for  damages  to  said 
John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates  or  assigns,  arising  from 
such  removal. 

SEC.  5.  The  said  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates 
or  assigns,  shall  within  eighteen  months  from  the  pas- 
sage of  this  ordinance  expend  for  the  purpose  of  intro- 
ducing pure  and  fresh  water  into  Tacoma  a  sum  not  less 
than  twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 

SEC.  6.  Upon  the  assignment  of  the  rights  and 
privilege,  by  this  ordinance  granted,  by  said  John  W. 
Sprague  to  the  "Tacoma  light  and  Water  Company," 
such  right  and  privilege  shall  inure  to  said  company  with 
the  same  effect  as  though  said  right  and  privilege  had 
been  hereby  granted  to  said  "Tacoma  Light  and  Water 
Company,"  its  successors  and  assigns. 

SEC.  7.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  at  the  ex- 
piration of  five  days  after  its  passage. 

Approved  June  9,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  32. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates  and  assigns,  the 
right  to  supply  the  city  of  Tacoma  and  its  inhabitants  with  light. 

WHEREAS,  John  W.  Sprague  has  made  application 
to  the  corporate  authorities  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  for 
the  right  and  privilege  of  supplying  said  city  and  its  in- 
habitants with  light  b}^  gas,  electricity  or  other  means, 
which  said  right  and  privilege  when  obtained,  it  is  his 
intention  to  assign  to  a  corporation  about  to  be  formed 
under  the  laws  of  the  Territory  of  Washington,  to  be 
called  the  "Tacoma  L/ight  and  Water  Company."  Now 
therefore, 

The   Common  Council    of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as  fol- 
lo^vs  : 

SECTION  1.  That  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates 
and  assigns,  are  hereby  granted  the  right  and  privilege 
to  construct  and  maintain  within  the  corporate  limits  of 


396  ORDINANCE   NO.    32— CON. 

the  city  of  Tacoma,  works  as  may  be  necessary  or  con- 
venient for  the  manufacture,  production,  generation  and 
supply  to  the  said  city  and  its  inhabitants  of  light  by 
gas,  electricity  or  other  means,  for  which  he  or  they  are- 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  charge  the  con- 
sumer thereof  reasonable  rates. 

SEC.  2.  That  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  said  John 
W.  Sprague,  his  associates  and  assigns  are  hereby 
granted  the  right,  liberty  and  privilege  of  laying  down,, 
relaying,  connecting,  disconnecting  and  repairing  such 
and  so  many  mains  and  pipes  along,  through  and  under 
the  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  highways,  and 
public  parks  and  grounds  of  Tacoma  as  may  be  neces- 
sary, proper  or  convenient  for  supplying  gas  to  the  con- 
sumers thereof,  and  for  that  purpose  to  make  the  con- 
nections between  the  said  mains  and  pipes  and  the  dwell- 
ings and  other  buildings  of  their  consumers. 

SEC.  3.  That  in  the  work  of  breaking  the  soil  of 
the  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  highways,  public 
parks  and  grounds  of  Tacoma,  for  the  purpose  of  lay- 
ing, relaying,  connecting,  disconnecting  and  repairing 
said  mains  and  pipes,  and  making  connections  between 
the  same  and  the  dwellings  and  other  buildings  of  con- 
sumers, said  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates  and  assigns 
shall  be  governed  by  and  conform  to  the  general  ordi- 
nances of  Tacoma  in  force  at  the  time  said  work  is  done, 
regulating  the  opening  and  breaking  of  the  avenues,, 
streets,  lanes,  alleys,  highways,  public  parks  and 
grounds,  and  he  and  they  shall,  at  his  and  their  expense, 
with  all  convenient  speed,  complete  the  work  for  which 
the  soil  had  been  broken  and  forthwith  replace  the  earth 
and  make  good  the  said  auenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys, 
highways,  public  parks  and  grounds  so  opened,  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  officers  charged  with  the  supervision 
and  care  of  such  highways  and  parks. 

SEC.  4.  Said  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates  and 
assigns,  are  hereby  granted  the  right  and  privilege  of 
erecting  and  maintaining  the  necessary  poles  and  wires 
through  and  along  the  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys, 
highways  and  public  parks  and  grounds  of  Tacoma,  for 
supplying  said  city  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  with 
light  by  electricity.  All  poles  to  be  erected  upon  such 
part  of  the  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  highways  and 


ORDINANCE     NO.    87. 

public  parks  and  grounds  aforesaid  as  may  be  designated 
by  the  street  committee  of  said  city. 

SEC.  5.  The  said  John  W.  Sprague,  his  associates 
or  assigns,  shall,  within  eighteen  months  from  the  pas- 
sage of  this  ordinance,  expend  for  the  purpose  of  intro- 
ducing* light  into  Tacoma,  a  sum  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars. 

SEC.  6.  Upon  the  assignment  of  the  right  and 
privilege,  by  this  ordinance  granted,  b}'  said  John  W» 
Sprague  to  the  "Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company, 'v 
such  right  and  privilege  shall  inure  to  said  company  with 
the  same  effect  as  though  said  right  and  privilege  had 
been  hereby  granted  to  said  "Tacoma  Ivight  and  Water 
Company,"  its  successors  and  assigns. 

SEC.  7.  This  franchise  to  furnish  light  to  the  said 
city  and  to  its  inhabitants  shall  continue  for  fifty  years.. 

SEC.  8.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  its. 
publication. 

Approved  June  9,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  87. 

An  ordinance  granting-  to  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  the 
privilege  of  erecting-  telegraph  poles,  and  stretching-  wires  thereon 
in  certain  streets. 

The   Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma   does  or- 
dain as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  granted  to  the  West-^ 
ern  Union  Telegraph  Company  the  privilege  of  erecting 
poles  and  of  stretching  and  fastening  telegragh  wires 
thereon,  along  the  westerly  side  of  Railroad  street,  from 
the  railroad  crossing  near  South  Seventeeth  street  north- 
erly in  a  right  line  to  a  point  on  the  westerly  side  of 
Cliff  avenue  in  front  of  the  division  line  between  lots  32 
and  31,  in  block  505,  on  the  "Map  of  New  ^acoma"; 
thence  to  a  point  in  Cliff  avenue  in  front  of  lot  19,  in 
said  block  50S,  thence  in  a  rig-lit  line  at  an  angle  with  said 
last  mentioned  line  10  a  point  in  Pacific  avenue  east  of 
the  sidewalk  and  opposite  and  in  front  of  lot  8  in  said 
block  505,  and  thence  along  the  easterly  side  of  Pacific 
avenue  and  east  of  said  sidewalk  thereon  to  the  Northern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company's  wharf;  and  also  of  erecting 


•398  ORDINANCE     NO.    87 — CON. 

poles,  and  stretching-  and  fastening-  telegraph  wires 
thereon,  along-  the  southerly  side  of  south  Ninth  street 
from  said  westerly  side  of  Railroad  street  to  the  west- 
erly side  of  St.  Helens  street,  connecting  said  wires 
from  the  corner  of  South  Eleventh  street  and  Railroad 
street  with  said  company'  telegraph  office  on  South  Elev- 
enth street  between  Railroad  street  and  Pacific  avenue, 
and  from  the  corner  of  South  Ninth  street  and  St.  Hel- 
ens street  with  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company's 
office  on  said  corner. 

SEC.  2.  The  poles  hereby  authorized  to  be  erected 
shall  be  dressed  and  painted  white,  and  shall  be  set  on 
division  lines  between  lots  on  said  "Map  of  New  Ta- 
coma,"  and  shall  be  set  in  the  sidewalks  flush  with  the 
outer  edg-e  thereof,  except  on  Pacific  avenue,  where  the 
same  shall  be  set  outside  of  and  easterly  of  the  sidewalk. 
No  poles  shall  be  set  at  street  corners,  except  at  the  cor- 
ners of  South  Eleventh  and  Railroad  streets  and  South 
Ninth  and  Railroad  streets,  and  South  Ninth  and  St. 
Helens  streets,  at  which  specified  excepted  corners  the 
same  may  be  set  if  desired  by  said  telegraph  company. 
Said  poles  shall  be  not  less  than  forty  feet  in  heig-ht 
above  the  sidewalks  and  not  less  than  forty  feet  above 
the  ground  where  set  outside  of  the  sidewalk,  as  above 
provided,  and  shall  be  securely  set  in  the  ground  and 
erected  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  surveyor.  Said 
wires  shall  be  placed  not  less  than  thirty-five  feet  above 
the  sidewalks  or  above  the  ground  where  the  poles  are 
set  outside  of  the  sidewalk,  as  above  provided. 

SEC.  3.  Whenever  any  street  on  which  any  of  said 
poles  may  be  erected  shall  be  graded  or  regraded,  so  as 
to  chang-e  the  surface  thereof,  the  said  company  shall 
forthwith,  at  its  own  cost,  reset  such  poles  so  as  to  con- 
form to  the  street  as  reconstructed. 

SEC.  4.  All  the  proceeding's  of  said  Western  Union 
Telegraph  Company  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  any  ordinance  relative  to  the  same  which  may  be 
passed  by  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  5.  The  privileg-e  hereby  granted  to  said  com- 
pany is  subject  to  the  condition  that  the  said  telegraph 
company  will,  whenever  required  by  ordinance  of  the 
common  council,  remove  said  poles  from  said  streets  and 
place  said  wires  along-  the  same  route  under  ground,  and 
that  this  ordinance  may  be  amended  by  the  common  coun- 


N  ORDINANCES   NOS.    126   AND    152, 

il  and  the  privilege  hereby  granted  may  be  by  ordinance 
evoked,  modified  or  changed,  and  also  that  as  soon  as 
_aid  poles  are  erected  and  wires  stretched  thereon,  the 
said  company  will  forthwith  remove  all  of  its  poles  and 
wires  from   Pacific   avenue,  from    the    railroad  crossing- 
near  South  Seventeenth  street  northerly  to  the  line  of 
said  telegraph  route  on  Pacific  avenue  mentioned  and  de- 
scribed in  the  first  section  hereof. 
Approved  July  21,  1885. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  126. 

An  ordinance  permitting- J.  F.  Hart  and  Company,  their  successors  and 
assigns,  to  locate,  build  and  maintain  a  tramway  in  certain  streets, 
avenues  and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Passed  July  5,  1886. 

Presented  to  the  mayor  for  approval  July  5,  1886. 

Returned  by  the  mayor  to  the  council  with  his  ob- 
jections July  9,  1886. 

Considered  by  the  council  and  passed  over  the  mayor's 
veto  November  6,  1886. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  152. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates,  their  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  rail- 
way upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma,  does  ordain  as 
follozvs: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates,  and  their  suc- 
sessors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay  down  and  maintain 
a  single  or  double  iron  or  steel  track  with  proper  sid- 
ings, and  to  operate  street  railways  within  the  city  of 
Tacoma  upon  the  streets  hereinafter  named,  to-wit:  Pa- 
cific avenue  from  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  wharf 
to  the  southern  terminus  of  said  avenue  at  South  Thirty- 
sixth  street;  Jefferson  street  from  its  junction  with  Pa- 
cific avenue  to  South  Twenty-seventh  street,  its  southern 
terminus;  South  Ninth  street  from  its  junction  with 
Pacific  avenue  to  St.  Helen's  avenue;  C  street  from  its 
junction  with  Jefferson  street  to  Division  avenue;  thence 


400  ORDINANCE   NO.    152 — CON. 

upon  Division  avenue  to  Yakima  avenue;  St.  Helen's 
street  from  C  to  D  street;  thence  on  D  street  to  Tacoma 
avenue;  Tacoma  avenue  from  its  present  southern  termi- 
nus at  South  Thirtieth  street  to  North  Sixth  street; 
McCarver  street  except  from  Tacoma  avenue 
to  G  street;  Second  street  from  McCarver  street  to  Starr 
street.  *  *  * 

(As  amended  by  ordinances  Nos.  202  and  1038.) 
SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  lines  of  railway 
shall  be  commenced  within  thirty  days  from  the  date 
this  ordinance  takes  effect,  and  that  portion  of  the  line 
from  the  passenger  depot  of  the  Northern  Pacific  rail- 
road upon  Pacific  avenue  to  the  junction  of  said  avenue 
with  South  Ninth  street,  and  upon  said  south  Ninth 
street  to  C  street,  and  upon  C  street  to  Division  avenue, 
and  upon  Division  avenue  :o  Tacoma  avenue,  and  upon 
said  Tacoma  avenue  to  McCarver  street,  and 

upon  McCarver  street  to  the  city  wharf,  shall  be  com- 
pleted and  in  operation  within  four  months  from  the  date 
said  ordinance  as  amended  shall  take  effect. 

(As  amended  by  ordinances  Nos.  202  and  1038.) 
SEC.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  laying*  down  or  repair- 
ing- such  railway  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any  one 
place  for  a  greater  length  than  one  block  at  anyone  time 
nor  for  a  long-er  period  than  fifteen  working-  days,  except 
the  council  may,  at  its  discretion,  extend  the  time  afore- 
said. The  track  of  said  railway  shall  not  be  elevated 
above  the  surface  of  the  streets  and  shall  be  so  laid  that 
carriag-es  and  vehicles  can  easily  and  with  the  least  ob- 
struction possible  cross;  and  nothing-  in  this  ordinance 
nor  any  privileg-es  granted  hereby,  shall  be  construed  to 
prevent  the  municipal  authorities  from  grading1,  paving-, 
sewering-,  planking-,  macadamizing-,  improving-,  altering- 
or  repairing-  any  of  the  streets  over  which  the  privileg-e 
of  constructing-  a  railway  is  granted  by  this  ordinance 
or  upon  which  any  railway  may  be  constructed  under  its 
provisions;  but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer 
as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passag-e  of  cars, 
and  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the 
privileg-e  of  raising-  or  shifting-  the  rails  so  as  to  avoid  as- 
much  as  possible,  the  liability  to  obstruction  during-  the 
progress  of  street  repairing-,  improving-  or  altering*. 

SEC.  4.     The  cars  to  be  used  shall  be  of  the  most 
approved  construction,  provided   with  brakes  and  other 


ORDINANCE    NO.    152 — CON.  401 

necessary  appliances,  and  the  rails  shall  be  of  good  iron 
or  steel  and  of  the  most  approved  pattern,  and  no  loco- 
motive or  engine  propelled  by  steam  shall  ever  be  used 
upon  any  of  said  several  lines  of  railways,  or  any  part 
thereof,  except  by  consent  of  the  city  council  first  ob- 
tained. 

SEC.  5.  "The  owners  or  lessees  of  said  railway 
shall  pave  or  macadamize  that  portion  of  the  streets  or 
avenues  along  or  over  which  said  railway  shall  be  laid, 
the  whole  width  of  said  railway  between  the  rails,  and 
shall  maintain  the  same  during  the  continuance  of  this 
franchise. 

'The  rails  on  the  main  line,  corners  and  turnouts, 
and  at  points  of  interection  shall  be  laid  in  such  manner 
as  to  least  inconvenience  the  public  in  the  use  of  said 
streets.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed  for 
running  cars,  and  may  require  cars  to  be  run  on  and  over 
the  lines  of  said  railways  sufficient  round  trips  each  day; 
and  no  cars  shall  be  allowed  at  any  time  to  stop  or  re- 
main upon  an}T  intersection  of  streets  for  a  longer  period 
than  three  minutes,  and  any  violation  of  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  subject  the  owners  of  said  rail- 
wa}r  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  every  offense,  upon  conviction  thereof  be- 
fore any  court  having  jurisdiction." 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No. '238.) 

SEC.  6.  The  fare  upon  said  railway  shall  not  ex- 
ceed five  cents  for  each  passenger,  including  ordinary 
personal  hand  bag-gage  over  any  part  of  said  line  or  lines. 
The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid  upon  the  streets 
so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  sewers,  gas  and  water 
pipes,  and  upon  the  established  grades  of  the  streets, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  on  streets  and 
public  property  to  see  that  in  the  construction  of  said 
railway  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  observed  and 
carried  out. 

SEC.  7.  "The  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right  at 
any  time  after  five  (5)  years  from  the  commencement  of 
the  operation  of  any  part  of  said  railway  to  impose  a 
reasonable  license  upon  said  railway  and  its  business, 
provided  the  license  to  be  charged  shall  not  exceed  one 
(1)  per  cent.,  for  a  period  of  five  (5)  years,  on  the  gross 
earnings  of  said  railway  or  railways.  After  ten  (10) 
years  from  the  date  of  commencement  of  the  operation 


402  ORDINANCE    NO,   152 — CON. 

of  any  part  of  said  railway  or  railways,  a  license  not  to 
exceed  two  (2)  per  cent,  of  the  gross  earnings  of  said 
railway  or  railways  may  be  imposed  on  the  gross  earn- 
ings of  said  railway  or  railways." 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  238.) 

SEC.  8.  In  addition  to  the  construction  and  opera- 
tion of  that  part  of  said  railway  which,  by  the  terms  of 
this  ordinance,  is  to  be  constructed  and  put  in  operation 
within  fourteen  months  from  the  date  the  same  goes  into 
effect,  the  said  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates,  or 
their  successors  or  assigns,  shall  construct  and  put  in 
operation  at  least  one  mile  upon  the  streets  and  avenues 
hereinbefore  mentioned,  each  and  evory  year  for  five 
years  after  the  expiration  of  said  fourteen  months,  and 
the  first  mile  to  be  built  under  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  on  Tacoma  avenue,  from  Division  avenue 
southward. 

SEC.  9.  No  Chinese  or  coolie  or  convict  shall  be 
employed  by  any  person  or  persons,  the  owners  or 
holders  of  this  franchise,  their  agents,  successors 
or  assigns,  in  the  construction,  operation  or  man- 
agement of  said  railway  or  railways,  or  in  or  about  any 
work  or  labor  made  necessary  by  the  passage  of  this  or- 
dinance, or  the  granting  of  this  franchise.  Any  person 
violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  10.  No  person  employed  in  the  construction, 
operation  or  management  of  said  railway  or  railways,  or 
in  or  about  any  work  or  labor  made  necessary  to  be  done 
or  performed  by  the  granting  of  this  franchise  or  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  required  by  any  per- 
son or  persons,  the  owners  or  holders  of  this  franchise, 
their  agents,  successors  or  assigns,  to  perform  more  than 
ten  hours'  labor  for  a  day's  work.  Any  person  violating 
this  section  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished 
by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  11.  The  said  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  asso- 
ciates shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all  rights  and 
privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance  unless  they  shall, 
within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  thereof,  file  in  the 
office  of  the  city  clerk  the  written  acceptance  of  the 
rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the 
terms  and  conditions  herein  contained. 

SEC.  12-     A  failure  on  the  part  of  the  said  Nelson 


ORDINANCE   NO.  276. 

Bennett  and  his  associates,  or  their  successors  and  as- 
signs, to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 
requiring-  the  commencement,  construction  and  operation 
of  said  railway,  at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  herein- 
before designated  and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of 
the  council,  work  a  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privi- 
leges hereby  conferred. 

SEC.  13.  All  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred 
shall  expire  at  the  end  of  fifty  years  from  the  date  this 
ordinance  shall  take  effect;  provided  that  nothing  in  this 
ordinance  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  city 
council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  from  passing  all  ordinances, 
and  resolutions  necessary  for  the  protection  of  the  inter- 
ests of  the  city,  and  to  carry  out  the  spirit  and  provis- 
ions of  the  foregoing  ordinance  or  franchise. 

Passed  January  8,  1887. 

Presented  to  the  mayor  for  his  approval  January  11, 
1887. 

Returned  by  the  mayor  with  his  objections  January 
15,  1887. 

Passed  over  the  mayor's  veto  February  5,  1887. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  276. 

An  ordinance  ratifying-,  confirming  and  granting-  to  the  Tacoma  Street- 
Railway  Company,  as  assignee  of  Nelson  Bennett,  his  associates 
and  assigns,  the  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  granted 
to  said  Bennett  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  by 
a  certain  ordinance  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  entitled  "An  ordinance 
granting  to  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and; 
assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon 
certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma." 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows : 

THAT,  WHEREAS,  The  city  council  of  the  said  city 
of  Tacoma  did,  on  the  5th  day  of  February,  1887,  grant 
to  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates,  their  successors 
and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street 
railway  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  terms  of  ordinance 
No.  152  of  said  city,  which  ordinance  is  as  follows  to- 
wit: 

"ORDINANCE  No.  152.— An  ordinance  granting  to 
Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and 


404  ORDINANCE   NO.    276 — CON. 

'assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  rail- 
way upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma. 

*t'7he  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows: 

''SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates,  and  their  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay  down  and  maintain 
a  single  or  double  iron  or  steel  track,  with  proper  sid- 
ings, and  to  operate  street  railways  within  the  city  of 
Tacoma.  upon  streets  hereinafter  named,  to- wit:  Pa- 
cific avenue  from  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  wharf  to 
the  southern  terminus  of  said  avenue  at  South  36th 
street;  Jefferson  street,  from  its  junction  with  Pacific 
avenue  to  South  27th  street,  its  soutnern  terminus; 
South  Ninth  street  from  its  junction  with  Pacific  avenue 
to  St.  Helen's  avenue;  C  street  from  its  junction  with 
Jefferson  street  to  Division  avenue,  thence  upon  Division 
avenue  to  Yakima  avenue;  St.  Helen's  street  from  C  to 
D  street;  thence  on  D  street  to  Tacoma  avenue;  Tacoma 
avenue,  from  its  present  southern  terminus  at  South 
30th  street,  and  as  it  may  hereafter  be  extended  south- 
erly, and  as  far  northerly,  westerly  or  northwesterly  as 
said  Tacoma  avenue  is  now  located,  or  may  be  hereafter 
located  or  extended  to  a  junction  with  an  extension  of 
McCarver  street  southerly;  *  *  McCarver  street, 

except  from  Tacoma  avenue  to  G  street;  Second  street, 
from  McCarver  street  to  a  junction  with  the  beach  road; 
on  the  beach  road  to  Pacific  avenue,  so  far  as  the  city 
has  the  power  to  grant  a  franchise. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1037.) 

"Provided,  however,  that  the  said  Nelson  Bennett, 
his  associates  and  assigns,  shall  have  the  right  and  priv- 
ilege until  the  opening  and  grading  of  Tacoma  avenue 
northwesterly  to  build  and  operate  their  railway  from 
North  G  street  and  Tacoma  avenue  to  McCarver  street, 
along  the  line  of  the  county  road,  provided  the  said  rail- 
way shall  be  constructed  and  operated  in  such  manner  as 
shall  cause  the  least  interference  to  public  travel. 

"SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  [lines  of]  rail- 
way shall  be  commenced  within  four  months  from  the 
date  this  ordinance  takes  effect;  and  that  portion  of  the 
line  from  the  passenger  depot  of  the  Northern  Pacific 


ORDINANCE    NO,    276 — CON. 

railroad  upon  Pacific  avenue  to  the  junction  of  said  ave- 
nue with  South  Ninth  street,  and  upon  said  South  Ninth 
street  to  C  street,  and  upon  C  street  to  Division  avenue, 
and  upon  Division  avenue  to  Tacoma  avenue,  and  upon 
said  Tacoma  avenue  and  the  route  hereinbefore  granted 
and  designated  to  McCarver  street,  and  from  the  junc- 
tion with  McCarver  street  over  McCarver  street  to  the 
wharf  at  the  foot  of  McCarver  street,  shall  be  completed 
and  in  operation  within  fourteen  months  from  the  date 
this  ordinance  shall  take  effect. 

"SEC.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  laying-  down  or  repair- 
ing such  railway  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any  one 
place  for  a  greater  length  than  one  block  at  any  one  time 
nor  for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  working  days,  except 
the  council  may,  at  its  discretion,  extend  the  time  afore- 
said. The  track  of  said  railway  shall  not  be  elevated 
above  the  surface  of  the  streets  and  shall  be  so  laid  that 
carriages  and  vehicles  can  easily  and  with  the  least  ob- 
struction possible  cross;  and  nothing  in  this  ordinance 
nor  any  privileges  granted  hereby,  shall  be  construed  to 
prevent  the  municipal  authorities  from  grading,  paving, 
sewering,  planking,  macadamizing,  improving,  altering 
or  repairing  any  of  the  streets  over  which  the  privilege 
of  constructing  a  railway  is  granted  by  this  ordinance 
or  upon  which  any  railway  may  be  Constructed  under  its 
provisions;  but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer 
.as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passage  of  cars, 
and  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the 
privilege  of  raising  or  shifting-  the  rails  so  as  to  avoid  as 
much  as  possible,  the  liability  to  obstruction  during  the 
progress  of  street  repairing,  improving  or  altering. 

"SEC.  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  shall  be  of  the  most 
.approved  construction,  provided  with  brakes  and  other 
necessary  appliances,  and  the  rails  shall  be  of  good  iron 
or  steel  and  of  the  most  approved  pattern,  and  no  loco- 
motive or  engine  propelled  by  steam  shall  ever  be  used 
on  any  of  said  several  lines  of  railways,  or  any  part 
thereof,  except  by  consent  of  the  city  council  first  ob- 
tained. 

"SEC.  5.  The  owners  or  lessees  of  said  railway 
shall  pave  or  macadamize  that  portion  of  the  streets  or 
avenues  along  or  over  which  the  said  railway  shall  be 
laid,  the  whole  width  of  said  railway  between  the  rails, 
and  for  the  width  of  two  feet  outside  of  said  rails,  and 


ORDINANCE    NO,    276 — CON. 

shall  maintain  the  same  during*  the  continuance  of  this 
franchise. 

The  rails  of  the  main  line,  corners  and  turnouts, 
and  at  points  of  intersection  shall  be  laid  in  such  manner 
as  to  least  inconvenience  the  public  in  the  use  of  said 
streets.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed  for 
running1  cars,  and  may  require  the  cars  to  be  run  on  all 
completed  lines  of  said  railways  two  round  trips  each 
day;  and  no  car  shall  be  allowed  at  any  time  to  stop  or 
remain  upon  an}T  intersection  of  streets  and  any  violation 
of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  subject  the  owners 
of  said  railway  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  or  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars  for  every  offense,  upon  convic- 
tion thereof  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction. 

"SEC.  6.  The  fare  upon  said  railway  shall  not  ex- 
ceed five  cents  for  each  passenger,  including  ordinary 
personal  hand  baggage  over  any  part  of  said  line  or  lines. 
The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid  upon  the  streets 
so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  sewers,  gas  and  water 
pipes,  and  upon  the  established  grades  of  the  streets, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  on  streets  and 
public  property  to  see  that  in  the  construction  of  said 
railway  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  observed  and 
carried  out. 

"SEC.  7.  The  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right  at 
any  time  after  three  years  from  the  commencement  of 
the  operation  of  said  railway  to  impose  a  reasonable  license 
upon  the  business  of  said  railway,  provided  the  license 
fee  to  be  charged  on  the  business  of  said  railway  shall 
be  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  per  cent.,  on  the  gross 
earnings  of  said  railway  or  railways. 

"SEC.  8.  In  addition  to  the  construction  and  opera- 
tion of  that  part  of  said  railway  which,  by  the  terms  of 
this  ordinance,  is  to  be  constructed  and  put  in  operation 
within  fourteen  months  from  the  date  the  same  goes  into 
effect,  the  said  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates,  or 
their  successors  or  assigns,  shall  construct  and  put  in 
operation  at  least  one  mile  upon  the  streets  and  avenues 
hereinbefore  mentioned,  each  and  every  year  for  five 
years  after  the  expiration  of  said  fourteen  months,  and 
the  first  mile  to  be  built  under  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  on  Tacoma  avenue,  from  Division  avenue 
southward. 

"SEC.  9.     No  Chinese  or  coolie  or  convict  shall  be 


ORDINANCE   NO.    276 — CON. 

employed  by  any  person  or  persons,  the  owners  or 
holders  of  this  franchise,  their  agents,  successors 
or  assigns,  in  the  construction,  operation  or  man- 
agement of  said  railway  or  railways,  or  in  or  about  any 
work  or  labor  made  necessary  by  the  passage  of  this  or- 
dinance, or  the  granting  of  this  franchise.  Any  person 
violating  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

"SEC.  10.  No  person  employed  in  the  construction, 
operation  or  management  of  said  railway  or  railways,  or 
in  or  about  any  work  or  labor  made  necessary  to  be  done 
or  performed  by  the  granting  of  this  franchise  or  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  required  by  any  per- 
son or  persons,  the  owners  or  holders  of  this  franchise, 
their  agents,  successors  or  assigns,  to  perform  more  than 
ten  hours'  labor  for  a  day's  work.  Any  person  violating- 
this  section  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished 
by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

"SEC.  11.  The  said  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  asso- 
ciates shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all  rights  and 
privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance  unless  they  shall, 
within  thirty ,days  after  the  passage  thereof,  file  in  the 
office  of  the  city  clerk  the  written  acceptance  of  the 
rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the 
terms  and  conditions  herein  contained. 

"SEC.  12.  A  failure  on  the  part  of  said  Nelson 
Bennett  and  his  associates,  and  their  successors  and  as- 
signs, to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,, 
requiring  the  commencement,  construction  and  operation 
of  said  railway,  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  herein- 
before designated  and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of 
the  city  council,  work  a  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and 
privileges  hereby  conferred. 

"SEC.  13.  All  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred 
shall  expire  at  the  end  of  fifty  years  from  the  date  this 
ordinance  shall  take  effect;  provided  that  nothing  in  this 
ordinance  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  city 
council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  from  passing  all  ordinances 
and  resolutions  necessary  for  the  protection  of  the  inter- 
ests of  the  city,  and  to  carry  out  the  spirit  and  provis- 
ions of  the  foregoing  ordinance  and  franchise. 

Passed  the  city  council  January  8,  1887. 

"Presented  to  the  mayor  for  his  approval  January 
11,  1887. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    276 — CON. 

"Returned  by  the  mayor  with  his  objections  in 
writing  to  the  council,  and  deposited  with  the  citv  clerk 
January  13,  1887. 

"January  17,  1887,  presented  to  the  council  and  by 
its  order  the  objections  of  the  mayor  entered  on  the 
journal  of  the  council,  and  thereupon  the  council  pro- 
ceeded to  reconsider  the  said  ordinance.  After  such  con- 
sideration two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  council 
Agreed  to  pass  the  same. 

"February  5,  1887,  the  council  again  proceeded  to 
reconsider  the  said  ordinance,  and,  after  said  considera- 
tion, two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  council  agreed 
to  pass  the  same. 

"WM.  J.  MEADE,  City  Clerk." 

AND,  WHEREAS,  At  the  time  of  said  grant  one 
Allen  C.  Mason,  a  resident  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  and^ 
the  Territory  of  Washington,  was  an  associate  of  the 
^aid  Nelson  Bennett  in  receiving  and  accepting-  said  ordi- 
nance and  its  terms,  and  was  the  only  associate  and  the 
only  person  referred  to  by  the  words  "associates"  in  said 
ordinance;  and, 

WHEREAS,  The  said  Allen  C.  Mason  did,  on  the 
llth  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1888,  by  assignment  in  writmg, 
-duly  sell,  assign  and  transfer  and  set  over  unto  the  said 
Nelson  Bennett,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  all  the  right,  title 
and  interest  of  the  said  Allen  C.  Mason  in  and  to  the 
franchise  granted  and  conferred  by  said  ordinance,  and, 

WHEREAS,  The  said  Nelson  Bennett,  being  then  the 
rsole  owner  of  said  franchise,  and  the  only  person  entitled 
to  hold  and  exercise  the  powers,  rights  and  franchises 
thereby  conferred,  did,  on  the  19th  day  of  June,  A.  D. 
1888,  by  assignment  in  writing  duly  executed,  for  a  good 
and  valuable  consideration,  sell,  assign,  transfer  and  set 
over  unto  the  Tacoma  Street  Railway  Company  (a  cor- 
poration created  and  existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the 
laws  of  said  Territory  of  Washington),  and  unto  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  all  his  right,  title  and  interest  in 
and  to  said  franchise,  including  the  powers,  rights  and 
privileges  hereinbefore  mentioned;  and, 

WHEREAS,  It  is  deemed  necessary  and  expedient 
that  said  transfers  be  ratified  and  confirmed  by  the  city 
council  of  said  city,  in  order  that  the  said  Tacoma  Street 
Railway  Company  may  receive,  hold  and  enjoy  all  the 
lights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  granted  to  the 


ORDINANCE   NO.    277.  409 

said  Nelson  Bennett,  his  associates  and  assigns,  under 
and  by  virtue  of  the  terms  of  said  ordinance,  to  the  same 
extent  and  in  every  respect  as  if  the  said  company  had 
been  the  grantee  thereof;  wherefore, 

The  City   Council  of  the   City  of    Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows  : 

That  each  and  every  of  the  rights,  powers,  priv- 
ileges and  franchises  heretofore  granted  by  said  ordi- 
nance numbered  152  to  the  said  Nelson  Bennett,  his  asso- 
ciates and  assigns,  and  assigned  to  the  said  Tacoma 
Street  Railway  Company,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
ratified,  confirmed  and  granted  to  the  said  Tacoma  Street 
Railway  Company,  to  the  same  extent  and  in  every  re- 
spect the  same  as  if  the  said  Tacoma  Street  Railway 
Company,  had  been  the  grantee  in  said  ordinance  num- 
bered 152,  instead  of  the  said  Nelson  Bennett  and  his 
associates  and  assigns;  provided  that  the  Tacoma  Street 
Railway  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  assume  all 
the  obligations  that  the  said  Nelson  Bennett,  his  associ- 
ates, successors  and  assigns,  assume  in  said  ordinance 
No.  152,  and  all  the  conditions,  reservations,  stipulations 
and  restrictions  therein  contained,  are  incorporated  here- 
in and  made  a  part  hereof,  and  the  city  of  Tacoma  here- 
by reserves  unto  itself  all  the  rights,  powers,  privileges, 
and  reservations  contained  in  said  ordinance  No.  152- 

Approved  September  21,  1889. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  277. 

An  ordinance  ratifying,  confirming  and  granting  to  the  Tacoma  Railway- 
and  Motor  Company,  as  assignee  of  the  Tacoma  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany (the  assignee  of  Nelson  Bennett),  the  rights,  powers,  privileges 
and  franchises  granted  to  the  said  Nelson  Bennett,  his  associates,, 
their  successors  and  assigns,  by  a  certain  ordinance  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma numbered  152,  and  entitled,  "An  ordinance  granting  to  Nel- 
son Bennett  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  the 
right  to  consttuct  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon  certain  streets 
and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  (See  ordinance  No.  1041.) 

The  City   Council  of  the  City  of   Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  folloivs : 

THAT,  WHEREAS,  The  Tacoma  Street  Railway 
Company  (a  corporation  created  and  existing  under  and 
by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  Territory  of  Washington),. 


410  ORDINANCE    NO.    277 — CON, 

. 

being*  the  owner  of  all  the  rights,  powers,  privileges  and 
franchises  granted  by  an  ordinance  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
•coma,  No.  152,  and  entitled,  "An  ordinance  granting-  to 
Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and 
assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  rail- 
way upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
<coma, "  has,  by  instrument  in  writing  duly  assigned, 
transferred,  sold  and  set  over  unto  and  to  the  Tacoma 
Railway  and  Motor  Company  (a  corporation  created  and 
existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  Terri- 
tory of  Washington),  each  and  every  right,  power,  priv- 
ileges, franchise  granted  and  conferred  by  said  ordinance 
and  the  terms  thereof;  and, 

WHEREAS,  It  is  deemed  necessary  and  expedient 
that  the  said  council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  should  ratify 
.and  confirm  said  assignment  to  the  same  extent  as  it  the 
Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company  had  been  substi- 
tuted by  name  in  said  ordinance  instead  of  the  said  Nel- 
son Bennett,  his  associates  and  assigns. 

WHEREFORE,  Said  city  council  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma does  hereby  ordain  that  the  assignment  of  said  or- 
dinance by  the  said  Tacoma  Street  Railway  Company  to 
the  said  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company,  which  is 
in  the  words,  letters  and  figures  following,  to-wit: 

"These  presents  made  this  21st  day  of  September, 
1889,  by  and  betwen  the  Tacoma  Street  Railway,  Com- 
pany, a  corporation  created  and  existing  under  and  by 
virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  territory  of  Washington,  here- 
inafter called  the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  the  Ta- 
coma Railway  and  Motor  Company,  a  corporation  cre- 
ated and  existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  said  laws,  here- 
inafter called  the  party  of  the  second  part.  Witnesseth; 
that, 

"WHEREAS,  The  party  of  the  first  part  is  the  owner 
of  a  certain  franchise  heretofore  granted  by  the  city 
council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  Nelson  Bennett,  his 
associates  and  assigns,  under  and  by  virtue  of  ordinance 
No.  152  of  said  city,  entitled,  "An  ordinance  granting  to 
Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates  and  their  successors 
and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street 
railway  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma;  and, 

"WHEREAS,  For  a  good  and  valuable  consideration 
the  said  Tacoma  Street  Railway  Company  has  agreed  to 


ORDINANCE  NO    277 — CON  4H 

sell,  assign  and  transfer  said  franchise  and  all  rights, 
powers  and  privileges  thereby  conferred  unto  the  afore- 
said party  of  the  second  part,  on  its  part  having  agreed 
to  receive  and  accept  the  same;  and, 

"WHEREAS,  By  ordinance  No.  276  each  and  all  the 
rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  hereinbefore 
granted  to  said  Nelson  Bennett,  his  associates  and  as- 
signs, have  been  ratified,  confirmed  and  granted  to  the 
party  of  the  first  part  as  assignee;  now, 

"THEREFORE,  The  parties  hereto  have  mutually 
•agreed  together  as  follows,  each  in  consideration  of  the 
agreement  of  the  other,  and  for  other  good  and  valuable 
considerations: 

"First.  The  said  party  of  the  first  part  does  here- 
by agree  to  grant,  sell,  assign,  transfer  and  set  over,  and 
does  hereby  grant,  sell,  assign,  transfer  and  set  over  un- 
to and  to  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  its  successors 
and  assigns,  each  and  all  of  the  rights,  powers,  privileges 
and  franchises,  granted,  given  and  conferred  to  and  upon 
it,  the  party  of  the  first  part,  by  said  ordinance  No.  152, 
.and  the  assignment  thereof  to  it  as  aforesaid,  and  the 
said  ordinance  No.  276  hereinbefore  referred  to,  the  same 
to  be  held  and  enjoyed  by  the  party  of  the  second  part 
to  the  same  extent  as  they  would  have  been  held  and  en- 
joyed by  the  party  of  the  first  part  under  and  by  virtue 
of  the  foregoing  assignment  and  said  ordinance  ratifying 
and  confirming  the  same. 

"Second.  The  said  party  of  the  second  part  does 
hereby  covenant  and  agree  with  the  party  of  the  first 
part  that  it  will  do  and  perform  each  and  everything 
that  by  said  ordinance  No.  152  and  the  assignment  there- 
of, and  by  said  ordinance  No,  276,  it  is  made  the  duty  or 
obligation  of  the  party  of  the  first  part  to  do  and  perform. 

"In  witness  whereof,  the  parties  hereto  have  caused 
these  presents  to  be  executed  by  the  hands  of  their 
respective  presidents  and  attested  by  their  respective 
secretaries,  and  sealed  with  the  corporate  seal  of  each  of 
said  parties  on  this  the  day  and  date  first  above  written. 

"Signed,  sealed  and  delivered,  Walter  Lambay,  P. 
H.  Murray. 

"TACOMA  STREET  RAILWAY  COMPANY, 

"By  JAS.  M.  ASHTON,  President. 
"Attest:     J.  H.  CUMMINGS,  Secretary. 


412  ORDINANCE:  NO.  277 — CON. 

"TACOMA  RAILWAY  AND  MOTOR  COMPANY, 

''By  PAUL  SHULSE,  President, 
"Attest:     GEO.  P.  EATON,  Secretary. 

"[CORPORATE   SEAL.]" 

Tog-ether  with  each  and  every  right,  power,  privi- 
lege and  franchise  granted  and  conferred  by  said  ordi- 
nance, be  and  the  same  is  hereby  granted  and  confirmed 
to  the  same  extent,  and  the  said  Tacoma  Railway  and 
Motor  Company  is  hereby  vested  with  each  and  every 
of  said  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises,  to  the 
same  extent  and  in  the  same  manner  as  if  it  had  been 
granted  in  said  ordinance  instead  of  said  Nelson  Bennett, 
his  associates  and  assigns,  and  to  the  same  extent  as  if 
it  had  been  assignee  of  the  franchises  thereby  conferred, 
from  the  said  Nelson  Bennett  instead  of  the  said  Ta- 
coma Street  Railway  Company,  the  assig-nee  thereof; 
provided,  that  the  said  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor 
Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  assume  all  the  ob- 
lig-ations  that  the  said  Nelson  Bennett,  his  associates, 
successors  and  assigns,  assume  in  said  ordinance  No. 
152;  and  all  the  conditions,  reservations,  stipulations 
and  restrictions  therein  contained,  are  incorporated 
herein  and  made  a  part  hereof,  and  the  city  of  Tacoma 
hereby  reserves  unto  itself  all  the  rigfhts,  powers,  privi- 
leges and  reservations  contained  in  said  ordinance  No. 
152. 

Approved  September  21,  1889. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1041. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1041. 

An  ordinance  repealing  so  much  of  ordinance  No,  277,  entitled,  "An  or- 
dinance ratifying,  confirming  and  granting  to  the  Tacoma  Railway 
and  Motor  Company,  as  assignee  of  the  Tacoma  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany (the  assignee  of  Nelson  Bennett),  the  rights,  powers,  privileges 
and  franchises  grantsd  to  the  said  Nelson  Bennett,  his  associates,  their 
successors  and  assigns,  by  a  certain  ordinance  of  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
numbered  152,  and  entitled.  'An  ordinance  granting  to  Nelson  Ben- 
nettand  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  con- 
struct and  operate  a  street  railway  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  "  wherein  and  whereby  the  city  of  Tacoma  con- 
firmed and  ratified  the  assignment  by  the  Tacoma  Street  Railway 
Company  to  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company  certain  fran- 
chises named  therein,  so  far  as  the  same  affects  the  streets  herein- 
after named. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  ordinance  No.  277,  entitled,  "An 
ordinance  ratifying-,  confirming'  and  granting-  to  the  Ta- 
coma Railway  and  Motor  Company,  as  assignee  of  the 
Tacoma  Street  Railway  Company  (the  assignee  of  Nel- 
son Bennett),  the  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  fran- 
chises granted  to  the  said  Nelson  Bennett,  his  associ- 
ates, their  successors  and  assigns,  by  a  certain  ordinance 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  numbered  152,  and  entitled,  'An 
ordinance  granting-  to  Nelson  Bennett  and  his  associates, 
their  successors  and  assig-ns,  the  right  to  construct  and 
operate  a  street  railway  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma, ' ' '  so  far  as  the  said  ordinance 
ratifies  and  confirms  the  transfer  by  the  Tacoma  Street 
Railway  Company  to  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor 
Company  of  franchises  upon  the  following  streets,  to- 
wit:  South  9th  street  from  St.  Helen's  avenue  to  South 
M  street;  Yakima  avenue  from  South  27th  street  to 
northern  extension;  McCarver  street  from  Tacoma  ave- 
nue to  North  G  street;  South  15th  street  from  Pacific 
avenue  to  South  L  street;  North  6th  street  from  Ta- 
coma avenue  to  North  G  street;  North  G  street  from 
North  6th  street  to  McCarver  street,  be  and  the  same  is. 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved  January  3,   1896. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    153. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  153. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Pacific  Postal  Telegraph  Cable  Company 
the  privilege  of  erecting  telegraph  poles  and  stretching  wires, thereon 
in  certain  streets  and  alleys. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as 
follows  : 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Pacific 
Postal  Telegraph  Cable  Company  the  privilege  and 
right  of  erecting  telegraph  poles  and  stretching 
wires  thereon  along  south  26th  street  from  the  eastern 
boundary  of  the  city  to  Pacific  avenue  *  *  thence 
along  Pacific  avenue  to  South  15th  street;  thence  along 
South  15th  street  to  the  alley  between  South  A  and  Pa- 
cific avenue;  thence  along  said  alley  to  South  9th  street, 
and  along  any  one  of  the  intersecting  streets  from  South 
13th  to  South  9th  street  to  Pacific  avenue.  Also  from 
the  intersection  of  South  25th  street  southward  to  Hood 
street;  thence  along  Hood  street  to  the  city  limits. 

The  poles  shall  be  set  along  the  outer  edge  of  the 
sidewalk  when  set  in  an}^  of  the  before  mentioned 
streets  or  avenues,  and  eight  feet  from  the  boundarv  of 
the  before  mentioned  alleys.  * 

(As  amended  by 'ordinance  No.  1228.) 

SEC.  2.  The  poles  hereby  authorized  to  be  erected 
shall  be  dressed  and  painted  oak  color  and  shall  be  set 
on  division  lines  between  lots  on  said  streets  and  alleys, 
and  shall  be  set  in  the  gutter  flush  with  the  outer  stringer 
of  the  sidewalks,  and  no  poles  shall  be  set  at  street  cor- 
ners. 

Said  poles  shall  be  not  less  than  forty  feet  in  height 
above  the  sidewalks,  and  not  less  than  forty  feet  above 
the  ground  where  set  outside  of  the  sidewalk  as  above 
provided,  and  shall  be  securely  set  in  the  ground  and 
erected  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  engineer.  Said 
wires  shall  be  placed  not  less  than  thirty-five  feet  above 
the  sidewalks  or  above  the  grounds  where  the  poles  are 
set  outside  of  the  sidewalks  as  above  provided. 

SEC.  3.  Whenever  any  street  or  alley,  on  which 
any  of  said  poles  may  be  erected,  shall  be  graded  or  re- 
.graded  so  as  to  change  the  surface  thereof,  the  said  com- 
pany shall  forthwith,  at  its  own  cost,  reset  said  poles  so 
a^  to  conform  to  the  established  grade  of  the  streets  and 
^.1  leys  as  reconstructed. 


ORDINANCES    NOS.    170    AND    173. 

SEC.  4.  All  the  proceeding's  of  the  said  Pacific 
Postal  Telegraph  Cable  Company  under  this  ordinance 
shall  be  subject  to  any  ordinance  in  relation  to  the  same 
which  may  be  passed  by  the  city  council  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma. 

SEC.  5.  The  privileg-e  hereby  granted  to  said  com- 
pany is  subject  to  the  conditions  that  the  said  telegraph 
-company  will,  whenever  required  by  ordinance  of  the 
city  council,  remove  said  poles  from  said  streets  or  alleys 
and  place  said  wires  along"  the  same  route  under  ground; 
and  that  this  ordinance  may  be  amended  by  the  city 
council,  and  the  privilege  hereby  granted  may  be  by  ordi- 
nance revoked,  modified  or  changed. 

Passed  January  15,  1887. 

January  17,  1887,  presented  to  the  mayor  for  his 
approval. 

January  20,  1887,  returned  and  filed  with  the  city 
clerk  by  the  mayor,  without  signature  or  objections 
thereto. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  170. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Northwestern  American  District  Telegraph 
Company  of  Washington  Territory  the  right  and  privilege  of  erect- 
ing, constructing,  maintaining  and  operating  its  telegraph  system  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  W.  T. 

Approved  July  22,  1887. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  173. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  Allen  C.  Mason,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  the 
right  to  construct  and  operate  a  standard  guage  railroad  across  cer- 
tain streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Taroma. 

Approved  Aug-ust  19,   1887. 


416  ORDINANCE   NO.    188. 

ORDINANCE   NO.  188. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  and  his  associates, 
their  successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a 
street  railway  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

'"7/^   City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follo^vs: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Randolph  P.  Radebaug*h  and  his  associates,  and 
their  successors  and  assigns,  within  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
upon  the  streets  hereinafter  named,  the  rig-ht  to  lay 
down  and  maintain  a  single  or  double  iron  or  steel  track 
with  proper  siding's,  to  operate  an  electric  or  other  street 
railway  thereon;  and  also  along-  said  streets  to  erect 
poles  and  string-  wires  thereon  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
ducting* electricity  to  operate  said  railway,  viz:  Along- 
Delin  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to  Wrig-ht  avenue,  or 
so  much  thereof  as  is  or  may  hereafter  be  dedicated  to 
public  use;  G  street  from  Wrig-ht  avenue  southward  to 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma;  across  all 
streets  and  alleys  lying-  between  Delin  and  G  streets  on 
the  one  side,  and  Adams  street  and  the  section  line  be- 
tween sections  8  and  9,  township  20  north,  rang*e  3  east 
of  the  Willamette  meridian,  on  the  other  side;  South 
Twenty-ninth  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to  Delin  street; 
Adams  street  from  Delin  street  to  South  Twenty-ninth 
street,  provided  that  nothing*  in  this  section  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  permit  the  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaug-h 
and  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assig-ns,  to  erect 
poles  or  other  supports  upon  any  street,  avenue  or  alley 
for  the  purpose  of  using-  electricity  as  a  motive  power 
outside  of  a  line  fourteen  inches  from  the  outer  line  of 
sidewalk  or  sidewalks. 

SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  railway  on  Delin 
street  shall  beg-in  within  four  months  from  the  date  this 
ordinance  takes  effect  and  shall  be  completed  and  in  op- 
eration within  twelve  months  from  said  date. 

SEC.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  laying-  down  or  repair-. 
ing  such  railway,  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any 
one  place  for  a  greater  leng-th  than  three  blocks  at  any 
one  time,  nor  for  a  long-er  period  than  fifteen  working- 
days,  except  the  council  may,  at  its  discretion,  extend 
the  time  aforesaid.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall, 
upon  the  grade  of  said  streets,  when  the  same  are  estab- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    188 — CON. 

lished  and  graded,  be  so  laid  that  they  shall  not  be  ele- 
vated above  the  surface  of  the  street  and  so  that  con- 
veyances and  other  vehicles  may  cross  the  same  with  the 
least  possible  obstruction,  and  so  that  they  shall  in  no 
-wise  interfere  with  the  sewer,  gas  and  water  pipes,  upon 
the  line  of  said  railway. 

SEC.  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  shall  be  of  the  most 
approved  construction,  provided  with  breaks  and  other 
necessary  appliances,  and  the  rails  shall  be  of  good  iron 
or  steel  arid  of  the  most  approved  pattern,  and  no  loco- 
motive or  engine  propelled  by  steam  shall  ever  be  used 
upon  said  line  of  railway,  or  any  part  thereof,  except 
by  consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained. 

SEC.  5.  The  owners  or  lessees  of  said  railway  shall, 
when  directed  so  to  do  by  the  city,  for  the  whole  width 
of  said  railway  between  the  rails,  and  for  the  width  of 
two  feet  outside  of  said  rails,  plank,  pave,  or  macadamize 
that  portion  of  the  streets  or  avenues  along  or  over  which 
the  said  railway  shall  be  laid,  and  shall  maintain  the 
same. 

SEC.  6.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed 
for  running  the  cars  and  may  require  cars  to  be  run  two 
round  trips  each  day  on  all  completed  portions  of  said 
railway  after  one  mile  thereof  is  completed.  No  car 
shall  be  allowed  at  any  time  to  stop  or  remain  upon  any 
street  intersection.  The  fare  upon  said  railway  over 
the  whole,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  not  exceed  five 
cents  for  each  passenger,  including  ordinary  personal 
hand  baggage.  Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  subject  the  owners  of  said  railway  to  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollai^ 
for  every  offense,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  any 
court  having  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  7.  ^he  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right  at 
any  time  after  three  years  from  the  beginning  of  the 
operation  of  said  railway  to  impose  a  reasonable  license 
fee,  to  be  charged  on  the  business  of  said  railway,  which 
shall  not  be  less  than  one,  or  more  than  two,  per  cent, 
on  the  gross  earnings  of  said  railway. 

SEC.  8.  The  said  R.  F.  Radebaugh,  and  his  asso- 
ciates, shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all  rights  and 
privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance  unless  they  shall, 
within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  thereof,  file  in  the 
office  of  the  city  clerk  the  written  acceptance  of  the 


418  ORDINANCE    NO.  360. 

rigfhts  and  privileges  hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the 
terms  and  conditions  herein  contained. 

SEC.  9.  A  failure  on  the  part  of  the  said  R.  P. 
Radebaugh  and  his  associates,  or  their  successors  and 
assigns,  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
requiring  the  beginning*,  construction  and  operation  of 
said  railway,  at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore 
designated  and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  coun- 
cil, work  a  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby 
conferred. 

SEC.  10.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance,  nor  any  privi- 
leges granted  hereby,  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the 
municipal  authorities  from  grading,  paving,  sewering, 
planking,  macadamizing,  improving,  altering  or  repair- 
ing any  of  the  streets  over  which  the  privilege  of  con- 
structing a  railway  is  granted  by  this  ordinance,  or  upon 
which  any  railway  may  be  constructed  under  its  provis- 
ions, but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer  as 
little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passage  of  cars,  and 
the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the  priv- 
ilege of  raising  or  shifting  the  rails  so  as  to  avoid,  as 
much  as  possible,  the  liability  to  obstruction  during  the 
progress  of  street  repairing,  improving  or  altering. 

Approved  February  8,  1888. 

(Transfer  to  Tacoma  &  Puyallup  R.  R.  Co.  ratified 
by  Ord.  360.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  360. 

An  ordinance  ratifying,  confirming  and  granting  to  the  Tacoma  &  Puy- 
allup Railroad  Company,  as  assignee  of  the  Tacoma  &  Fern  Hill 
Street  Railroad  Company,  assignee  of  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh,  the 
rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  granted  to  said  Randolph  F. 
Radebaugh  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  by  a  cer- 
tain ordinance  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  entitled,  "'An  ordinance  grant- 
ing to  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  and  his  associates,  their  successors 
and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon 
certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma." 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordahi  as 


THAT,  WHEREAS,  The  city  council  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma  did  on  the  4th  day  of  February,  1888,  grant  to 
Randolph  P.  Radebaugh  and  his  associates,  their  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay  down,  construct, 


ORDINANCE    NO.    260 — CON, 

maintain  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon  certain  streets 
and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  under  and  by  virtue 
of  the  terms  of  ordinance  No,  188  of  said  city,  which 
ordinance  is  as  follows,  to- wit: 

"ORDINANCE  No.  188. — An  ordinance  granting-  to 
Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  and  his  associates,  their  succes- 
sors and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a 
street  railway  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the 
city  of  Tacoma. 

"The  city  council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows: 

"SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  and  his  associates,  their 
successors  and  assigns,  within  the  city  of  Tacoma  upon 
the  streets  hereinafter  named,  the  right  to  lay  down  and 
maintain  a  single  or  double  iron  or  steel  track,  with 
proper  sidings,  to  operate  an  electric  or  other  street  rail- 
way thereon,  and  also  along  said  streets  to  erect  poles 
and  string  wires  thereon  for  the  purpose  of  conducting 
electricity  to  operate  said  railway,  viz:  Along  Delin 
street,  from  Pacific  avenue  to  Wright  avenue,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  is  or  may  hereafter  be  dedicated  to  the  public 
use;  G  street  from  Wright  avenue  southward  to  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma;  across  all  streets 

and  alleys  lying  between  Delin  and  G  streets  on  the  one 
side  and  Adams  street  and  the  section  line  between  sec- 
tions 8  and  9,  township  20  north,  range  3  east,  of  the 
Willamette  meridian,  on  the  other  side;  South  Twenty- 
ninth  street  from  Pacific  avenue  to  Delin  street;  Adams 
street  from  Delin  street  to  South  Twenty-ninth  street; 
provided  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  permit  the  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  and 
his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  to  erect  poles 
or  other  support  upon  any  street,  avenue  or  alley  for  the 
purpose  of  using  electricity  as  a  motive  power,  outside 
of  a  line  14  inches  from  the  outer  line  of  the  sidewalk  or 
sidewalks. 

"SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  railway  on  Delin 
street  shall  begin  within  four  months  from  the  date  this 
ordinance  takes  effect,  and  shall  be  completed  and  in  op- 
eration within  twelve  months  from  said  date. 

"SEC.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  laying  down  or  re- 
pairing such  railwa}',  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at 
any  one  place  for  a  greater  length  than  three  blocks  at 


420  ORDINANCE   NO.    360 — CON. 

•any  one  time,  nor  for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  work- 
ing days,  except  the  council  may  at  its  discretion  extend 
the  time  aforesaid.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall 
upon  the  grade  of  said  street,  when  the  same  are  estab- 
-lished  and  graded,  be  so  laid  that  they  shall  not  be  ele- 
vated above  the  surface  of  the  street  and  so  that  convey- 
ances and  other  vehicles  may  cross  the  same  with  the 
least  possible  obstruction,  and  so  that  they  shall  in  no 
wise  interfere  with  the  sewer,  gas  and  water  pipes  upon 
the  line  of  said  railway. 

"SEC.  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  shall  be  of  the  most 
approved  construction,  provided  with  brakes  and  other 
necessary  appliances,  and  the  rails  shall  be  of  good  iron 
or  steel  and  of  the  most  approved  pattern,  and  no  loco- 
motive or  engine  propelled  by  steam  shall  ever  be  used 
upon  said  line  of  railway  or  any  part  thereof  except  by 
consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained. 

"SEC.  5.  The  owners  or  lessees  of  said  railway 
shall  when  directed  to  do  so  by  the  city,  for  the  whole 
width  of  said  railway  between  the  rails,  and  for  the 
width  of  two  feet  outside  of  said  rails,  plank,  pave  or 
macadamize,  and  keep  in  repair,  all  that  portion  of  the 
streets  or  avenues  along  or  over  which  the  said  railway 
shall  be  laid;  and  in  case  of  a  double  track  or  sidings,  to 
also,  when  directed  to  do  so  by  the  city,  properly  plank, 
pave  or  macadamize,  and  keep  in  repair,  all  that  portion 
of  said  street  or  avenue  lying  between  the  two  tracks. 

"SEC.  6.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed 
for  running  the  cars  and  may  require  cars  to  be  run  two 
round  trips  every  day  each  day  on  all  completed  portions 
of  said  railway  after  one  mile  thereof  is  completed. 
No  car  shall  be  allowed  at  any  time  to  stop  or  remain 
upon  any  street  intersection.  The  fare  upon  said  rail- 
way over  the  whole  or  any  part  thereof  shall  not  exceed 
five  cents  for  each  passenger,  including  ordinary  per- 
sonal hand  baggage.  Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  subject  the  owners  of  said  railway  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars for  every  offense,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  any 
court  having  jurisdiction. 

"SEC.  7.  The  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right 
at  any  time  after  three  years  from  the  beginning  of  the 
operation  of  said  railway  to  impose  a  reasonable  license 
fee  to  be  charged  on  the  business  of  said  railway,  which 


ORDINANCE;  NO.  360— CON. 

shall  not  be  less  than  one  nor  more  than  two  per  cent, 
on  the  gross  earnings  of  said  railway. 

"SEC.  8.  The  said  R.  P.  Radebaugh,  and  his  asso- 
ciates, shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all  rights  and 
privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance  unless  they  shall, 
within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  thereof,  file  in  the 
office  of  the  city  clerk  the  written  acceptance  of  the 
rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the 
terms  and  conditions  herein  contained. 

"SEC.  9.  The  failure  on  the  part  of  the  said  R.  F. 
Radebaugh  and  his  associates,  or  their  successors  and 
assigns,  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
requiring"  the  beginning",  construction  and  operation  of 
said  railway,  at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore 
designated  and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  coun- 
cil, work  a  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby 
conferred. 

kkSEC.  10.  Nothing-  in  this  ordinance,  nor  any  privi- 
leges granted  hereby,  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the 
municipal  authorities  from  grading,  paving1,  sewering", 
planking",  macadamizing,  improving,  altering"  or  repair- 
ing" any  of  the  streets  over  which  the  privilege  of  con- 
structing" a  railway  is  granted  by  this  ordinance,  or  upon 
which  any  railway  may  be  constructed  under  its  provis- 
ions, but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer  as 
little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passage  of  cars,  and 
the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the  priv- 
ilege of  raising  or  shifting"  the  rails  so  as  to  avoid,  as 
much  as  possible,  the  liability  of  obstruction  during"  the 
progress  of  street  repairing",  improving  or  altering". 

"Passed  the  city  council  February  4,  1888. 

"Approved  February  8,  1888. 

"!RA  A.  TOWN,  Mayor. 
"Attest:         "W.  J.  MEADE,  City  Clerk." 

AND,  WHEREAS,  At  the  time  of  said  grant  said 
Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  was  the  only  person  receiving" 
and  accepting  said  ordinance  and  its  terms,  and  there 
was  no  other  person  referred  to  by  the  word  "associates" 
in  said  ordinance;  and 

WHEREAS,  the  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  being- 
then  the  sole  owner  of  said  franchise  and  the  only  per- 
son entitled  to  hold  and  exercise  the  powers,  rights  and 
franchises  thereby  conferred,  did,  on  the  9th  day  of  Jan  I- 


422  ORDINANCE   NO,    360 — CON. 

uary,  1889,  by  assignment,  in  writing,  duly  executed, 
for  a  good  and  valuable  consideration,  sell,  assign, 
transfer  and  set  over  unto  the  Tacoma  and  Pern  Hill 
Street  Railway  Company,  a  corporation  created  and  ex- 
isting under  the  laws  of  Washington  Territory,  and 
unto  its  successors  and  assigns,  all  his  right,  title  and 
interest  in  and  to  said  franchise,  including*  the  powers, 
rights  and  privileges  hereinbefore  mentioned,  gran  ed 
and  conferred  by  said  ordinance  to  him;  and 

WHEREAS,  The  said  Tacoma  and  Fern  Hill  Street 
Railroad  Company  did,  on  the  30th  day  of  July,  1890, 
by  assignment,  in  writing,  duly  executed,  for  a  good  and 
valuable  consideration,  sell,  assign,  transfer  and  set  over 
unto  the  Tacoma  and  Puyallup  Railroad  Company  (a 
corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  Washington 
Territory  and  existing  and  doing  business  under  the 
laws  of  the  state  of  Washington)  and  unto  his  succes- 
sors and  assigns,  all  his  right,  title  and  interest  in  and 
to  said  franchise,  including  the  powers,  rights  and  privi- 
leges hereinbefore  mentioned,  granted  and  conferred  by 
said  ordinance  to  him;  and, 

WHEREAS,  It  is  deemed  necessary  and  expedient 
that  said  transfer  be  ratified  and  confirmed  by  the  city 
council  of  said  city  in  order  that  the  said  Tacoma  and 
Puyallup  Railroad  Company  may  receive,  hold  and  enjoy 
all  the  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  hereto- 
fore granted  to  the  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh,  and 
his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  under  and 
by  virtue  of  the  terms  of  said  ordinance,  to  the  same  ex- 
tent in  every  respect  as  if  said  company  had  .been  the 
grantee  thereof;  wherefore, 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  docs  ordain  as 
folloivs  : 

That  each  and  all  of  the  rights,  powers,  privileges 
and  franchises  heretofore  and  by  said  ordinance  No.  188 
granted  to  the  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  and  his  as- 
sociates, their  successors  and  assigns,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  ratified,  granted  and  confirmed  to  the  same  ex- 
tent, and  the  said  Tacoma  and  Puyallup  Railroad  Com- 
pany is  hereby  vested  with  each  and  every  of  the  said 
rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  to  the  same  ex- 
tent and  in  the  same  manner  as  if  it  had  been  grantee 
ijj  said  ordinance  instead  of  said  Randolph  F. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    2()3    AND   2i6.  423 

baugh,  his  associates  and  assigns,  and  to  the  same  extent 
as  it  it  had  been  assignee  of  the  franchises  thereby  con- 
ferred from  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  instead  of  the 
Tacoma  and  Fern  Hill  Street  Railway  Company,  the 
assignee  thereof;  provided  that  the  said  Tacoma  and 
Puvallup  Railroad  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns, 
assumes  all  the  obligations  that  the  said  Randolph  F. 
Radebaugh,  his  associates,  successors  and  assigns,  as- 
sumed in  said  ordinance  No.  188,  and  all  the  conditions, 
reservations,  stipulations  and  restrictions  therein  con- 
tained, are  incorporated  with  and  made  part  hereof,  and 
the  city  of  Tacoma  hereby  reserves  unto  itself  all  the 
rights,  powers  and  privileges  and  reservations  contained 
in  said  ordinance  No.  188. 

Approved  September  17,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  203. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  George  F.  Orchard  and  his  associates,  their 
successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street 
railway  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Approved  June  5,  1888. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  216. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  St.  Paul  and  Tacoma  Lumber  Company 
the  right  and  privilege  to  construct  and  maintain  •  water  pipe  line's 
through,  under,  over,  across  and  along  certain  streets  in  the  city  of 

Tacoma. 

WHEREAS,  The  St.  Paul  and  Tacoma  Lumber  Com- 
pany, a  corporation  organized  and  existing  under  the 
laws  of  Washington  territory,  has  made  application  to 
the  corporate  authorities  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  the 
right  and  privilege  of  constructing  and  maintaining  water 
pipe  lines  through,  over  across  and  along  certain  streets 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  through  which  to  conduct  water 
to  the  premises  recently  purchased  by  it,  upon  which  it 
is  now  constructing  a  saw  mill;  now,  therefore, 

The  City   Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does   ordain 
as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  St.  Paul  and  Tacoma  Lum- 
ber Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  are  hereby 


424  ORDINANCE    NO.    216 — CoN. 

granted  the  right  and  privilege  to  construct,  repair  and 
maintain  such  water  pipe  lines  as  they  may  require 
through,  over,  across  and  along  the  following  named 
streets  in  the  city  of  Tacoina,  Washington  territory: 
East  M  street,  from  Wright  avenue  to  South  Twenty- 
ninth  street;  South  Twenty-ninth  street,  from  East  M 
street  to  East  L  street;  East  L  street,  from  South 
Twenty-  ninth  street  to  South  Twenty-sixth  street;  South 
Twenty-ninth  street,  from  East  H  Street  to  East  J 
street;  South  Twenty-eighth  street,  from  East  H  street 
to  East  J  street;  East  J  street,  from  South  Tenty-ninth 
street  to  South  Twenty-seventh  street;  South  Twenty- 
seventh  street,  from  East  J  street  to  East  L  street;  South 
Twenty-sixth  street,  from  East  K  street  to  East  L  street; 
East  K  street  from  South  Twenty-seventh  street  to  the 
northerly  limit  thereof,  and  to  connect  the  same  with  any 
reservoirs  or  supplies  of  water  along  the  line  of  said 
streets  which  the  said  company  may  now  own.  or  which 
it,  or  its  successors  or  assigns,  may  hereafter  acquire. 

SEC.  2.  That  in  laying,  constructing  or  repairing 
said  pipe  lines,  and  in  all  work  done  about  the  same,  the 
said  St.  Paul  and  Tacoma  Lumber  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors or  assigns,  shall,  at  the  time  said  work  is  done, 
and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  officers  of  said  city  having 
charge  and  supervision  of  the  public  highways  thereof, 
observe  the  requirements  of  the  general  ordinances  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  prescribing  the  manner  in  which  ex- 
cavations and  works  of  like  kind  in  the  public  highways 
of  said  city  shall  be  done. 

SEC.  3.  Whenever  the  establishment  of  grades, 
drains,  sewers  or  other  necessary  city  improvements  shall 
render  necessary  the  moving  of  the  said  water  pipes,  the 
St.  Paul  and  Tacoma  Lumber  Company,  its  successors 
or  assigns,  shall,  at  its  or  their  expense,  upon  five  days' 
written  notice  given  to  it  or  them  by  the  proper  city 
officers,  move  the  said  water  pipes  so  that  the  same  shall 
not  interfere  with  such  city  improvements;  and  upon  its 
or  their  failure  so  to  do,  then  the  said  city  officers  may 
move  the  same,  in  which  event  neither  the  city  nor  its 
officers  shall  be  liable  to  the  St.  Paul  and  Tacoma  Lum- 
ber Company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  for  damages  aris- 
ing from  such  removal. 

Approved  September  4,  1888. 


MKDINANCK    NO,    23?,  425 

ORDINANCE  NO.  237 

An  ordinance  granting  to  Henry  Villard,  Paul  Schulze,  J.  H\  Cunimings, 
Henry  Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ashton,  and  their  associates,  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  rail- 
way or  railways  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
conia,  Pierce  County,  Washington  Territory. 

T/ie    Cilv    Council  of  the    City  of    Tacoma  docs  ordain 
as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Henry  Villard,  Paul  Schulze,  J.  H.  Cu  mm  ings, 
Henry  Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ashton  and  their  asso- 
ciates, successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay  down, 
construct  and  equip,  maintain  and  operate,  a  single  or 
double  iron  or  steel  track  of  street  railway,  with 
switches,  turnouts,  side  tracks,  and  other  appliances 
necessary  for  the  operation  of  the  same,  on.  along,  over 
and  across  the  streets,  avenues  and  highways  in  the  city 
of  Tacoma  hereinafter  mentioned,  to-wit:  Upon  all 
streets,  avenues  and  highways  mentioned  in  ordinance 
No.  152,  entitled,  "An  ordinance  granting  to  Nelson 
Bennett  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns, 
the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon 
certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma." 
Also  from  the  intersection  of  Pacific  avenue  with  South 
26th  street,  easterly  on  South  26th  street  to  East  F 
street;  thence  upon  East  F  street  between  East  26th 
street  and  Puyallup  avenue;  and  upon 

South  26th  street;  also  on  Division  avenue  from  the  point 
where  it  intersects  Yakima  avenue,  southwesterly  along 
said  Division  avenue  as  the  same  now  is  or  may  be  here- 
after extended,  to  K  street;  Baker  street; 
South  Sixth  street;  also  on  2nd  street  in  the  First  ward 
west  to  Carr  street  in  said  ward;  *  *  on  A 

street  between  llth  and  14th  streets;  thence  on  Jeffer- 
son street  to  its  intersection  with  South  15th  street;  and 
thence  on  South  15th  street  to  Pacific  avenue;  E  street 
.from  its  junction  with  Jefferson  street  to  South  27th 
street;  thence  west  on  South  27th  street  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  Yakima  avenue;  *  South  llth 
street  as  it  now  exists  or  may  be  hereafter  extended  from 
A  street  west  to  O  street;  "South  13th  street 
from  A  street  to  K  street;  Starr  street  in  the  First  ward 
from  its  northern  terminus  to  a  junction  with  North  G 
street;  South  14th  street  from  A  street  to  Pacific  avenue; 


426  ORDINANCE  NO.  273 — cotf. 

provided,  however,  that  within  twelve 
months  after  the  passage  and  approval  of  this  ordinance 
the  said  persons,  and  their  associates,  successors  and  as- 
signs, shall  file  with  the  city  clerk  of  the  said  city  of  Ta- 
coma,  a  written  or  printed  notice  designating*  and  select- 
ing four  (4)  of  the  eight  (8)  streets  hereinbefore  named 
and  referred  to  as  South  Seventh,  South  9th,  South  llth, 
South  13th  South  15th,  South  17th,  South  21st  and 
South  25th  streets,  upon  which  they  elect  to  construct, 
operate  and  maintain  street  railways  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  thereupon  all  rights 
and  privileges  to  use  any  of  said  eight  streets,  other 
than  the  four  so  selected  for  any  of  the  purposes  men- 
tioned in  this  ordinance,  shall  absolutely  cease  and  ter- 
minate, it  being  the  intention  of  this  ordinance  to  grant 
the  rights  and  privileges  in  this  ordinance  named,  on  but 
four  of  said  eight  streets,  and  to  allow  the  said  persons, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  to  make  selection  thereof. 
(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1045  ) 

SEC.  2.  There  is  further  granted  to  the  said  per- 
sons, their  associates,  successors  and  assigns;  the  right 
to  construct  and  maintain  on,  along  and  over  the  streets, 
avenues  and  highways  hereinbefore  mentioned  and  re- 
ferred to,  any  road-bed  tunnels,  poles,  wires  and  all 
other  appliances  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  running  or 
operating  a  cable  or  electric  line  of  railway,  and  conduct- 
ing power  to  operate  any  railway  or  railways  construct- 
ed on  said  streets,  avenues  and  highways,  whether  such 
power  be  conducted  by  means  of  cable,  electricity  or 
other  motive  power;  provided  that  no  locomotive  or  en- 
gine propelled  by  steam  shall  ever  be  used  upon  any  of 
said  several  lines  of  railway  or  any  part  thereof,  except 
by  consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained;  and  pro- 
vided further  that  nothing*  in  this  section  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  permit  the  said  grantees,  their  successors 
and  assigns,  to  erect  poles  or  other  supports  upon  any 
street,  avenue  or  highway,  for  the  purpose  of  using  elec- 
tricity as  a  motive  power  outside  of  a  line  fourteen  inches 
from  the  outer  line  of  sidewalk  or  sidewalks. 

SEC.  3.  The  construction  of  said  lines  of  railway 
shall  be  commenced  within  three  (3)  months  from  the 
date  this  ordinance  takes  effect,  and  at  least  two  (2) 
miles  of  such  railway  system,  ten  thousand  feet  of  which 
shall  be  cable,  in  addition  to  that  already  completed  and 


6RDINANCE   NO.    237 — CON.  427 

in  operation,  shall  be  completed  and  in  operation  within 
one  (1)  year  from  the  date  this  ordinance  shall  take 
effect,  and  not  less  than  one  (1)  mile  of  such  railway  sys- 
tem shall  be  completed  and  in  operation  each  year  after 
said  one  (1)  year  for  six  (6)  consecutive  years,  provided 
that  any  excess  of  mileage  built  in  any  one  year  over 
the  one  mile  required  to  be  built  shall  apply  upon  the 
mileage  required  for  the  succeeding-  years.  (See  Ordi- 
nance No.  278.) 

SEC.  4.  For  the  purpose  of  constructing-  or  repair- 
ing- said  railways,  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  for 
a  long-er  period  than  thirty  (30)  working-  days,  provided, 
however,  that  the  city  council  may,  in  its  discretion,  ex- 
tend the  time;  and  the  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  so 
laid  that  carriag-es  and  other  vehicles  can  with  the  least 
obstruction  possible  cross  the  same,  and  nothing-  in  this 
ordinance  nor  in  any  of  the  privileg-es  granted  hereby 
shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  municipal  authorities 
from  grading-,  paving-,  sewering,  planking-,  macadamiz- 
ing-, improving-,  altering-  or  repairing-  any  of  the  streets 
over  and  along-  which  the  privileg-e  of  constructing-  and 
maintaining-  a  railway  is  granted  by  this  ordinance,  but 
all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer  as  little  ob- 
struction as  possible  to  the  the  passag-e  of  cars,  and  the 
owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the  privilege 
of  raising-  or  shifting-  the  rails,  or  otherwise  changing-  the 
roadbed  and  appliances  of  said  railway  so  as  to  avoid  as 
much  as  possible  liability  to  obstruction  during*  the  pro- 
gress of  street  repairing,  improving-  or  altering-. 

SEC.  5.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid 
upon  the  uniform  and  official  grade  of  the  streets,  ave- 
nues and  highways  aforesaid  wherever  the  same  are  es- 
tablished and  graded  by  the  municipal  authorities,  and  the 
space  between  the  rails  of  said  railway  shall  be  planked, 
macadamized  or  otherwise  paved,  and  the  owner  or  own- 
ers of  said  railway  shall  maintain  the  said  planking-  or 
paving-  so  constructed,  whenever  the  same  shall  be  re- 
quired, in  g-ood  repair  the  entire  leng-th  of  said  railway, 
and  whenever  it  becomes  necessary  for  the  lines  of  said 
railway  to  cross  any  stream,  ravine  or  railway  track, 
within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  the  grantees  herein,  and  their 
associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  are  hereby 
granted  the  right  to  make  such  crossing  by  means  of 
gjeyated  structures,  bridges,  cutsancl  underground  cross/? 


428  ORDINANCE  NO.  237 — <:ON. 

ing's  or  tunnels,  the  same  to  be  constructed,  made, 
erected  or  driven,  in  accordance  with  specifications  to  be 
approved  by  the  city  council. 

SEC.  6.  In  the  event  of  the  construction  or  opera- 
tion of  said  railways  being1  prevented  or  interrupted  by 
injunction  or  leg*al  process,  or  by  the  action  of  the  ele- 
ments or  other  action  beyond  the  control  of  man,  the 
period  of  such  interruption,  or  during1  the  time  the  con- 
struction or  operation  of  the  same  is  prevented  as  afore- 
said, shall  not  be  considered  in  the  time  hereinbefore 
mentioned,  but  the  time  of  all  such  delay  and  interrup- 
tion shall  be  expressly  excepted  and  deducted  from  the 
time  hereinbefore  specified,  within  which  certain  parts 
of  said  railway  must  be  constructed  and  in  operation. 

SEC.  7.  The  equipment  of  said  railways  and  all 
appliances  used  in  the  operation  thereof  shall  be  first- 
class  in  every  particular  and  the  rails  shall  be  a  flat  rail 
or  combination  rail,  and  all  materials  used  in  the  con- 
struction of  said  railways  shall  be  of  the  best  quality  and 
of  the  most  approved  pattern  and  device,  and  no  "T" 
rail  shall  hereafter  be  laid  on  any  part  of  said  line  or  lines 
except  by  consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained. 

SEC.  8.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  system  shall 
be  laid  upon  the  streets,  avenues  and  highways  aforesaid, 
so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  sewer,  g^as  and  water 
pipes,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  on  streets 
and  public  property  to  see  that  in  the  construction  of 
said  railways  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  ob- 
served and  carried  out.  The  aforesaid  grantees  herein, 
and  their  associates,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned 
all  the  rights  and  privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance 
unless  they  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage 
hereof,  file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  a  written  accep- 
tance of  the  privileges  hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the 
conditions  and  terms  herein  contained. 

SEC.  9.  The  failure  on  the  part  of  said  grantees, 
and  their  associates,  or  their  successors  and  assigns,  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  requiring" 
the  commencement  and  completion  of  the  construction 
and  operation  of  said  railways  and  portions  of  the  same 
at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  designated 
and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  council,  work  a 
forfeiture  of  the  rig'hts  and  privileges  hereby  conferred; 
hqwever,  that  when  a  track  is  laid  and  put  in 


ORDINANCE    NO.    278 — CON.  429 

operation  on  any  of  the  streets,  avenues  or  highways 
hereinbefore  mentioned  or  referred  to,  the  rights  and 
privileges  hereby  granted  on  such  streets,  avenues  or 
highways,  and  also  on  all  streets,  avenues  and  highways 
where  a  street  railway  is  now  being  operated,  shall  be 
exclusive  so  long  as  a  railway  shall  be  maintained  and 
operated  thereon  in  such  manner  as  to  furnish  reasonable 
and  proper  accommodation  to  the  public. 

SEC.  10.  The  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right  at 
-any  time  after  five  years  from  the  time  this  ordinance 
takes  effect,  to  impose  a  reasonable  license  upon  said 
railway  and  its  business,  provided  the  license  fee  to  be 
charged  shall  not  exceed  one  (1)  per  cent  each  year  for  a 
period  of  five  (5)  years  on  the  gross  earnings  of  said  rail- 
way or  railways.  After  ten  (10)  years  from  the  date 
this  ordinance  takes  effect  a  license  of  two  (2)  per  cent 
each  year  of  the  gross  earnings  of  said  railway  or  rail- 
ways may  be  imposed. 

SEC.  11.  The  fare  upon  said  railway  or  railways 
shall  not  exceed  five  cents  for  one  continuous  trip  one 
way  over  the  line  of  said  railway  for  each  passenger,  in- 
cluding ordinary  personal  hand  baggage. 

SEC.  12.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed 
for  running  the  cars  and  may  require  cars  to  be  run  at 
such  time  and  as  often  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  the  general  public. 

SEC.  13.  All  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred 
shall  expire  at  the  end  of  fifty  (50)  years  from  the  date 
this  ordinance  shall  take  effect,  provided,  however,  that 
the  rights  and  privileges  in  this  ordinance  granted  shall 
terminate  at  the  option  of  the  city  council  of  said  city 
at  the  expiration  of  twenty  (20)  years  from  the  date  this 
ordinance  takes  effect,  upon  all  streets,  avenues  and 
highways  and  upon  any  part  thereof  upon  which  rail- 
ways are  not  then  completed  and  in  operation. 

Approved  April  26th,  1889. 

(Transfer  to  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Co.,  rati- 
fied by  Ord.  278.) 


ORDINANCE    NO,    278. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  278. 

An  ordinance  ratifying,  confirming  and  granting  to  the  Tacoma  Rail- 
way and  Motor  Company,  as  assignee  of  Henry  Villard,  Paul  Schulze, 
J,  H.  Cummings,  Henry  Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ashton,  their  as- 
sociates, successors  and  assigns,  the  rights,  powers,  privileges  and 
franchises  granted  to  said  parties  and  their  associates,  successors 
and  assigns,  by  a  certain  ordinance  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  num- 
bered 237,  and  entitled,  ''An  ordinance  granting  to  Henry  Villard, 
Paul  Schulze,  J.  H,  Cummings,  Henry  Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James  M. 
Ashton,  and  their  associates,  successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to 
construct  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon  certain  streets  and  ave- 
nues in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  county,  Washington  Territory." 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of    Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows  : 

THAT,  WHEREAS,  The  city  council  of  said  city  did 
on  the  26th  day  of  April,  1889,  by  ordinance  No.  237, 
grant  to  Henry  Villard,  Paul  Schulze,  J.  H.  Cummings, 
Henry  Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ashton,  their  associ- 
ates, successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and 
operate  a  street  railway  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  in  Pierce  county,  Washington 
Territory,  which  ordinance  is  as  follows,  to-wit: 

"ORDINANCE  No.  237.  An  ordinance  granting  to 
Henry  Villard,  Paul  Schulze,  J.  H.  Cummings,  Henry 
Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ashton  and  their  associates, 
successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate 
a  street  railway  or  railways  upon  certain  streets  and 
avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  county,  Wash- 
ington Territory. 

'''The  City  Council  of  the    City  of    Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows: 

"SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Henry  Villard,  Paul  Schulze,  J.  H.  Cumming-s, 
Henry  Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ashton  and  their  asso- 
ciates, successors  and  assigns  the  right  to  lay, 
construct  and  equip,  maintain  and  operate,  a  single  or 
double  iron  or  steel  track  of  street  railway,  with 
switches,  turnouts,  side  tracks,  and  other  appliances 
necessary  for  the  operation  of  the  same,  on,  along,  over 
and  across  the  streets,  avenues  and  highways  in  the  city 
of  Tacoma  hereinafter  mentioned,  to-wit:  Upon  all 
streets,  avenues  and  highways  mentioned  in  ordinance 
No.  152,  entitled,  "An  ordinance  granting  to  Nelson 
Bennett  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns, 


ORDINANCE   NO.    278 — CON. 

the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon 
certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma." 
Also  from  the  intersection  of  Pacific  avenue  with  South 
Twenty-sixth  street,  easterly  on  said  Twenty-sixth  street 
to  East  F  street;  *  thence  upon  East  F  street 

between  East  Twenty-sixth  street  and  Puyallup  avenue; 

and  upon  South  Thirty-sixth  street;  also  on 
Division  avenue  from  the  point  where  it  intersects  Yak- 
ima  avenue,  southwesterly  along  said  Division  avenue  as 
the  same  now  is  or  may  be  hereafter  extended,  to  K 
street;  Baker  street;  *  *  *  South  Sixth  street; 

also  on  Second  street  in  the  Pirst  ward  west  to  Carr 
street  in  said  ward;  *  *  *  *  on  A  street  between 
Eleventh  and  Fourteenth  streets;  thence  on  Jefferson 
street  to  its  intersection  with  South  Fifteenth  street  to 
Pacific  avenue;  E  street  from  its  junction  with  Jefferson 
street  to  South  Twenty-seventh  street;  thence  west  on 
South  Twenty-seventh  street  to  its  intersection  with 
Yakima  avenue;  South  Eleventh  street  as  it 

now  exists  or  may  be  hereafter  extended  from  A  street 
west  to  O  street;  South  Thirteenth  street  from  A  street 
to  K  street;  Starr  street  in  the  Pirst  ward  from  its  north- 
ern terminus  to  a  junction  with  North  G  street;  South 
Fourteenth  street  from  A  to  Pacific  avenue; 

provided,  however,  that  within  twelve 
months  from  the  passage  and  approval  of  this  ordinance 
the  said  persons,  and  their  associates,  successors  or  as- 
signs, shall  file  with  the  city  clerk  of  the  said  city  of  Ta- 
coma, a  written  or  printed  notice  designating  and  select- 
ing four  (4)  of  the  eight  (8)  streets  hereinbefore  named 
and  referred  to  as  South  Seventh,  South  Ninth,  South 
Eleventh,  South  Thirteenth,  South  Fifteenth,  South 
Seventeenth,  South  Twenty-first  and  South  Twenty- 
fifth  streets,  upon  which  they  elect  to  construct,  op- 
erate and  maintain  street  railways  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  thereupon  all  rights, 
and  privileges  to  use  any  of  said  eight  streets,  other 
than  the  four  so  selected  for  any  of  the  purposes  men- 
tioned in  this  ordinance,  shall  absolutely  cease  and  ter- 
minate, it  being  the  intention  of  this  ordinance  to  grant 
the  rights  and  privileges  in  this  ordinance  named,  on  but 
four  of  said  eight  streets,  and  to  allow  the  said  persons,, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  to  make  selection  thereof. 
(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1044.) 


432  ORDINANCE   NO.    278  —  CON. 


2.  There  is  further  granted  to  the  said  per- 
sons'and  their  associates,  successors  and  assigns;  the  right 
to  construct  and  maintain  on,  along*  and  over  the  streets, 
uvenues  and  highways  hereinbefore  mentioned  and  re- 
ferred to,  any  road-bed,  tunnels,  poles,  wires  and  all 
other  appliances  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  running-  and 
operating-  a  cable  or  electric  line  of  railway,  and  conduct- 
ing power  to  operate  any  railway  or  railways  construct- 
ed on  said  streets,  avenues  and  highways,  whether  such 
power  be  conducted  by  means  of  cable,  electricity  or 
other  motive  power;  provided  that  no  locomotive  or  en- 
gine propelled  by  steam  shall  ever  be  used  on  any  of 
said  several  lines  of  railway  or  any  part  thereof,  except 
by  consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained;  and  pro- 
vided further  that  nothing-  in  this  section  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  permit  the  said  grantees,  their  successors 
and  assigns,  to  erect  poles  or  other  supports  upon  any 
street,  avenue  or  highway,  for  the  purpose  of  using  elec- 
tricity as  a  motive  power  outside  of  a  line  fourteen  inches 
from  the  outer  line  of  sidewalk  or  sidewalks. 

"SEC.  3.  The  construction  of  said  lines  of  railwav 
shall  be  commenced  within  three  months  from  the  date 
that  said  ordinance  No.  237  took  effect,  and  at  least  two 
miles  of  said  railway  system,  in  addition  to  that  com- 
pleted and  in  operation,  at  the  date  ordinance  No.  237 
took  effect,  shall  be  completed  within  one  year  from 
rsaid  date,  and  not  less  than  one  mile  of  said  railway  sys- 
tem shall  be  completed  and  in  operation  each  year  after 
tsaid  one  year  for  six  consecutive  years,  provided  that 
•any  excess  of  mileage  built  in  any  one  year  over 
the  mile  required  to  be  built  shall  apply  upon  the 
mileage  required  for  the  succeeding  years,  except  the 
lines  hereinafter  provided  to  be  built;  and,  provided  fur- 
ther, that  this  ordinance  is  granted  upon  the  express 
condition  that  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company 
shall,  within  ten  days  after  the  approval  of  this  ordi- 
nance, file  with  the  city  clerk  a  written  acceptance  of  the 
same,  and  an  election  of  the  four  streets  of  the  agreed 
streets  described  in  ordinance  No.  237  as  South  7tht 
South  9th,  South  llth,  South  13th,  South  15th,  South 
17th,  South  21st  and  South  25th  streets,  they  elect  to 
take  under  the  terms  of  said  ordinance,  and  a  release  of 
all  claims  to  the  remaining-  four  of  the  streets  aforesaid; 
and,  provided  further,  that  the  Tacoma  Railway  and 


ORDINANCE   NO,    278 — CON.  432 

Motor  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  shall,  within? 
six  months  after  the  approval  of  this  ordinance,  build 
from  Pacific  avenue  directly  up  one  of  the  four  streets  so* 
elected  a  double  track  cable  or  electric  street  railway,  as- 
far  west  as  K  street,  and  operate  the  same  successfully 
and  safely,  giving1  full  and  complete  service  thereon,  and 
shall  each  year  for  three  successive  years  after  October 
1,  1890,  build  from  Pacific  avenue  directly  up  one  of  the 
four  streets  of  said  four   streets    so  selected   a   double 
track  cable  or  electric  streeb  railway  as  far  west  as  KI 
street,  and  operate  the   same   successfully  and   safely,, 
giving"  full  and  complete  service  thereon,  and  within  one 
year  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  build  and  ope- 
rate six  miles  of  electric  or  cable  railway  in  addition  to> 
that  already  constructed,  and  on  streets  over  which  no 
lines  are  now  constructed,  and  shall  in  addition,  withira 
six  months  from    the   passage  of  this   ordinance,  build,, 
equip  and  operate  an  electric  street  railway  on  Tacoma. 
avenue  from  its  intersection  with  Division  avenue  to  South 
27th  street;  and,  provided  further,  that  if  said  Tacoma, 
Railway  and  Motor  Company  fails  to  comply  with  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this   ordinance,  then  said   company 
shall  be  subject  to  all  the   provisions  and  conditions  irr 
the  said  ordinances  Nos.  237  and  278,  as  aforesaid;  and 
the  city  council  reserves  the  right  to  forfeit  all  the  rights* 
franchises  and  privileges  herein  granted. 
(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  313.) 
4  'SEC.  4.     For  the  purpose  of  constructing-  or  repair- 
ing-   said    railways,     no    street  shall  be  obstructed  for 
a  long-er  period  than  thirty  (30)  working-  days,  provided, 
however,  that  the  city  council  may,  in  its  discretion,  ex- 
tend the  time;  and  the  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  so> 
laid    that    carriag-es   and    vehicles   can    with    the    least 
obstruction  possible  cross  the  same,  and  nothing-  in  this, 
ordinance  nor  in  any  of  the  privileges  granted   hereby 
shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  municipal  authorities, 
from  grading-,   paving-,  sewering-,  planking-,  macadamiz- 
ing-, improving,  altering-  or  repairing  any  of  the  streets, 
over  and  along  which  the  privilege  of  constructing  and 
maintaining  a  railway  is  granted  by  this  ordinance,  but 
all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer  as  little  ob- 
struction  as   possible   to   the   passage  of  cars,  and  the 
owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the  privilege 
of  raising  or  shifting  the  rails,  or  otherwise  changing  the 


434  ORDINANCE    NO.    278 — CON. 

roadbed  and  appliances  of  said  railway  so  as  to  avoid  as 
much  as  possible  liability  to  obstruction  during"  the  pro- 
gress of  street  repairing",  improving*  or  altering, 

"SEC.  5.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid 
upon  the  uniform  and  official  grade  of  the  streets,  ave- 
nues and  highways  aforesaid  wherever  the  same  are  es- 
tablished and  graded  bv  the  municipal  authorities,  and  the 
space  between  the  rails  of  said  railway  shall  be  planked, 
macadamized  or  otherwise  paved,  and  the  owner  or  own- 
ers of  said  railway  shall  maintain  the  planking  or 
paving  so  constructed,  whenever  the  same  shall  be  re- 
quired, in  good  repair  the  entire  length  of  said  railway, 
whenever  it  becomes  necessary  for  the  lines  of  said 
railway  to  cross  any  stream,  ravine  or  railway  track, 
within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  the  grantees  herein,  and  their 
associates,  therr  successors  and  assigns,  are  hereby 
.granted  the  right  to  make  such  crossing  by  means  of 
elevated  structures,  bridges,  cuts  and  underground  cross- 
ings or  tunnels,  the  same  to  be  constructed,  made, 
•erected  or  driven,  in  accordance  with  specifications  to  be 
approved  by  the  city  council. 

"SEC.  6.  In  the  event  of  the  construction  or  opera- 
tion of  said  railways  being  prevented  or  interrupted  by 
injunction  or  legal  process,  or  by  the  action  of  the  ele- 
ments or  other  action  beyond  the  control  of  man,  the 
period  of  such  interruption,  or  during  the  time  the  con- 
struction or  operation  of  the  same  is  prevented  as  afore- 
said, shall  not  be  considered  in  the  time  hereinbefore 
mentioned,  but  the  time  of  all  such  delay  and  interrup- 
tion shall  be  expressly  excepted  and  deducted  from  the 
time  hereinbefore  specified,  within  which  certain  parts 
of  said  railway  must  be  constructed  and  in  operation. 

"SEC.  7.  The  equipment  of  said  railways  and  all 
appliances  used  in  the  operation  thereof  shall  be  first- 
class  in  every  particular  and  the  rails  shall  be  a  flat  rail 
or  combination  rail,  and  all  materials  used  in  the  con- 
struction of  said  railways  shall  be  of  the  best  quality  and 
of  the  most  improved  pattern  and  device,  and  no  "T" 
rail  shall  hereafter  be  laid  on  any  part  of  said  line  or  lines 
except  by  consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained. 

"SEC.  8.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  system  shall 
be  laid  upon  the  streets,  avenues  and  highways  aforesaid, 
-so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  sewer,  gas  and  water 
pipes,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  on  streets 


ORDINANCE   NO     278 — CON 

and  public  property  to  see  that  in  the  construction  of 
•said  railways  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  ob- 
served and  carried  out.  The  aforesaid  grantees  herein, 
and  their  associates,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned 
all  rights  and  privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance 
unless  they  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage 
hereof,  file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  a  written  accep- 
tance of  the  privileges  hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the 
conditions  and  terms  herein  contained. 

"SEC.  9.  The  failure  on  the  part  of  said  grantees, 
and  their  associates,  or  their  successors  and  assigns,  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  regarding 
the  commencement  and  completion  of  the  construction 
and  operation  of  said  railways  and  portions  of  the  same 
at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  designated 
and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  council,  work  a 
forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred; 
provided,  however,  that  when  a  track  is  laid  and  put  in 
operation  on  any  of  the  streets,  avenues  or  highways 
hereinbefore  mentioned  or  referred  to,  the  rights  and 
privileges  hereby  granted  on  such  streets,  avenues  and 
highways  where  a  street  railway  is  now  being  operated, 
shall  be  exclusive  so  long  as  a  railway  shall  be  main- 
tained and  operated  thereon  in  such  manner  as  to  furnish 
reasonable  and  proper  accommodation  to  the  public. 

"SEC.  10.  The  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right 
at  any  time  after  five  years  from  the  time  this  ordinance 
takes  effect  to  impose  a  reasonable  license  upon  said  rail- 
way and  its  business;  provided  the  license  fee  to  be 
charged  shall  not  exceed  one  (1)  per  cent  each  year  for  a 
period  of  five  years  on  the  gross  earnings  of  said  rail- 
way or  railways.  After  ten  (10)  years  from  date  this 
ordinance  takes  effect  a  license  fee  of  two  (2)  per  cent 
each  year  of  the  gross  earnings  of  said  railway  or  rail- 
ways may  be  imposed, 

"Si^c.  11.  The  fare  upon  said  railway  or  railways 
shall  not  exceed  five  cents  for  one  continuous  trip  one- 
way over  the  line  of  said  railway  for  each  passenger,  in 
eluding-  ordinary  personal  hand  baggage. 

"SEC.  12.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed 
for  running  the  cars,  and  may  require  cars  to  be  run  at 
such  time  and  as  often  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  the  general  public. 

"SEC.  13.  All  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred 
shall  expire  at  the  end  of  fifty  years  from  the  date  this 


ORDINANCE    NO.    278 — CON, 

ordinance  takes  effect;  provided,  however,  that  the  rights- 
and  privileges  in  this  ordinance  granted  shall  terminate 
at  the  option  of  the  city  council  of  said  city,  at  the  ex- 
piration of  twenty  (20)  years  from  the  date  this  ordi- 
nance takes  effect,  upon  all  streets,  avenues  and  high- 
ways and  any  part  thereof  upon  which  railways  are  not 
then  completed  and  in  operation. 

"Passed  the  city  council  April  23,  1889. 

"Approved  April  26,  1889. 

"HENRY  DRUM,  Mayor." 

AND,  WHEREAS,  The  above  named  parties,  the 
grantees  in  said  ordinance,  did  on  the  llth  day  of  June, 
1889,  by  instrument  in  writing-  duly  executed,  sell,  as- 
sign, transfer  and  set  over  unto  and  to  the  Tacoma  Rail- 
way and  Motor  Company,  a  corporation  created  and  ex-* 
isting  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  Territory 
of  Washington,  each  and  every  right,  power,  privilege 
and  franchise  granted,  given  and  conferred  to  them  by 
said  ordinance  No.  237;  and, 

WHEREAS,  By  the  terms  of  said  assignment  said 
company  covenanted  and  agreed  that  it  would  do  and 
perform  each  and  every  thing  that  by  said  ordinance  No. 
237  it  is  made  the  duty  or  made  the  obligation  of  the 
grantees  in  said  ordinance  to  do  and  perform.  Now, 
therefore, 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  hereby  or- 
dain as  follows: 

That  each  and  all  of  the  rights,  powers,  privileges 
and  franchises  heretofore  granted  to  the  said  Henry  Vil- 
lard,  Paul  Schulze,  J.  H.  Cummings,  Henry  Hewitt,  Jr., 
and  James  M.  Ashton,  and  their  associates,  successors 
and  assigns,  and  by  them  assigned  to  the  Tacoma  Rail- 
way and  Motor  Company,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
ratified,  confirmed  and  granted  to  the  said  Tacoma  Rail- 
way and  Motor  company,  to  the  same  extent  and  in  every 
respect  the  same  as  if  the  said  Tacoma  Railway  and! 
Motor  Company  had  been  the  grantee  in  said  ordinance 
No.  237,  instead  of  the  said  Henry  Villard,  Paul  Schulze,. 
J.  H.  Cummings,  Henry  Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ash- 
ton,  and  their  associates,  successors  and  assigns. 

Provided,  that  the  said  Tacoma,  Railway  and  Motor 
Company,  its  associates,  successors  and  assigns,  assume 


ORDINANCE   NO.    603. 

all  the  obligations  that  the  said  Henry  Villard,  Paul 
Schulze,  J.  H.  Cummingfs,  Henry  Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James, 
M.  Ashton,  their  associates,  successors  and  assigns,  as- 
sume in  said  ordinance  No.  237;  and  all  the  conditions, 
reservations,  stipulations  and  restrictions  therein  con- 
tained are  incorporated  herein  and  made  a  part  hereof* 
and  the  city  of  Tacoma  hereby  reserves  all  the  rights, 
powers,  privileges  and  restrictions  reserved  unto  itself 
in  said  ordinance  No.  237. 

Approved  September  21,  1889. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  603. 

An  ordinance  ratifying,  confirming  and  granting  to  the  Tacoma  Rail* 
way  and  Motor  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  the  right* 
franchise  and  privilege  to  construct,  operate  and  maintain  a  cable 
and  electric  line  of  street  railway  from  A  street  along  South  Elev- 
enth street  to  K  street;  thence  along  K  street  to  South  Thirteenth, 
street ;  thence  along  South  Thirteenth  street  to  A  street,  and  thence 
along  A  street  to  the  place  of  beginning,  known  as  the  "Loop 
Line." 

WHEREAS,  the  city  of  Tacoma  did,  on  April  8,  1890, 
grant  to  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company,  its, 
successors  and  as&igns,  the  right  to  construct  and  ope- 
rate cable  and  electric  street  railways  upon  certain 
streets  and  avenues  of  said  city,  under  and  by  virtue  of 
an  ordinance  of  said  city,  numbered  313,  duly  passed  and, 
approved  on  said  day,  entitled  as  follows,  towit: 

"An  ordinance  amending  section  3  of  ordinance  No, 
237,  as  the  same  is  contained  in  an  ordinance  numbered 
278,  and  entitled,  4An  ordinance  ratifying,  confirming 
and  granting  to  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Com-^ 
pany,  as  assignee  of  Henry  Villard,  Paul  Schulze,  J.  H, 
Cummings,  Henry  Hewitt,  Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ashton v 
and  their  associates,  successors  and  assigns,  the  rights* 
powers,  privileges  and  franchises  granted  to  said  Henry 
Villard,  Paul  Schulze,  J.  H.  Cummings,  Henry  Hewitt, 
Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ashton,  and  their  associates,  success- 
ors  and  assigns,  by  a  certain  ordinance  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma, numbered  237,'  and  entitled,  4An  ordinance  grant- 
ing to  Henry  Villard,  Paul  Schulze,  J.  H.  Cummings,, 
Henry  Hewitt.  Jr.,  and  James  M.  Ashton,  and  their  asso- 
ciates, successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and" 
operate  street  railway  or  railways  upon  certain  streets, 
and  avenues  in  the  city  ot  Tacoma,  Pierce  Countyv 
Washington  Territory;'"  and, 


438  ORDINANCE   NO.    603 — CON. 

WHEREAS,  On  April  11,  1890,  said  Tacoma  Railway 
and  Motor  Company  duly  accepted  the  said  ordinance, 
and  agreed  to  comply  with  the  conditions  and  provisions 
thereof;  and, 

WHEREAS,  On  April  18,  1890,  pursuant  to  the  pro- 
visions of  said  ordinance,  the  said  Tacoma  Railway  and 
Motor  Company  elected  to  take  and  select  South  Ninth, 
South  Eleventh,  South  Thirteenth  and  South  Fifteenth 
streets  as  the  four  streets  to  be  selected  by  it,  under  the 
terms  of  said  ordinance,  and  released  its  claims  to  the 
remaining"  four  of  the  eight  streets  mentioned  therein; 
and, 

WHEREAS,  On  September  13,  1890,  on  the  petition 
of  Henry  Drum  and  others,  the  said  city  of  Tacoma 
granted  to  said  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company 
permission  to  build,  construct  and  operate  a  "loop  line" 
of  cable  and  electric  railway  up  South  Eleventh  street 
from  A  street  to  K  street;  thence  down  K  street  to  South 
Thirteenth  street;  thence  down  South  Thirteenth  street 
to  A  street,  and  thence  up  A  street  to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning, instead  of  the  four  double-track  cable  or  electric 
lines  as  named  and  called  for  in  section  2  of  said  ordi- 
nance; and, 

WHEREAS.  The  said  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor 
"Company,  in  pursuance  of  said  change,  as  indicated  in 
said  petition,  and  in  the  order  and  resolution  granting 
the  same,  has  constructed  a  "loop  line"  of  cable  and  elec- 
tric railway,  and  are  now  operating  the  same  over  the 
streets  in  said  petition  designated,  and  the  same  has  been 
-accepted  by  said  city  of  Tacoma  as  a  compliance  with 
section  2  of  said  ordinance;  now,  therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  herby  granted  to 
the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company,  its  successors 
and  assigns,  the  right  to  build,  construct,  operate  and 
maintain  a  line  of  cable  and  electric  street  railway  from 
A  street  along  South  Eleventh  street  to  K  street;  thence 
along*  K  street  to  South  Thirteenth  street;  thence  along 
along  South  Thirteenth  street  to  A  street,  and  thence 
along  A  street  to  South  Eleventh  street,  giving  full  and 
complete  service  thereon. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  line  of  cable  and  electric  street 
railway  now  constructed  and  operated  over  the  streets 
described  in  section  1,  by  said  Tacoma  Railway  and 


ORDINANCES    NO   240. 

Motor  Company,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  declared  to 
be,  and  is  accepted  as  a  compliance  with  section  2  of  ordi- 
lauce  No.  313  of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  passed  and  ap- 
>roved  April  8,  1890,  and  entitled  as  hereinabove  de- 
;ribed,  and  a  compliance  with  the  resolution  of  the  city 
rouncil  of  said  city,  adopted  September,  13,  1890,  afore- 
said. 

SEC.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  not  be  construed  as 
in  any  manner  relieving-  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor 
Company  from  any  of  the  terms  or  conditions  required 
of  it  in  said  ordinance  No.  313,  except  as  to  those  provis- 
ions of  section  2,  said  ordinance,  relating1  to  the  con- 
struction of  double-track  cable  or  electric  railways  from 
Pacific  avenue  as  far  west  as  K  street,  on  the  streets 
therein  mentioned. 

Approved  February  15,  1892. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  240. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh.  his  associates, 
successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street 
railway  upon  certain  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of   Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  fol^vs: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh,  his  associates,  successors 
and  assigns,  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  upon  the  streets 
hereinafter  named,  the  right  to  lay  down  and  maintain  a 
single  or  double  iron  or  steel  track  with  proper  sidings 
to  operate  a  street  railway  thereon,  viz:  From  the  junc- 
tion of  Delin  and  C  streets  north  in  said  C  to  Adams 
street;  thence  along  said  Adams  street  to  Railroad  street, 
thence  along  Railroad  street  to  South  Ninth  street. 

SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  railway  on  Delin 
street  shall  begin  within  four  months  from  the  date  this 
ordinance  takes  effect  and  the  said  railway  shall  be  com- 
pleted and  in  operation  within  twelve  months  from  said 
date. 

SEC.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  laying  down  or  repair- 
ing such  railway,  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any 
one  place  for  a  greater  length  than  three  blocks  at  any 
one  time,  nor  for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  working 


440  ORDINANCE   NO-    240 — CON. 


days,  except  the  council  may,  at  its  discretion,  extend 
the  time  aforesaid.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall, 
upon  the  grade  of  said  streets  when  the  same  are  estab- 
lished and  graded,  be  so  laid  that  they  shall  not  be  ele- 
vated above  the  surface  of  the  streets  and  so  that  con- 
veyances and  other  vehicles  may  cross  the  same  with 
the  least  possible  obstruction,  and  so  that  they  shall  in 
nowise  interfere  with  the  sewer,  g*as  and  water  pipes 
upon  the  line  of  said  railway. 

SEC.  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  shall  be  of  the  most 
approved  construction,  provided  with  brakes  and  other 
necessary  appliances,  and  the  rails  shall  be  of  g-ood  iroa 
or  steel  to  be  approved  by  the  city  council  and  no  loco- 
motive or  eng-ine  propelled  by  steam  shall  ever  be  used 
upon  said  line  of  railway  or  any  part  thereof  except  by 
consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained. 

SEC.  5.  The  owners  or  lessees  of  said  railway 
shall,  when  directed  so  to  do  by  the  city,  for  the  whole 
width  of  said  railway  between  the  rails,  plank,  pave  or 
macadamize  that  portion  of  the  streets  or  avenues  along* 
or  over  which  the  said  railway  shall  be  laid,  and  shall 
maintain  the  same. 

SEC.  6.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed 
for  running*  the  cars  and  may  require  cars  to  be  run 
twelve  round  trips  each  day  on  all  completed  portions 
of  said  railway  after  one  mile  thereof  is  completed. 
No  car  shall  be  allowed  at  any  time  to  stop  or  remain 
upon  any  street  intersection.  The  fare  upon  said  rail- 
way over  the  whole  or  any  part  thereof  shall  not  exceed 
five  cents  for  each  passenger  including"  ordinary  personal 
hand  bag'gag'e.  And  the  said  Radebaugh  and  his  asso- 
ciates, their  successors  and  assigns  in  operating*  a  rail- 
road under  this  franchise  shall  receive  and  collect  as 
fares  in  lieu  of  money  such  transfer  tickets  issued  by  the 
Tacoma  and  Fern  Hill  Street  Railroad  Company  as  may 
be  presented  by  passeng-ers,  upon  the  condition  that  the 
transfer  tickets  issued  by  said  Radebaug-h  and  his  asso- 
ciates, their  successors  and  assigns,  shall  in  like  manner 
be  honored  and  received  and  collected  as  fares  in  lieu  of 
money  on  the  cars  of  the  Tacoma  and  Pern  Hill  Street 
Railroad  Companv;  provided  that  the  said  Tacoma  and 
Fern  Hill  Street  Railroad  Company  accept  the  conditions 
hereof  in  regard  to  fares.  Any  violation  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  section  shall  subject  the  owners  of  said  rail- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    240— CON,  441 

way  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  or  more  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  every  offense,  upon  conviction  thereof  be- 
fore any  court  having  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  7.  The  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right,  at 
any  time  after  three  years  from  the  beginning-  of  the 
operation  of  said  railway,  to  impose  a  reasonable  fee  to 
be  charged  on  the  business  of  said  railway  which  shall 
not  be  less  than  1  or  more  than  2  per  cent,  on  the  gross 
earnings  of  said  railway. 

SEC.  8.  The  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh,  his  as- 
sociates, successors  and  assigns,  shall  be  deemed  to  have 
abandoned  all  rights  and  privileges  conferred  by  this  or- 
dinance unless  they  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the 
passage  thereof,  file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  the 
written  acceptance  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby 
conferred  subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  herein 
contained. 

SEC.  9.  A  failure  on  the  part  of  the  said  Randolph 
F.  Radebaugh,  his  associates,  successors  and  assigns,  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  requiring* 
the  beginning,  construction  and  operation  of  said  rail- 
way, at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  desig- 
nated and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  council, 
•work  a  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby 
conferred. 

SEC.  10.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance,  nor  any  privi- 
leges granted  hereby,  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the 
municipal  authorities  from  grading,  paving,  seweiing, 
planking,  macademizing,  improving,  altering  or  repair- 
ing any  of  the  streets  over  which  the  privilege  of  con- 
structing a  railway  is  granted  by  this  ordinance,  or  upon 
which  any  railway  may  be  constructed  under  its  provis- 
ions; but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer  as 
little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passage  of  cars, 
and  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the 
privilege  of  raising  or  shifting  the  rails  so  as  to  avoid 
as  much  as  possible  the  liability  to  obstruction  during 
the  progress  of  street  repairing,  improving  or  altering. 

Approved  May  10,  1889. 

(Transfer  to  Tacoma  and  Puyallup  R.  R.  Co.  rati- 
fied by  Ord.  361.) 


442  ORDINANCE   NO,  361. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  361. 

An  ordinance  ratifying,  confirming  and  granting  to  the  Tacoma  &  Puy- 
allup  Railroad  Company,  as  assignee  of  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh,  the 
rights,  powers  and  privileges  and  franchises  granted  to  said  Randolph 
F.  Radebaugh,  his  associates,  their  successors  or  assigns,  by  a  cer- 
tain ordinance  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  entitled,  ''An  ordinance  grant- 
ing to  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  and  his  associates,  successors  and 
assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon  cer- 
tain streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Tacoma." 

"Ike   City  Council  of  the   City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows: 

THAT,  WHEREAS,  The  city  council  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma  did  on  the  4th  day  of  May,  1889,  g-rant  to  Ran- 
dolph P.  Radebaugh  and  his  associates,  their  successors 
and  assig~ns,  the  right  to  lay  down,  construct,  maintain 
and  operate  a  street  railway  upon  certain  streets  and 
avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  under  and  by  virtue  of 
the  terms  of  ordinance  No.  240  of  said  city,  which  ordi- 
nance is  as  follows,  to-wit: 

"ORDINANCE  No.  240. — An  ordinance  granting-  to 
Randolph  P.  Radebaugh,  his  associates,  successors  and 
assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  rail- 
way upon  certain  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  the  city 
of  Tacoma. 

' '  The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as 
follows : 

"SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Randolph  P.  Radebaugh,  his  associates,  successors 
and  assigns,  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  upon  the  streets 
hereinafter  named,  the  rig-fit  to  lay  down  and  maintain  a 
single  or  double  iron  or  steel  track,  with  proper  sidings 
to  operate  a  street  railway  thereon,  viz;  Prom  the  junc- 
tion of  Delin  and  C  streets  north  in  said  C  street  to 
Adams  street;  thence  along  said  Adams  street  to  Rail- 
road street;  thence  along  Railroad  street  to  South  Ninth 
street. 

"SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  railway  on  De- 
lin street  shall  begin  within  four  months  from  the  date 
this  ordinance  takes  effect,  and  the  said  railway  shall  be 
completed  and  in  operation  within  twelve  months  from 
said  date. 

"SEC.  3.  Por  the  purpose  of  laying  down  or  re- 
pairing such  railwa}',  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at 


ORDINANCE   NO.    361 — CON,  443, 

any  one  place  for  greater  length  than  three  blocks  at  any 
one  time,  nor  for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  working- 
days,  except  the  council  may  at  its  discretion  extend  the 
time  aforesaid.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  up- 
on the  grade  of  said  streets  when  the  same  are  estab- 
lished and  graded  be  so  laid  that  they  shall  not  be  ele- 
vated above  the  surface  of  the  streets,  and  so  that  con- 
veyances and  other  vehicles  may  cross  the  same  with  the 
least  possible  obstruction,  and  so  that  they  shall  in  no 
wise  interfere  with  the  sewer,  gas  and  water  pipes  upon 
the  line  of  said  railway. 

"SEC.  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  shall  be  of  the  most 
approved  construction,  provided  with  brakes  and  other 
necessar}^  appliances,  and  the  rails  shall  be  of  good  iron 
or  steel  to  be  approved  by  the  city  council,  and  no  loco- 
motive or  engine  propelled  by  steam  shall  ever  be  used 
upon  said  line  of  railway,  or  any  part  thereof,  except  by 
consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained. 

"SEC.  5.  The  owners  or  lessees  of  said  railway 
shall,  when  directed  so  to  do  by  the  city,  for  the  whole 
width  of  said  railway  between  the  rails,  and  for  the 
width  of  two  feet  outside  of  said  rails,  plank,  pave  or 
macadamize  and  keep  in  repair,  all  that  portion  of  the 
streets  or  avenues  along  or  over  which  the  said  railway 
shall  be  laid;  and,  in  case  of  a  double  track  or  sidings, 
to  also,  when  directed  to  do  so  by  the  city,  properly 
plank,  pave  or  macadamize  and  keep  in  repair,  all  that 
portion  of  said  street  or  avenue  lying  between  the  two 
tracks. 

"SEC.  6.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed 
for  running  the  cars,  and  may  require  cars  to  be  run 
twelve  round  trips  each  day  on  all  completed  portions  of 
said  railway  after  one  mile  thereof  is  completed.  No 
car  shall  be  allowed  at  any  time  to  stop  or  remain  upon 
any  street  intersection.  The  fare  upon  said  railway 
over  the  whole  or  any  part  thereof  shall  not  exceed  five 
cents  for  each  passenger,  including  ordinary  personal 
hand  baggage,  and  the  said  Radebaugh  and  his  asso- 
ciates, their  successors  and  assigns,  in  operating  a  rail- 
road under  this  franchise  shall  receive  and  collect  fares 
in  lieu  of  money  such  transfer  tickets  issued  by  the  Ta- 
coma  and  Fern  Hill  street  railroad  company  as  may  be 
presented  by  passengers  upon  the  conditions  that  the 
transfer  tickets  issued  by  said  Radebaugh  and  his  asso- 


444  ORDINANCE   NO.    361 — CON. 

elates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  shall  in  like  manner 
be  honored  and  received  and  collected  as  fares  in  lieu  of 
money  on  the  cars  of  the  Tacoma  and  Pern  Hill  Street 
Railroad  Company;  provided  that  the  said  Tacoma  and 
Fern  Hill  Street  Railroad  Company  accept  the  conditions 
hereof  in  regard  to  fares.  Any  violation  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  section  shall  subject  the  owners  of  said  rail- 
way to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  every  offense,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
before  any  court  having  jurisdiction. 

"SEC.  7.  The  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right  at 
any  time  after  three  years  from  the  beginning  of  the  op- 
eration of  said  railway  to  impose  a  reasonable  license  fee 
to  be  charged  upon  the  business  of  said  railway,  which 
shall  not  be  less  than  one  or  more  than  two  per  cent  on 
the  gross  earnings  of  said  railway. 

"SEC.  8.  The  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh,  his 
associates,  successors  and  assigns,  shall  be  deemed  to 
have  abandoned  all  rights  and  privileges  conferred  by 
this  ordinance  unless  they  shall,  within  thirty  days  after 
the  passage  thereof,  file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk 
the  written  acceptance  of  the  rights  and  privileges  here- 
by conferred,  subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  herein 
contained. 

"SEC.  9.  A  failure  on  the  part  of  the  said  Ran- 
dolph F.  Radebaugh,  his  associates,  their  successors  and 
assigns,  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
requiring  the  beginning,  construction  and  operation  of 
said  railway,  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore 
designated  and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the 
council,  work  a  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privileges 
hereby  conferred. 

"SEC.  10.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance,  nor  any  privi- 
leges granted  hereby,  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the 
municipal  authorities  from  grading,  paving,  sewering, 
planking,  macademizing,  improving,  altering  or  repair- 
ing any  of  the  streets,  over  which  the  privilege  of  con- 
structing a  railway  is  grranted  by  this  ordinance,  or 
upon  which  any  railway  may  be  constructed  under  its 
provisions;  but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer 
as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passage  of  cars, 
and  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the 
privilege  of  raising  or  shifting  the  rails  so  as  to  avoid 


ORDINANCE    NO.    361 — CON. 

as  much  as  possible  the  liability  to  obstruction  [during 
the  progress  of  street  repairing,    improving  or  altering. 

"Passed  by  the  city  council  May  4,  1889. 

"Delivered  to  the  mayor  for  approval  May  9,    1889. 

"Approved  May  10,   1889. 

"HENRY  DRUM,  Mayor. 
Attest:     WM.  J.  MEADE,   City  Clerk. 

"AND,  WHEREAS,  The  said  Randolph  F.  Rade- 
baug'h,  for  himself  and  his  associates,  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  city  clerk  their  written  acceptance  of  the  rights 
and  privileges  by  said  ordinance  conferred,  of  which  the 
following  is  a  copy:  'The  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh, 
his  associates,  successors  and  assigns,  hereby  accept  the 
rights  and  privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance  subject 
to  the  terms  and  conditions  therein  contained. 

'"RANDOLPH  F.  RADEBAUGH, 

' '  For  himself  and  associates. 
"'Dated  Tacoma,  W.  T.,  May  27,   1889." 

AND,  WHEREAS,  At  the  time  of  said  grant  said 
Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  was  the  only  person  receiving* 
and  accepting  said  ordinance  and  its  terms  and  there 
was  no  other  person  referred  to  by  the  word  "associ- 
ates" in  said  ordinance;  and 

WHEREAS,  The  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  be- 
ing then  the  sole  owner  of  said  franchise  and  the  only 
person  entitled  to  hold  and  exercise  the  powers,  rights 
and  franchises  thereby  conferred,  did  on  the  17th  day  of 
April,  1890,  by  assignment  in  writing  duly  executed  for 
a  good  and  valuable  consideration  sell,  assign,  transfer 
and  set  over  unto  the  Tacoma  &  Puyallup  Railroad 
Company,  a  corporation  created  under  the  laws  of 
Washington  Territory,  and  existing  and  doing*  business 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Washington,  and  unto 
its  successors  and  assigns,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest 
in  and  to  said  franchise,  including  the  powers,  rights 
and  privileges  hereinbefore  mentioned;  and 

WHEREAS,  On  the  10th  day  of  May,  1890,  at  the 
request  of  the  said  Tacoma  &  Puyallup  Railroad  Com- 
pany, the  city  council  adopted  a  resolution  extending  the 
time  for  the  completion  and  operation  of  said  railroad 
until  the  30th  day  of  July,  1890;  and 


446  ORDINANCE   NO,    361 — CON. 

WHEREAS,  It  is  deemed  necessary  and  expedient 
that  said  transfer  be  ratified  and  confirmed  by  the  city 
council  of  said  city  in  order  that  the  said  Tacoma  &  Puy- 
allup  Railroad  Company  may  receive,  hold  and  enjoy  all 
the  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  granted  to 
the  said  Randolph  F.  Radebaugh  and  his  associates, 
their  successors  and  assigns,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the 
terms  of  said  ordinance  to  the  same  extent  in  every  re- 
spect as  if  said  company  had  been  the  grantee  thereof; 
wherefore, 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as 
follows  : 

That  each  and  all  of  the  rights,  powers,  privileges 
and  franchises  heretofore  and  by  said  ordinance  No.  240 
granted  to  the  said  Randolph  P.  Radebaugh  and  his  as- 
sociates, their  successors  and  assigns,  and  by  him  as- 
signed to  the  Tacoma  &  Puyallup  Railroad  Company, 
be  and  the  same  are  hereby  ratified,  confirmed  and  grant- 
ed to  the  said  Tacoma  &  Puyallup  Railroad  Company, 
as  if  the  said  Tacoma  &  Puyallup  Railroad  Company 
had  been  the  grantee  in  said  ordinance  No.  240  instead  of 
said  Randolph  P.  Radebaugh,  his  associates,  their  suc- 
cessors and  assigns. 

Provided  that  said  Tacoma  &  Puyallup  Railroad 
Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  assume  all  the  ob- 
ligations that  the  said  Randolph  P.  Radebaugh,  his  as- 
sociates, successors  and  assigns,  assumed  in  said  ordi- 
nance No.  240,  and  all  the  conditions,  reservations,  stip- 
ulations and  restrictions  therein  contained  are  incorpo- 
rated and  made  part  hereof,  subject  to  said  resolution  of 
the  city  council,  and  the  city  of  Tacoma  hereby  reserves 
unto  itself  all  the  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  reser- 
vations contained  in  said  ordinance  No.  240,  subject  to 
said  resolution. 

Approved  September  17,  1890. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    262. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  262 

An  ordinance  granting-  Horatio  C.  Clement  and  his  associates,  their 
successors  and  assigns, the  right  to  construct  a  street  railway  upon 
certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Washington 
Territory. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does   ordain 
as  follows : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Horatio  C.  Clement,  and  his  associates,  their  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  upon 
the  streets  and  avenues  hereinafter  named,  the  right  to 
lay  down  and  maintain  a  single  or  double  iron  or  steel 
track,  with  proper  sidings,  and  to  operate  an  electric  or 
other  motive  power  street  railway  thereon,  for  the  period 
of  fifty  years  from  date  hereof;  and  also  along  said 
streets  when  necessary,  to  erect  poles  and  string  wires 
thereon  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  electricity  to  oper- 
ate said  railroad.  Commencing  on  Twenty-seventh 
street  at  its  intersection  with  Yakima  avenue,  thence 
westerly  on  said  Twenty-seventh  street  to  I  street, 
thence  southerly  on  I  street  to  Center  street,  thence 
westerly  on  Center  street  to  the  city  limits,  thence 
southerly  on  Walnut  street  to  its  intersection  with 
Montgomery  street.  Also  on  North  street  from  its  in- 
tersection with  Yakima  avenue  and  westerly  to  I  street. 
When  either  North  street  or  Twenty-seventh  streets  are 
built  upon,  the  franchise  upon  the  others  becomes  void. 

Provided:  That  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  prevent  the  said  Horatio  C.  Clement,  his 
associates,  their  successor  and  assigns,  from  erecting 
said  poles  or  other  structures  upon  said  streets  or  avenues 
for  the  purpose  of  using  electricity  as  a  motive  power  for 
the  operation  of  said  road,  outside  of  a  line  fourteen 
inches  from  the  outer  line  of  the  sidewalk  or  sidewalks 
along  said  streets  or  avenues.  And  no  steam  motor  shall 
ever  be  used  upon  any  of  the  streets  or  avenues  for 
which  this  franchise  is  granted  except  by  consent  of  the 
city  council  first  obtained. 

SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  railway  on  said 
streets  shall  begin  within  three  months  from  the  date 
this  ordinance  takes  effect,  and  the  entire  road  shall  be 
built  and  in  operation  within  twelve  months  from  said 
date. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    262 — CON. 

SEC.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  laying-  down  or  repair- 
ing- said  railway  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any 
time  or  place  for  a  greater  length  than  three  blocks,  nor 
for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  working-  days,  except 
that  the  city  council  may.  at  its  discretion,  extend  the 
time  aforesaid.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall,  upon 
graded  streets,  when  the  same  are  graded,  be  so  laid  that 
they  shall  not  be  elevated  above  the  surface  of  the  street, 
so  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  may  pass  over  and 
across  the  same  with  the  least  possible  obstruction,  and 
so  that  they  shall  in  no  way  interfere  with  the  use  of 
said  streets. 

SEC.  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  on  said  railway  shall 
be  of  the  most  approved  construction,  and  provided  with 
brakes  and  other  necessary  appliances  of  the  most  ap- 
proved construction,  and  the  rails  shall  be  of  good  iron 
or  steel,  and  of  the  most  approved  pattern  of  girder  or 
flat  rail. 

SEC.  5.  The  owners  and  lessors  of  said  railway 
shall,  when  so  directed  by  the  city  council,  either  plank, 
pave  or  macadamize,  as  ordered,  for  the  whole  width  of 
said  railway  between  the  rails,  and  for  a  width  of  two 
feet  on  each  side  of  said  rails,  that  portion  of  the  streets 
and  avenues  over  which  said  railway  shall  be  laid,  and 
shall  maintain  and  keep  the  same  in  repair. 

SEC.  6.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed 
for  running  cars,  to  be  run  ten  regular  trips  each  day 
over  all  completed  portions  of  said  railway.  No  car 
shall  be  allowed  to  stop  or  remain  in  the  street  at  the  in- 
tersection of  any  streets.  And  it  shall  be  a  part  of  the 
conditions  of  this  franchise  hereby  granted,  that  Horatio 
C.  Clement,  his  associates,  their  successors  or  assigns, 
shall  deliver  passengers,  including  ordinary  hand  bag- 
gage, for  the  sum  of  five  cents  each  one  way,  over  the  entire 
length  of  this  line,  and  all  other  lines  of  railway  owned 
or  operated  by  the  persons  or  company  owning  or  ope- 
rating this  line;  and  over  all  lines  of  railway  owned  or 
operated  by  the  Tacoma  Street  Railway,  its  successors 
or  assigns.  Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  subject  the  owners  or  lessees  of  said  railway 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty 
dollars  for  every  offense,  upon  conviction  thereof  before 
any  court  having  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  7.     The  city  council  reserves  the  right  at  any 


ORDINANCE   NO.    262,  449 

time  after  three  years  from  the  beginning*  of  the  opera- 
tion of  said  railway,  to  impose  a  reasonable  license  fee 
to  be  charged  upon  the  business  of  said  railway  within 
the  city  limits,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  one  nor  more 
than  two  per  cent  on  the  gross  earnings  of  said  railway. 

SEC.  8.  The  said  Horatio  C.  Clement,  his  associ- 
ates, their  successors  and  assigns,  shall  be  deemed  to 
have  abandoned  all  rights  and  privileges  conferred  by 
this  ordinance,  unless  they  shall  within  thirty  days  after 
the  passage  hereof  file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  their 
written  acceptance  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby 
conferred,  subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  herein 
contained,  and  shall  execute  to  the  city  of  Tacoma  a 
bond  in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  ($10,000)  dollars,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  on  their  part. 

SEC.  9.  The  failure  of  said  Horatio  C.  Clement, 
his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  revuiring  the  be- 
ginning of  construction  and  operation  of  said  railway  at 
the  times  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  designated  and 
provided,  shall  at  the  option  of  the  city  council,  so  de- 
clared, be  a  repeal  of  this  ordinance,  and  work  a  forfeit- 
ure of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred. 

SEC.  10.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance,  nor  in  the 
privileges  granted  hereby,  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
prevent  the  municipal  authorities  from  grading,  paving, 
sewering,  planking,  macadamizing,  improving,  altering 
or  repairing  any  of  the  streets  or  avenues  over  which  the 
privilege  of  constructing  said  railway  is  granted  by  this 
ordinance,  but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer 
as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passage  of  the 
cars  of  said  railway,  and  the  owners  of  said  railway 
shall  have  the  right  and  privilege  of  raising  or  shifting 
the  rails  so  as  to  avoid  as  much  as  possible  the  liability 
to  obstruction  over  portions  of  such  streets  so  being  re- 
paired, altered  or  improved. 

Approved  August  5th,  1889.  (See  Ordinance  No. 
282.) 


450  ORDINANCE   NO.    282, 


ORDINANCE  NO.  282. 

An  ordinance  ratifying,  confirming  and  granting  to  theTacoma  Railway 
&  Motor  Comyany,  as  assignee  of  Horatio  C.  Clement,  the  rights, 
powers,  privileges  and  franchises  granted  to  said  Horatio  C.  Clement 
and  his  associates,  their  successors  or  assigns,  'bv  a  certain  ordinance 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  entitled,  ''An  ordinance  granting  to  Horatio 
C.  Clement  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  the  right 
to  construct  a  street  railway  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  Washington  Territory." 

The  Ciity  Council  of  the  City  of  Jacoma  does  ordain  as 

follows  : 

THAT,  WHEREAS,  The  city  council  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma  did,  on  the  5th  day  of  August,  1889,  grant  to 
Horatio  C.  Clement  and  his  associates,  their  successors 
and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay  down,  construct,  maintain 
and  operate  a  street  railway  upon  certain  streets  and 
avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  under  and  by  virtue  of 
the  terms  of  ordinance  No.  262  of  said  city,  which  ordi- 
nance is  as  follows,  to-wit: 

"ORDINANCE  No,  262. — An  ordinance  granting 
Horatio  C,  Clement  and  his  associates,  their  successors 
and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  a  street  railway  upon 
certain  streets  and  avenues  of  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
Washington  Territory. 

"The  city  council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows: 

"SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  Horatio  C.  Clement,  and  his  associates,  their  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  upon  the 
streets  and  avenues  hereinafter  named,  the  right  to  lay 
down  and  maintain  a  single  or  double  iron  or  steel  track, 
with  proper  sidings  and  to  operate  an  electric  or  other 
motive  power  street  railway  thereon,  for  the  period  of 
fifty  years  from  date  hereof;  and  also  along  said  streets 
when  necessary  to  erect  poles  and  string  wires  thereon 
for  the  purpose  of  conducting  electricity  to  operate  said 
railroad.  Commencing  on  Twenty-seventh  street  at  its 
intersection  with  Yakima  avenue,  thence  westerly  on 
said  Twenty-seventh  street  to  I  street,  thence  southerly 
on  I  street  to  Center  street,  thence  westerly  on  Center 
street  to  the  city  limits,  thence  southerly  on  Walnut 
street  to  its  intersection  with  Montgomery  street.  Also 
on  North  street  from  its  intersection  with  Yakima  and 


ORDINANCE    NO     282 — CON 

^westerly  to  I  street.  When  either  North  street  or 
Twenty-seventh  street  are  built  upon,  the  franchise  upon 
the  others  becomes  void. 

"Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  permit  the  said  Horatio  C.  Clement,  his 
associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  from  erecting 
said  poles  or  other  structures  upon  said  streets  or  ave- 
nues, for  the  purpose  of  using-  electricity  as  a  motive 
power  for  the  operation  of  said  road,  outside  of  a 
line  fourteen  inches  from  the  outer  line  of  the  side- 
walk or  sidewalks  along  said  streets  or  avenues.  And 
no  steam  motor  shall  ever  be  used  upon  any  of  the 
streets  or  avenues  for  which  this  franchise  is  granted, 
except  by  consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained. 

4 'SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  railway  on  said 
streets  shall  begin  within  three  months  from  the  date  this 
ordinance  takes  effect  and  the  entire  road  shall  be  built 
and  in  operation  within  twelve  months  from  said  date. 

"SEc.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  laying  down  or  repair- 
ing such  railway,  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any  time 
or  place,  for  a  greater  length  than  three  blocks,  nor 
for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  working  days,  except 
that  the  city  council  may,  at  its  discretion,  extend  the 
time  aforesaid.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall,  upon 
graded  streets,  when  the  same  are  graded,  be  so  laid  that 
they  shall  not  be  elevated  above  the  surface  of  the  street, 
and  so  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  may  pass  over 
and  across  the  same  with  the  least  possible  obstruction, 
and  so  that  they  shall  in  no  way  interfere  with  the  use 
•of  said  streets. 

"SEC.  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  on  said  railway  shall 
be  of  the  most  approved  construction,  and  provided  with 
brakes  and  other  necessary  appliances  of  the  most  ap- 
proved construction,  and  the  rails  shall  be  of  good  iron 
or  steel  and  of  the  most  approved  pattern  of  girder  or 
flat  rail. 

"SEC.  5.  The  owners  or  lessors  of  said  railway 
-shall,  when  so  directed  by  the  city  council,  either  plank, 
pave  or  macadamize,  as  ordered,  for  the  whole  width  of 
«aid  railway  between  the  rails,  and  for  a  width  of  two 
feet  on  each  side  of  said  rails,  that  portion  of  the  streets 
and  avenues  over  which  said  railway  shall  be  laid,  and 
shall  maintain  and  keep  the  same  in  repair. 

"SEC.  6.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed 
for  running  cars  to  be  run  ten  regular  trips  each  day  over 


452  ORDINANCE    NO.    282 — CON. 

all  completed  portions  of  said  railway.  No  car  shall  be 
allowed  to  stop  or  remain  in  the  street  at  the  intersection 
of  any  streets.  And  it  shall  be  a  part  of  the  conditions 
of  this  franchise  hereby  granted,  that  Horatio  C.  Cle- 
ment, his  associates,  their  successors  or  assigns,  shall 
deliver  passengers,  including-  ordinary  hand  baggage, 
for  the  sum  of  five  cents  each  one  way  over  the  entire 
length  of  this  line  and  all  other  lines  of  railway  owned 
or  operated  by  the  persons  or  company  owning  or  operat- 
ing this  line;  and  over  all  lines  of  railway  owned  or  op- 
erated by  the  Tacoma  Street  Railway,  its  successors  or 
assigns.  Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  subject  the  owners  or  lessees  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  every 
offense  upon  conviction  thereof  before  any  court  having 
jurisdiction. 

"SEC.  7.  The  city  council  reserves  the  right  at 
any  time  after  three  years  from  the  beginning  of  the  op- 
eration of  said  railway  to  impose  a  reasonable  license  fee 
to  be  charged  upon  the  business  of  said  railway  within 
the  city  limits,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  one  nor  more 
than  two  per  cent  on  the  gross  earnings  of  said  railway* 

"SEC.  8.  That  said  Horatio  C.  Clement,  his  asso- 
ciates, their  successors  and  assigns,  shall  be  deemed  to 
have  abandoned  all  rights  and  privileges  conferred  by 
this  ordinance,  unless  they  shall  within  thirty  days  after 
the  passage  hereof  file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  their 
written  acceptance  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby 
conferred,  subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  herein  con- 
tained, and  shall  execute  to  the  city  of  Tacoma  a  bond 
in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  (10,000)  dollars,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  on  their  part. 

4 'SEC.  9.  The  failure  of  the  said  Horatio  C.  Cle- 
ment, his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  to  com^ 
ply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinace  requiring  the  be- 
ginning of  construction  and  operation  of  said  railway  at 
the  time  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  designated  and 
provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  city  council,  so  de- 
clared, be  a  repeal  of  this  ordinance,  and  work  a  forfeit- 
ure  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred. 

"SEC.  10.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance,  nor  in  the 
privileges  granted  hereby,  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
prevent  the  municipal  authorities  from  grading,  paving^ 


ORDINANCE   NO.    282 — CON. 

seweringf,  planking-,  macadamizing-,  improving,  altering-, 
or  repairing  any  of  the  streets  or  avenues  over  which  the 
privilege  of  constructing  said  railway  is  granted  by  this, 
ordinance,  but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer 
as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passage  of  cars  of 
said  railway,  and  the  owners  of  said  railway  shall  have 
the  right  and  privilege  of  raising  or  shifting  the  rails  so. 
as  to  avoid  as  much  as  possible  to  liabilities  to  obstruc^ 
tion  over  portions  of  such  streets  so  being  repaired^ 
altered  or  improved. 

"Passed  the  city  council  August  3,  1889. 

4 'Approved  August  5,  1889. 

"S.  A.  WHEELWRIGHT,  Mayor. 
Attest:     MM.  J.  MEADE,  City  Clerk." 

AND,  WHEREAS,  The  said  Horatio  C.  Clement,  be- 
ing then  the  sole  and  only  owner  of  said  franchise,  and; 
the  only  person  entitled  to  hold  and  exercise  the  powers» 
rights  and  franchises  thereby  conferred,  did  on  the  31st 
day  of  August,  A.  D.  1889,  by  assignment  in  writing 
duly  executed,  and  for  a  good  and  valuable  consideration, 
sell,  assign,  transfer,  and  set  over  unto  the  Tacoma  Rail- 
way and  Motor  Company,  (a  corporation  created  and  ex«* 
istmg  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  said  territory 
of  Washington),  and  unto  its  successors  and  assigns,  all 
his  right,  title  and  interest  in  and  to  said  franchises,  in- 
cluding the  powers,  rights  and  privileges  hereinbefore 
mentioned.  And, 

WHEREAS,  It  is  deemed  necessary  and  expedient 
that  said  transfers  be  ratified  and  confirmed  by  the  city 
council  of  said  city,  in  order  that  the  said  Tacoma  Rail- 
way and  Motor  Company  may  receive,  hold  and  enjoy 
all  the  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  granted 
to  the  said  Horatio  C.  Clement  and  his  associates,  their 
successors  and  assigns,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  terms 
of  said  ordinance  to  the  same  extent  in  every  respect  as 
if  said  company  had  been  the  grantee  thereof.  Where- 
fore, 

The   City  Council  of  the  City  of    Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows  : 

That  each  and  all  of  the  rights,  powers,  privileges, 
and  franchises  heretofore,  and  by  said  ordinance  No.  262, 
granted  to  the  said  Horatio  C.  Clement  and  his  associ- 
ates, their  successors  and  assigns,  and  by  him  -assigned 


454  ORDINANCE    NO.    263 

to  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company,  be,  and 
the  same  are  hereby  ratified,  confirmed  and  granted  to 
the  said  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company  to  the 
same  extent  and  in  every  respect  the  same,  as  if  the  said 
Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company  had  been  the 
grantee  in  said  ordinance  No.  262,  instead  of  Horatio  C. 
Clement  and  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns. 

Provided,  that  the  said  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor 
Company,  its  associates,  successors  and  assigns,  assume 
all  the  obligations  that  the  said  Horatio  C.  Clement,  his 
associates,  successors  and  assigns,  assumes  in  said  ordi- 
nance No.  262,  and  all  the  conditions,  reservations,  stip- 
ulations and  restrictions  therein  contained  is  incorporated 
herein  and  made  a  part  hereof,  and  the  city  of  Tacoma 
hereby  reserves  unto  itself  all  the  rights,  powers,  privi- 
leges and  reservations  contained  in  said  ordinance  No. 
262. 

Approved  September  26,  1889. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  263. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  "Tacoma  Central  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany, their  successors,  lessees,  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct, 
maintain,  and  operate  a  street  railway  or  railways  upon  certain 
streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  County,  Wash- 
ington Territory. 

* '  The  City  Council  of  the   City  of   Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  fol^vs: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  the  "Tacoma  Central  Street  Railway  Company,"  a 
corporation  duly  organized  under  the  laws  of  Washing- 
ton Territory,  its  successors,  lessees,  and  assigns,  the 
right  to  lay  down,  construct  aud  equip,  maintain  and 
operate,  a  singie  or  double  iron  or  steel  track  of  street 
railway,  with  switches,  turnouts,  side-tracks  and  other 
appliances  necessary  for  the  operation  of  the  same,  on, 
along-,  over  and  across  the  streets,  avenues,  alleys  and 
highways  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  hereinafter  mentioned, 
to-wit:  South  Sixth  street,  from  C  street  to  Division 
avenue;  along-  Division  avenue  to  Prescott  avenue; 
thence  west  on  Prescott  avenue  to  Pine  street;  thence 
south  on  Pine  street  to  *  Bell  street,  and  thence 

west  on     *     Bell  street  to    city    limits;     provided, 


ORDINANCE    NO.    263 — CON. 

that  when  the  said  corporation,  its  successors,  lessees  or 
assigns,  shall  have  chosen  and  built  on  either  of  the  said 
alternative  streets  then  the  franchise  to  the  street  not  so 
chosen  and  occupied  shall  lapse  to  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

(As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.   1040.) 

SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  line  or  lines  of 
railway  shall  commence  within  sixty  days  from  the  time 
this  ordinance  takes  effect,  and  said  railway  shall  be 
completed  and  in  operation  within  one  year  from  the  said 
time  of  commencement.  The  franchise  of  that  portion 
of  South  Sixth  street  not  at  that  time  completed  and  in 
operation  shall  lapse  to  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  laying-  down  and  re- 
pairing such  railroad,  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any 
one  place  for  a  greater  distance  than  three  blocks  at  any 
one  time,  nor  for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  working 
days,  except  the  city  council  may  extend  the  time  afore- 
said. The  track  of  said  railway  shall  not  be  elevated 
above  the  grade  or  surface  of  the  street,  and  shall  be  so 
laid  that  carriages  and  vehicles  can  easily  and  with  the 
least  obstruction  possible  cross;  and  nothing  in  this  ordi- 
nance or  any  privilege  granted  hereby  shall  be  construct- 
ed to  prevent  the  municipal  authorities  from  grading, 
paving,  sewering,  planking,  macadamizing,  improving, 
altering  and  repairing  any  of  the  streets  and  alleys  over 
which  the  privilege  of  constructing  a  railway  is  granted 
by  this  ordinance,  nor  upon  which  any  railway  may  be 
constructed  under  its  provisions,  but  all  work  shall  be 
done  so  as  to  offer  as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the 
passage  of  cars,  and  the  owner  or  lessees  of  the  railway 
shall  have  the  privilege  of  raising,  lowering  or  shifting 
the  track  so  as  to  avoid  as  much  as  possible  the  liability 
of  obstruction  during  the  progress  of  said  repairing,  im- 
proving or  altering. 

SEC.  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  shall  be  of  the  most 
approved  construction,  provided  with  brakes  and  other 
necessary  appliances,  and  the  rails  used  shall  be  of  the 
most  approved  girder  pattern  and  of  good  iron  or  steel, 
and  if  any  other  style  of  rails  is  used,  the  consent  of  the 
city  council  must  be  first  obtained;  and  the  motive  power 
to  be  used  shall  be  cable,  electricity,  horse  or  other 
power. 

SEC.  5.  The  owners  of  said  railway  shall  pave  or 
macadamize  that  portion  of  the  street  or  avenue  along  or 


456  ORDINANCE   NO.    236— CON. 

over  which  said  railway  shall  be  laid,  the  whole  width 
di  said  railway  between  the  rails,  and  one  foot  outside 
the  rails,  at  such  time  and  of  such  material  as  the  city 
may  pave  or  macadamize  its  portion  of  said  streets. 
The  rails  on  the  main  line  curves,  turnouts  and  points  of 
intersection  shall  be  laid  in  such  a  manner  as  to  least  in- 
convenience the  public  in  the  use  of  said  streets.  The 
city  council  may  regulate  the  speed  for  running-  said  cars 
and  may  require  the  cars  to  be  run  on  all  completed  lines 
of  said  railway  ten  times  each  day,  and  no  car  shall  be 
allowed  to  stop  or  remain  on  the  intersection  of  streets, 
and  any  violation  of  this  section  shall  subject  the  owner 
of  said  railroad  to  a  tine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred 
nor  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense,  upon  convic- 
tion thereof  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction  thereof. 

SEC.  6.  The  fare  shall  not  exceed  five  cents  for 
each  passenger  for  one  continuous  trip  one  way  with  or- 
dinary personal  hand  baggage  handled  and  carried  by 
himself.  Provided  that  should  said  Central  Street  Rail- 
way be  operated  under  lease,  assignment  or  sale  by  the 
Tacoma  Street  Railway  Company  or  its  assigns,  then 
one  fare  of  five  cents  shall  pay  one  way  over  the  lines  of 
both  said  street  railways.  The  track  of  said  railroad 
shall  be  laid  so  as  not  to  unnecessarily  interfere  with  the 
sewer,  gas  or  water  pipes  as  now  laid  upon  the  estab- 
lished grade  of  the.  streets. 

SEC.  7.  The  city  reserves  to  itself  the  right  at  any 
time  after  three  yeais  from  the  commencement  of  the 
operation  of  said  railway  to  impose  a  reasonable  license 
to  be  charged  upon  the  business  of  said  railway,  which 
shall  not  exceed  two  per  cent,  of  the  gross  earnings  of 
said  railway. 

SEC.  8.  Any  failure  on  the  part  of  the  said  Tacoma 
Central  Street  Railway  Company,  Its  successors,  lessees 
or  assigns  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance requiring  the  commencement,  construction  and 
operation  of  said  railway  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner 
designated  and  provided,  shall  at  the  option  of  the  city 
council  work  a  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privileges 
herein  conferred. 

SEC.  9.  All  rights  and  privileges  herein  conferred 
shall  expire  at  the  end  of  fifty  years  from  the  date  this 
ordinance  takes  effect;  provided,  that  nothing  in  this  or- 
dinance shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  city 


ORDINANCE    NO.    290  457 

council  of  the  said  city  of  Tacoma  from  passing"  all  or- 
dinances and  resolutions  necessary  for  the  protection  of 
the  interests  of  the  said  city  to  carry  out  the  spirit  and 
provisions  of  the  foregoing  ordinance  or  franchise. 

SEC.  10.  There  is  hereby  granted  to  the  said  Ta- 
coma Central  Street  Railway  Company,  its  successors, 
lessees  and  assigns,  the  rig-lit  to  construct  on,  along-, 
across  and  over  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  heretofore 
mentioned  and  referred  to,  and  road-bed,  turnouts,  tun- 
nels, bridges,  poles,  wires  and  all  other  appliances 
necessary  for  the  purpose  of  running-  or  operating-  the 
cable  or  electric  line  of  railway  or  railways  constructed 
on  said  streets,  avenues  and  alleys,  whether  such  powers 
be  by  means  of  cable,  electricity  or  otherwise. 

SEC.  11.  The  said  Tacoma  Central  Street  Railway 
Company,  their  associates,  successors  and  assig-ns,  shall 
be  deemed  to  have  abondoned  all  rig-hts  and  privileges 
conferred  by  this  ordinance  unless  they  shall  within  sixty 
da}-s  after  the  passage  hereof,  file  in  the  office  of  the  city 
clerk  their  written  acceptance  of  the  rights  and  privi- 
leges hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the  terms  and  condi- 
tions herein  contained,  and  shall  execute  to  the  city  of 
Tacoma  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  $10,000  couditioned  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  all  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance on  their  part. 

Approved  September  14,   1889. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  290. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  L,ake  Park  L,and  Railway  and  Improve- 
ment Company,  their  successors,  lessees  and  assigns,  the  right  to 
construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon  certain 
streets  and  avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  County,  State  of 
Washington. 

Passed  November  30.  1889. 


458  ORDINANCE   NO,  304. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  304. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  Point  Defiance  Railway  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct,  maintain  and" operate  a 
street  railway  or  railways  upon  certain  streets,  avenues,  alleys  and 
highways  in  the  city  of  Tacoma.  (See  Ord.  362.) 

7  he  City    Council  of   the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  the  Point  Defiance  Railway  Company,  a  corporation 
organized  and  existing1  under  the  laws  of  Washington 
Territory,  its  successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay 
down,  construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  single  or  double 
iron  or  steel  track,  with  proper  sidings  and  all  appurten- 
ances necessary  to  the  operation  thereof,  upon  the  ave- 
nues, streets,  alleys  and  highways  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
as  follows:  Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Division 
avenue  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Yakima  avenue, 
and  running  thence  southwesterly  on  Division  avenue  to 
a  point  on  I  street;  thence  northwesterly  on  I  street  to 
the  east  line  of  Buckley's  addition;  thence  west  on  an 
extension  of  I  street  as  platted  in  Buckley's  addition  to 
the  point  where  Alder  street  extended  south  would  in- 
tersect said  I  street  so  extended;  thence  north  to  Winter- 
mute  Part;  thence  north  on  Alder  street  in  Wintermute 
Part  to  a  point  on  Sixth  street;  thence  west  on  Sixth 
street  to  the  east  line  of  section  Number  thirty-six,  in 
township  20  north,  of  range  two  east,  of  the  Willamette 
meridian;  thence  west  on  an  extension  of  said  Sixth 
street  to  a  point  where  Washingtou  avenue  extended 
south  would  intersect  said  Sixth  street;  thence  north  on 
a  line  with  Washington  avenue  to  Washington  avenue; 
thence  north  on  Washington  avenue  to  a  point  on  First 
street;  thence  west  on  First  street  to  a  point  on  Jeffer- 
son avenue;  thence  north  on  Jefferson  avenue  to  a  point 
on  C  street  in  the  Park  and  Boulevard  addition;  thence 
west  on  C  street  to  a  point  on  the  Boulevard;  thence 
northwesterly  on  the  Boulevard  to  a  point  on  Logan 
street;  thence  westerly  on  L/ogan  street  to  a  point  on 
Verde  street;  thence  northerly  on  Verde  street  to  Porter 
street;  thence  westerly  on  Porter  street  to  a  point  on 
Cheyenne  street;  thence  northerly  on  Cheyenne  street  to 
Wilcoxen  street  in  Blinn  addition;  thence  westerly  on 
Wilcoxen  street  to  the  city  limits,  and  thence  northerly 
by  the  most  practicable  route  to  a  point  on  Puget  Sound; 


ORDINANCE   NO,    304— CON. 

provided  said  railway  shall  be  fully  constructed,  equip- 
ped and  in  operation  before  the  first  day  of  March, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety. 

SEC.  2.  Beginning  on  Railroad  street  at  the  point 
of  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  South  Ninth  street 
and  running  thence  northerly  on  Railroad  street  to  Cliff 
avenue;  thence  northerly  on  Cliff  avenue  to  E  street; 
thence  northwesterly  on  E  street  to  a  point  on  North 
Second  street,  and  thence  southwesterly  on  North  Sec- 
ond street  to  a  point  on  I  street;  provided  that  (after  Cliff 
avenue,  from  Railroad  street  to  E  street  shall  have  been 
graded  to  the  official  grade)  the  city  council  may  by  res- 
olution require  said  company,  its  successors  or  assigns* 
to  have  said  line  of  railway  completed  and  in  operation 
within  twelve  months  from  the  date  of  service  of  a  copy 
of  such  resolution  upon  the  said  company,  its  successors 
or  assigns.  But  in  the  event  of  said  street  being  graded 
the  council  may  require  the  building  and  operation  of 
said  line  in  ninety  days. 

SEC.  3.  Beginning  on  C  street  at  the  point  of  in- 
tersection of  the  southerly  line  of  Division  avenue  and 
running  thence  northwesterly  across  Division  avenue 
and  through  the  alley  between  Tacoma  avenue  and  E 
street  to  a  point  on  North  First  street;  thence  south- 
westerly on  North  First  street  to  the  point  of  intersec- 
tion of  the  center  line  of  said  North  First  street  with 
the  center  line  of  Division  avenue;  provided  said  railway 
shall  be  fully  constructed,  equipped  and  in  operation 
within  two  m©nths  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.  Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Mason 
avenue  and  North  Thirty-fifth  street,  as  now  laid  out, 
or  as  the  same  may  hereafter  be  extended,  to  its  inter- 
section with  Cheyenne  street.  Also  that  street  or  part 
of  street,  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  North  Thirty-eighth 
street  and  Cheyenne  street,  thence  running  north  on 
Cheyenne  street  to  North  Forty-first  street.  Also 
through  that  certain  plat  of  land  belonging  to  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  known  and  designated  on  the  plats  thereof 
as  "Puget  Park"  on  the  line  of  said  rail  way  as  the  same 
is  now  constructed  through  said  park;  it  being  the  in- 
tention of  this  amending  ordinance  to  change  the  routes 
described  in  said  ordinance  number  three  hundred  four 
(304)  to  make  same  correspond  with  the  route  of  said 


460  ORDINANCE    NO.    304 — CON. 

railway  line  as  the  same  is  now  constructed  on  portions 
of  streets  in  this  section  named. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1229.) 

(See  also  ordinance  No.  1039. 

SEC.  5.  For  the  purpose  of  laying- down,  construct- 
ing1 or  repairing  such  railways  or  appurtenances,  no 
street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any  one  place  for  a  greater 
length  than  two  blocks  at  any  one  time,  nor  for  a  longer 
period  than  thirty  working*  days;  provided,  however, 
that  the  council  may,  at  its  discretion,  extend  the  time 
aforesaid.  The  track  or  tracks  of  said  railway  or  rail- 
Ways  shall  not  be  elevated  above  the  surface  of  the 
streets  and  shall  be  so  laid  that  the  carriages  and  vehi- 
cles can  easily  and  with  the  least  obstruction  possible 
cross  the  same;  and  nothing-  in  this  ordinance,  nor  any 
privileges  granted  hereby,  shall  be  construed  to  prevent 
the  municipal  authorities  from  grading-,  paving*,  sewer- 
ing-, planking-,  macademizing,  improving,  altering-  or  re- 
pairing* any  of  the  streets  over  which  the  privileges  of 
constructing  railways  is  granted  by  this  ordinance  or 
upon  which  any  railways  may  be  constructed  under  its 
provisions;  but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer 
as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passage  of  cars, 
and  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railways  shall  have  the 
privilege  of  raising  or  shifting-  the  rails  so  as  to  avoid  as 
tnuch  as  possible  the  liability  to  obstruction  during  the 
progress  of  street  repairing-,  improving  or  altering*. 

SEC.  6.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  railways 
shall  be  of  the  most  approved  construction,  provided 
with  brakes  and  all  other  necessary  appliances  to  be 
approved  by  the  city  council,  and  said  railway  or  rail- 
ways with  all  appurtenances  thereto  shall  be  laid  down 
and  constructed  in  a  good,  workmanlike  manner,  and  the 
rails  shall  be  of  good  material,  of  the  the  most  approved 
pattern,  and  suitable,  together  with  all  other  parts  of 
said  railways  and  appurtenances  thereto,  for  the  opera- 
tion of  a  street  railway  by  electricity,  horse  power  or 
such  other  motive  power  as  the  owner  or  owners  thereof 
may  select,  but  no  locomotive  or  engine  propelled  by 
steam  shall  ever  be  used  upon  any  of  said  lines  or  rail- 
ways or  any  part  thereof,  except  by  the  consent  of  the 
city  council  first  obtained. 

SEC.  7,  The  owner  or  owners  of  said  railways  or 
the  lessee  or  lessees  thereof  shall,  when  directed  bv  the 


ORDINANCE   NO.    304 — CON. 

city  council,  pave  or  macadamize  that  portion  of  the 
streets  or  avenues  along-  or  over  which  said  railways 
shall  be  laid  and  over  the  whole  width  of  said  railways, 
between  the  rails  and  between  the  tracks  and  for  the 
width  of  two  feet  outside  of  said  rails  to  at  least  the 
same  extent  and  in  the  same  manner  as  the  city  paves 
or  macadamizes  its  streets  and  avenues,  and  they  shall 
maintain  the  same  at  all  times  during  the  continuance  of 
this  franchise.  The  rails  of  the  main  line,  corners  and 
turnouts  and  at  points  of  intersection  shall  be  laid  in 
such  a  manner  as  to  cause  the  least  inconvenience  to  the 
public  in  the  use  of  said  streets,  and  no  car  shall  be 
allowed  at  any  time  to  stop  or  remain  on  any  intersec- 
tion of  streets  for  a  longer  period  than  five  minutes  and 
any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  sub- 
ject the  owner  or  owners  of  the  said  railway  or  the  les- 
see or  lessees  thereof  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  every  offense  upon  con- 
viction thereof  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  8.  The  fare  for  each  passenger  to  or  from  any 
point,  with  ordinary  hand  baggage  shall  be  five  cents. 

SEC.  9.  The  said  Point  Defiance  Railway  Com- 
pany shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all  rights  and 
privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance,  unless  it  shall, 
within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
file  in  the  office  ot  the  city  clerk  a  written  acceptance  of 
the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred,  subject  to 
the  terms  and  conditions  herein  contained. 

SEC.  10,  The  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right  at 
any  time  after  three  years  from  the  beginning  of  the  op- 
eration of  said  railway  to  impose  a  license  fee  to  be 
charged  on  the  business  of  said  railway,  which  shall  not 
be  less  than  one  or  more  than  two  per  cent,  of  the  gross 
earnings  of  said  railway. 

SEC.  11.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  prevent  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma  from  passing  all  ordinances  and  resolutions  neces- 
sary for  the  protection  of  the  interests  of  the  city,  and 
to  carry  out  the  spirit  and  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
or  franchise;  or  for  granting  to  any  other  street  railways 
the  right  to  cross  the  tracks  of  the  line  or  lines  of  any 
railway  or  railways  constructed  under  this  ordinance  at 
the  same  grade. 


ORDINANCE  NO;  362» 

SEC.  12.  A  failure  of  the  said  Pbint  Defiance  Rail- 
way  Company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  to  construct, 
any  portion  of  said  line  or  lines  of  railway  within  the 
time  herein  specified  shall  to  the  extent  only  of  such  uncon- 
structed  portion  of  said  line  or  lines  of  railway  work  a 
forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted. 

SEC.  13.  The  city  council  may  regulate  the  speed 
for  running  the  cars  and  ma}T  require  cars  to  be  run  at 
such  time  and  as  often  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  the  general  public. 

SEC.  14.  This  ordinance  shall  continue  in  force  for 
the  period  of  fifty  years  from  the  date  when  the  same 
shall  take  effect. 

SEC.  15.     Ordinance  No.  230  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  February  3,  1890. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  362. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Point  Defiance  Railway  Company,  its- 
successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct,  maintain  and  oper- 
ate a  street  railway  or  railways  upon  certain  streets,  avenues  and 
alleys  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  County,  Washington.  [See- 
Ord.  304-] 

7 he  City  Council  of  the  City  of   Tacoma  does  ordain* 
as  folloivs: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted1 
unto  the  Point  Defiance  Railway  company,  its  successors 
and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay  down,  construct  and  main- 
tain a  single  or  double  iron  or  steel  track,  with  proper 
sidings  and  all  necessary  appurtenances  for  the  purpose 
of  operating  a  street  railway  or  railways  within  the  city 
of  Tacoma  and  upon  the  streets  hereinafter  named,  to- 
wit:  Commencing  at  the  intersection  of  Division  avenue 
and  C  street  and  running  thence  east  on  Division  avenue 
across  Cliff  avenue  and  Pacific  avenue  to  the  railroad 
wharf. 

Also  commencing  at  the  intersection  of  North  First 
Street  with  the  alley  between  Tacoma  avenue  and  E 
street;  running  thence  northwesterly  along  said  alley  to 
its  intersection  with  North  Second  street. 

Also  commencing  at  the  intersection  of  North  First 
street  with  the  alley  between  Tacoma.  avenue  and  EX 


ORDINANCE   NO.    362 CON.  463 

street;  thence  running  northwesterly  along-  said  North 
First  street  to  its  intersection  with  E  street. 

Also  commencing  at  the  intersection  of  North  Sec- 
ond street  and  E  street;  thence  running  northwesterly 
along  said  E  street  to  North  Fifth  street;  thence  easterly 
along  North  Fifth  street  to  its  intersection  with  D  street; 
thence  northwesterly  along  D  street  to  its  intersection 
with  North  Eleventh  street;  thence  northerly  along  North 
Eleventh  street  to  its  intersection  with  Fourth  street  in 
Old  Tacoma;  thence  westerly  along  Fourth  street  to  its 
intersection  with  Carr  street;  thence  northerly  along 
Carr  street  to  its  intersection  with  Second  street  in  Old 
Tacoma;  thence  westerly  along  Second  street  to  the  city 
limits. 

Also  commencing  at  the  intersection  of  Second 
street  and  the  Boulevard,  in  the  Park  and  Boulevard  ad- 
dition; thence  running*  northerly  along  the  Boulevard  to 
its  intersection  with  Hudson  street;  thence  westerly 
along  Hudson  street  to  its  intersection  with  Cheyenne 
street;  thence  northerly  along  said  Cheyenne  street  to 
its  intersection  with  Quine  street;  thence  westerly  along 
Quine  street  to  the  city  limits,  and  thence  by  most  prac- 
ticable route  to  a  point  on  Puget  Sound. 

Also  commencing  at  the  intersection  of  Steele  street 
and  First  street  in  Old  Tacoma;  thence  running  south- 
erly along  Steele  street  to  P  street  in  Buckley's  addi- 
tion; thence  westerly  on  P  street  to  its  intersection  with: 
Prospect  street;  thence  southerly  on  Prospect  street  to- 
its  intersection  with  Ross  avenue;  thence  westerly  on 
Ross  avenue  to  its  intersection  with  Pine  street,  and 
thence  southerly  along  Pine  street  and  the  center  line 
of  sections  six,  seven,  eighteen  and  nineteen,  in  township 
20  north,  range  three  east,  to  the  city  limits;  provided 
that  should  Steele  street  be  extended  from  the  south  line 
of  Buckley's  addition  to  Ross  avenue,  the  Point  Defiance 
Railway  Company  may  elect  to  run  their  line  along 
Steele  street  to  Ross  avenue  instead  of  on  P  and  Pros- 
pect streets. 

SEC.  2.  The  construction  of  said  lines  of  railway 
shall  be  commenced  and  completed  within  the  time  here- 
inafter named,  to-wit:  The  line  on  Division  avenue  from 
C  street  to  the  railroad  wharf  shall  be  constructed  and 
in  operation  within  two  years  from  the  date  this  ordi- 
nance takes  effect. 


464  ORDINANCE    NO.    362 — CON. 

The  line  from  North  Second  street  along  E,  North 
Fifth,  D,  North  Eleventh.  Fourth,  Carr  and  Second 
street  in  the  First  ward,  shall  be  commenced  within  six 
month  after  said  streets  are  graded,  and  shall  be  com- 
pleted within  eighteen  months  thereafter. 

The  line  on  Steele  street  to  its  insersection  with  I 
street,  in  Buckley's  addition,  shall  be  completed  within 
six  months  after  said  Steele  street  is  graded,  and  that 
portion  of  the  line  on  Steele  street,  Ross  avenue  and  Pine 
street  from  I  street,  in  Buckley's  addition,  to  the  center 
of  section  six  shall  be  completed  within  six  months  after 
said  streets  are  graded,  and  that  portion  of  said  line 
from  center  of  said  section  six,  along  center  lines  of  sec- 
tions six,  seven,  eighteen  and  nineteen  shall  be  built 
within  one  year  thereafter,  and  in  the  event  that  the 
whole  of  such  lines  should  not  be  completed  within  the 
times  as  above  specified,  all  those  portions  of  such  lines 
which  are  covered  by  this  grant  or  franchise  and  incom- 
pleted  shall  be  forfeited  forthwith  without  the  doing  or 
performing  of  any  act  or  thing  whatsover  on  the  part  of 
said  city  for  the  purpose  of  working  such  forfeiture. 

SEC,  3.  For  the  purpose  of  laying  down,  construct- 
ing or  repairing  such  railways  or  its  appurtenances,  no 
-street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any  one  place  for  a  greater 
length  than  two  blocks  at  any  one  time  or  for  a  longer 
period  than  thirty  working  days,  provided,  however, 
that  the  council  may,  at  its  discretion,  extend  the  time 
aforesaid.  The  track  or  tracks  of  said  railway  or  rail- 
ways shall  not  be  elevated  above  the  surface  of  the 
streets  and  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  vehicles 
can  easily  and  with  the  least  obstruction  possible, 
cross  the  same,  and  nothing  in  this  ordinance  nor  any 
privileges  granted  hereby  shall  be  construed  to  prevent 
the  municipal  authorities  from  grading,  paving,  sewer- 
Ing,  planking,  macadamizing,  improving,  altering  or  re- 
pairing any  of  the  streets  over  which  the  privilege  of 
constructing  a  railway  is  granted  by  this  ordinance,  6r 
upon  which  any  railway  may  be  constructed  under  its 
provisions;  but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer 
-as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passage  of  cars; 
and  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the 
privilege  of  raising  or  shifting  the  rails  so  as  to  avoid  as 
much  as  possible  the  liability  to  obstruction  during  the 
progress  of  street  repairing-,  improving  or  altering. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    362 — CON,  465 

SEC.  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  railways 
shall  be  of  the  most  approved  construction,  provided 
with  brakes  and  all  necessary  appliances,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  city  council,  and  the  said  railway  or  rail- 
ways, with  appurtenances  thereto,  shall  be  laid  down 
and  constructed  in  a  good  and  workmanlike  manner,  and 
the  rails  shall  be  of  good  material  of  the  most  approved 
pattern,  and  suitable,  together  with  all  other  parts  of 
said  railwa}7  and  appurtenances  thereto,  for  the  opera- 
tion of  a  street  railway  by  electricity,  horse  power,  or 
such  other  motive  power  as  the  owner  or  owners  thereof 
may  elect,  but  no  locomotive  or  engine  propelled  by 
steam  shall  ever  be  used  upon  any  of  said  lines  of  rail- 
way or  any  part  thereof. 

SEC.  5.  The  owner  or  owners  of  said  railway,  or 
the  lessee  or  lessees  thereof,  shall  when  directed  by  the 
city  council,  pave  or  macadamize  that  portion  of  the 
streets  and  avenues  along  or  over  which  the  said  railway 
shall  be  laid  and  over  the  whole  width  of  said  railway 
between  the  rails,  and  also  between  the  tracks  where  a 
double  track  is  laid,  and  for  the  width  of  two  feet  out- 
side of  said  rails  to  at  least  the  same  extent  and  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  city  paves  or  macadamizes  its  streets 
and  avenues,  and  they  shall  maintain  the  same  at  all 
times  during  the  continuance  of  th'«s  franchise.  The 
rails  of  the  main  lines,  corners  and  turnouts  and  at 
points  of  intersection,  shall  be  laid  in  such  manner  as  to 
cause  the  least  inconvenience  to  the  public  in  the  use  of 
said  streets.  No  car  shall  be  allowed  at  any  time  to 
stop  or  remain  at  any  intersection  of  streets  for  a  longer 
period  than  five  minutes,  and  any  violation  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  section  shall  subject  the  owner  or  owners  of 
said  railway,  or  the  lessee  or  lessees  thereof,  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for 
every  offense,  upon  conviction  thereof,  before  any  court 
having  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  6.  The  fare  for  each  passenger,  with  ordinary- 
hand  package,  to  any  part  of  the  city  on  said  railway 
shall  be  five  cents,  provided,  that  on  the  lines  to  the 
smelter  said  company  may  collect  an  additional  five 
cents  between  Butler  street  and  the  northern  terminus, 
of  said  railway,  for  the  period  of  three  years  from  the 
of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  7.     The  said  Point  Defiance  Railway  Compa- 


466  ORDINANCE   WO.    315, 

ny,  its  successors  and  assigns,  shall  be  deemed  to  have 
abandoned  all  rights  and  privileges  conferred  by  this  or- 
dinance unless  they  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  tke 
passage  thereof,  file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  a  writ- 
ten acceptance  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  con- 
ferred, subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  herein  con- 
tained. 

SEC.  8.  A  failure  on  the  part  of  said  Point  Defi- 
ance Railway  Company,  its  successors  or  assigns  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  requiring 
the  commencement,  construction  and  operation  of  said 
railway  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore 
designated  and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  coun- 
cil, work  a  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privileges  herein 
conferred. 

SEC.  9.  The  council  reserves  to  itself  the  right  at 
.any  time  after  three  years  from  the  beginning  of  the  op- 
eration of  said  railway  to  impose  a  license  fee  to  be 
charged  on  the  business  of  said  railway,  which  shall  not 
be  less  than  one  or  more  than  two  per  cent,  of  the  gross 
earnings  of  said  railway. 

SEC.  10.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  prevent  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma from  passing  all  ordinances  and  resolutions  neces- 
sary for  the  protection  of  the  interests  of  the  city,  and 
to  carry  out  the  spirit  and  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
or  franchise,  or  from  granting  to  any  other  street  railway 
the  right  to  cross  the  tracks  of  the  line  or  lines  of  this 
railway  at  the  same  grade. 

SEC.  11.  This  ordinance  shall  continue  in  force  for 
the  period  of  fifty  years  from  the  date  when  the  same 
shall  take  effect. 

Approved  September  29,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  315. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Tacoma  Mill  Company  the  right  and 
privilege  to  construct  and  maintain  water  pipe  lines  through,  under, 
over,  across  and  along  certain  streets  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

WHEREAS,  The  Tacoma  Mill  Company,  a  corpora- 
tion, organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  "Cali- 
fornia and  authorized  to  do  business"  under  the  laws  of 
Washington  Territory,  has  made  application  to  the  cor- 


ORDINANCE   NO     315— CON 

porate  authorities  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  the  right 
and  privilege  of  constructing  and  maintaining  water 
pipe  lines  through,  over,  across  and  along  certain  streets 
and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  through  which  to  con- 
duct water  to  the  premises  owned  by  said  mill  company. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  325.) 

Now  therefore, 

; 


The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follows ; 


SECTION  1.  The  Tacoma  Mill  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  are  hereby  granted  the  right  and 
privilege  to  construct,  repair  and  maintain  such  water 
pipe  lines  as  they  may  require  through,  over,  across  and 
along  the  following  named  streets  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
rstate  of  Washington: 

From  North  G  street  along  Ninth,  Tenth  and  Elev- 
enth to  Tacoma  Mill  Company's  Addition,  and  all  alleys 
between  Ninth  and  Eleventh  from  North  G  street  to  Ta- 
•  conia  Mill  Company's  Addition,  and  to  connect  the  same 
with  any  reservoir  or  supplies  of  water  along  the  line  of 
said  streets  and  alleys  which  the  said  company  may  now 
own  or  which  it  or  its  successors  or  assigns  may  here- 
after acquire. 

SEC.  2.  That  in  laying,  constructing  or  repairing 
said  pipe  lines,  and  in  all  work  done  about  the  same,  the 
said  Tacoma  Mill  Company,  its  successors  or  assigns, 
shall,  at  the  time  said  work  is  done,  and  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  the  officers  of  said  city  having  charge  and  super- 
vision of  the  public  highways  thereof,  observe  the  re- 
quirements of  the  general  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma prescribing  the  manner  in  which  excavations  and 
works  of  like  kind  in  public  highways  of  said  city  shall 
be  done. 

SEC.  3.  Whenever  the  establishment  of  grades, 
drains,  sewers  or  other  necessary  city  improvements 
shall  render  necessary  the  moving  of  the  said  water 
pipes,  the  said  Tacoma  Mill  Company,  its  successors  or 
assigns,  shall,  at  its  or  their  expense,  upon  five  days' 
written  notice  given  to  it  or  them  by  the  proper  city  offi- 
cers, move  the  said  water  pipes  so  that  the  same  shall 
not  interfere  with  such  city  improvements;  and  upon  its 
or  their  failure  to  do  so,  then  the  said  city  officer  may 


468  ORDINANCE     NO.    321. 


move  the  same,  in  which  event  neither  the  city  nor  its 
officers  shall  be  liable  to  the  Tacoma  Mill  Company,  its 
successors  or  assigns,  for  damages  arising-  from  such 
removal. 

Approved  May  7th,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  321. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  the 
privilege  of  erecting  poles,  and  stretching  and  fastening  wires  thereon 
in  certain  streets. 

7  he  City    Council  of   the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 
as  follo%vs: 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  given  to  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Compay;  the  privilege  of  erecting 
poles,  and  of  stretching  and  fastening  wires  thereon, 
along,  by,  through,  over  and  across  the  following  streets 
and  courses,  to- wit: 

Commencing  at  the  northeast  corner  of  the  Head- 
quarters building,  so  called,  at  the  intersection  of  South 
Seventh  street  with  Court  A,  at  a  point  on  the  west  side 
of  Court  A,  thence  down,  along,  by,  through,  over  and 
across  said  Court  A,  and  in  a  southerly  direction,  to  a 
point  on  the  south  side  of  Puyallup  avenue;  thence  along, 
by,  through,  over  and  across  said  Puyallup  avenue,  on 
the  south  side  thereof  to  the  city  limits,  with  the  privi- 
lege of  erecting  poles,  and  stretching  wires  thereon 
across,  to,  and  on,  through,  by,  over  and  along  the  north 
side  of  said  Puyallup  avenue,  so  as  to  connect  with  the 
freight  depot,  for  every  available  purpose,  on  the  north 
side  of  Puyallup  avenue. 

SEC.  2.  There  is  also  granted  and  given  unto  the 
said  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  the  privilege 
of  erecting  poles,  and  stretching  and  fastening  wires 
thereon,  from  a  point  in  said  line  at  the  intersection  of 
Court  A  with  Puyallup  avenue  or  Twenty-fourth  street, 
along,  by,  through,  over  and  across  said  Puyallup  avenue 
or  Twenty-fourth  street,  in  a  westerly  direction  to  a 
point  at  the  intersection  of  said  Puyallup  avenue  or 
Twenty- fourth  street  with  Hood  street;  thence  along,  by, 
through,  over  and  across  said  Hood  street  by  its  various 
courses  to  the  city  limits. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    339. 

SEC.  3.  Said  poles  hereby  authorized  to  be  erected 
shall  be  dressed  and  painted  and  set  on  division  lines  be-, 
tween  lots,  and  shall  be  set  in  the  sidewalk,  flush  with 
the  outer  edge  thereof;  the  poles  erected  on  Court  A 
shall  not  be  less  than  fifty  feet  in  length,  and  the  lowest 
wire  on  said  p®les  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty-five  feet 
above  the  ground;  upon  Puyallup  avenue  the  poles  shall 
be  forty  feet  in  length,  and  the  lowest  wire  shall  not  be 
less  than  twenty-five  feet  above  the  ground;  and  upon 
Hood  street  poles  are  to  be  and  remain  as  they  now  are* 
said  company  already  having  a  franchise  over  said  Hood 
street. 

SEC.  4.  Said  poles  shall  be  securely  set  in  the 
ground  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  surveyor. 

Approved  June  5,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  339. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  John  M.  Bell  and  his  associates,  their  succes- 
sors and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  district  tele^ 
graph  service,  erecting  poles  and  stringing  wires  thereon  in  the  streets* 
and  alleys  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  county,  Washington. 

The   City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  a& 


SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  John  M.  Bell,  his  associates,  their  successors  and 
assigns,  the  right,  privilege  and  authority  to  locate, 
erect,  place,  maintain  and  use  in  the  streets  and  alleys 
within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  poles,  and  thereon  fasten 
wires,  and  to  stretch  said  wires  through  said  streets  and 
alleys,  for  the  purpose  of  placing,  constructing  and  main- 
taining  telegraph  stations,  placing  messenger  call  boxes 
in  business  houses  and  private  offices  in  the  different 
buildings  and  sections  of  said  city,  and  the  said  city  re- 
serves the  right  to  compel  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  asso- 
ciates, their  successors  and  assigns,  to  place  said  wires, 
underground,  and  to  regulate  charges  for  the  transmis-^ 
sion  of  messages. 

SEC.  2.  That  said  poles  shall  be  dressed  and 
painted  and  constructed  and  erected  in  a  workmanlike 
manner,  and  where  erected  in  streets  having  sidewalks, 
they  shall  be  placed  inside  and  adjoining  the  outside 
stringer  upon  which  the  sidewalk  planks  are  laid;  said. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    339 — CON. 

]poles  shall  be  no  less  than  thirty-five  (35)  feet  long-,  and 
-at  least  eight  (8)  inches  square  on  the  bottom  and  four 
(4)  inches  square  at  the  top,  and  be  set  in  the  ground  no 
4ess  than  four  (4)  feet,  and  erected  at  such  points  as  may 
be  designated  by  the  street  commissioner. 

SEC.  3.  Said  wires  shall  be  insulated  and  carefully 
connected  and  fastened  so  as  not  to  come  in  contact  with 
any  object,  and  shall  be  stretched  so  as  not  to  interfere 
with  the  free  and  unobstructed  use  of  said  streets  and 
alleys,  and  at  such  height  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
street  commissioner. 

SEC.  4.  That  when  it  shall  become  necessary  m 
the  erection  of  said  poles  to  take  up  any  portion  of  the 
sidewalk  or  dig  up  the  ground  in  or  near  the  sides  or 
corners  of  said  streets  or  alleys,  the  said  John  M.  Bell 
and  his  associates,  their  successors  or  assigns,  shall, 
•after  said  poles  are  erected,  without  delay  replace  said 
sidewalk  and  properly  refit  the  planks  of  said  sidewalk 
in  a  workmanlike  manner,  and  remove  from  such  street 
or  alley  all  rubbish,  dirt  or  other  material  which  may 
have  been  taken  up  in  the  construction  and  erection  of 
said  poles,  and  place  said  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  in  as 
good  condition  as  before,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
street  commissioner. 

SEC.  5.  That  whenever  any  person  or  persons  has 
obtained  permission  to  use  such  street  or  alley  of  the  city 
for  the  purpose  of  removing  any  building  then  the  said 
John  M.  Bell,  his  associates,  their  successors  and  as- 
signs, shall  raise  or  remove  said  wires  so  as  to  allow  the 
unobstructed  passage  of  said  building  or  buildings;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  notice  iu  writing  shall  have  been 
served  upon  the  said  John  M.  Bell,  and  his  associates, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  by  a  person  competent  to 
become  a  witness  in  a  civil  action,  or  by  their  representa- 
tive or  agent,  at  least  twelve  hours  before  said  wires  are 
required  to  be  raised  or  removed.  The  failure  to  com- 
ply with  this  provision  by  the  party  -moving  said  build- 
ings shall  make  them  liable  for  all  damage  caused  by 
broken  or  cut  wires  swinging  in  the  streets  or  alleys  of 
the  city  and  for  loss  of  time  or  money  to  the  said  John 
,M.  Bell,  his  associates,  successors  or  assigns.  Should 
the  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  associates,  successors  or  as- 
signs, fail  to  comply  with  said  notice,  then  the  street 
commissioner  shall  remove,  or  cause  to  be  removed,  said 


ORDINANCE    NO.    339 — CON. 

wires  at  the  expense  of  the  said  John  M.  Bell  and  hjs 
associates,  their  successors  or  assigns,  for  the  purpose 
aforesaid. 

SEC.  6.  The  city  of  Tacoma  hereby  reserves  the 
right  to  order  the  change  of  any  such  poles  whenever  in 
the  judgment  of  the  city  council  of  said  city  deem  such 
-u  change  is  necessary.  Such  change  if  so  ordered  shall 
be  made  by  the  said  John  M.  Bell  and  his  associates, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  and  at  their  expense  after 
receiving  5  days  notice  in  writing  to  make  such  change, 
and  the  city  of  Tacoma  also  reserves  the  right  to  amend 
this  ordinance  whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  city 
^council  of  the  said  city  it  is  deemed  necessary. 

SEC.  7.  That  all  the  privileges  herein  conferred 
upon  and  granted  the  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  associates; 
their  successors  and  assigns,  shall  continue  for  the  term 
of  twenty-five  years,  subject,  however,  to  the  conditions 
therein  specifically  set  forth. 

SEC.  8.  The  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  associates,  their 
successors  or  assigns,  shall  commence  the  construction 
of  the  said  telegraph  lines  within  thirty  days  and  com- 
plete the  same  within  ninety  days  from  the  time  this  or- 
dinance goes  into  effect,  otherwise  all  rights  or  franchises 
conferred  upon  the  said  John  M.  Bell  and  his  associates, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  shall  cease. 

SEC.  9.  The  sard  John  M.  Bell  and  his  associates, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  shall  indemnify  the  city  of 
Tacoma  for  injury  occasioned  by  the  said  John  M.  Bell 
and  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  con- 
tracts, and  covenants  hereby  to  imdemnify  to  the  city  of 
Tacoma  for  any  injury  arising  from  any  casualty  or 
accident  to  person  or  property  by  reason  of  any  neglect 
or  omission  to  keep  its  poles  or  wires  in  proper  and  safe 
condition. 

SEC.  10.  Said  John  M.  Bell  and  associates,  their 
successors  and  assigns,  shall  file  acceptance  within  ten 
days  after  the  adoption  of  this  ordinance  with  the  city 
clerk  of  the  acceptance  of  franchise  herein  granted  sub- 
ject to  the  conditions  herein. 

SEC.  11.  That  nothing  herein  shall  be  construed 
to  grant  the  said  John  M.  Bell  and  his  associates,  their 
successors  or  assigns,  the  exclusive  right  to  construct 
and  operate  a  district  telegraph  line  in  the  said  city  of 
Tacoma.  Approved  July  14,  1890. 


ORDINANCE    NO.  350. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  350. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  R.  B.  Mullen  and  his  assigns  the  right,  privi- 
lege and  authority  of  erecting  and  maintaining  water  works  in  that 
part  of  the  city  ef  Tacoma.  in  the  county  of  Pierce,  and  state  of 
Washington,  which  is  known  and  described  as  sections  twenty-lour 
(24),  and  twenty-five  (25),  township  twenty-one  (21),  north  of  range 
two  (2),  east  of  Willamette  meridian,  and  to  supply  that  part  of 
said  city  and  its  inhabitants  with  pure  and  fresh  water,  and  pre- 
scribing the  terms,  conditions,  and  limitations  under  which  such 
right,  privilege  and  authority  may  be  exercised. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordaiu   as 
follorvs  : 

SECTION  1.  That  R.  B.  Mullen  and  his  assigns  are 
hereby  granted  the  right,  privilege  and  authority  of 
erecting  and  maintaing  water  works  in  that  part  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  in  the  county  of  Pierce  and  state  of 
Washington,  which  is  known  and  described  as  sections 
twenty-four  (24),  and  twenty-five  (25),  in  township 
twenty-one  (21),  north  of  range  two  (2),  east  of  the 
Willamette  meridian,  and  of  supylying  that  part  of  said 
city  and  its  inhabitants  with  pure  and  fresh  water,  for 
which  the  said  R.  B.  Mullen  and  his  assigns  are  hereby 
authorized  to  charge  the  consumers  thereof  reasonable 
rates.  « 

SEC.  2.  That  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  the  said  R. 
B.  Mullen  and  his  assigns  are  hereby  granted  the  right, 
liberty  and  privilege  of  laying  down,  re-laying,  connect- 
ing, disconnecting  and  repairing  such  and  so  many  mains 
and  pipes  along,  through  and  under  the  avenues,  streets, 
lanes,  alleys  and  public  highways  and  public  parks  and 
grounds  of  said  part  of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  as  may  be 
necessary,  proper  and  convenient  for  supplying  the  said 
part  of  said  city  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  with  pure 
and  fresh  water  and  for  that  purpose  to  make  connec- 
tions between  the  street  mains  and  pipes  and  the  dwell- 
ings or  other  buildings  or  structures  of  the  consumers. 

SEC.  3.  That  in  the  work  of  breaking  the  soil  of 
the  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  highways,  and 
public  parks  and  grounds  of  said  part  of  said  city  for 
the  purpose  of  laying,  re-laying,  connecting,  disconnect- 
ing and  repairing  said  mains  and  pipes,  and  making-  con- 
nections between  the  same  and  the  dwellings  or  other 
buildings  or  structures  of  the  consumers,  said  R.  B. 
Mullen  and  his  assigns  shall  be  governed  by  and  con- 


ORDINANCE    NO,    350 — CON. 

form  to  the  g*eneral  ordinances  of  said  city  in  force  at 
the  time  such  work  is  done  regulating-  the  opening1  and 
breaking-  of  the  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  high- 
ways,  and  public  parks  and  grounds,  and  he  or  they 
shall  with  all  convenient  speed  complete  the  work  for 
which  the  soil  shall  have  been  broken  and  forthwith  re- 
place the  earth  and  make  good  the  said  avenues,  streets, 
lanes,  alleys  and  hig-hways  and  public  parks  and  grounds 
so  opened  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  officers  charged 
with  the  supervision  and  care  of  such  highways  or  parks. 
All  mains  and  pipe  shall  be  laid  not  less  than  six  inches 
below  the  surface,  and  not  less  than  thirty  inches  in 
graded  streets  or  alleys,  of  the  ground,  and  in  such  a 
manner  as  not  to  interfere  unnecessarily  with  the  con- 
struction of  sewers  and  drains,  nor  with  the  grading*  of 
the  public  highways  and  grounds. 

SEC.  4.  Whenever  the  establishment  of  grades, 
drains,  seweis,  or  other  necessary  city  improvements 
shall  render  necessary  the  removal  or  re-laying-  of  the 
mains  and  pipes  laid  beneath  any  public  highway  or 
ground,  said  R.  B.  Mullen  and  his  assigns  shall,  upon 
five  days'  written  notice,  given  by  the  proper  -city  offi- 
cers, remove  and  re-lay  the  same  at  his  or  their  expense, 
upon  his  or  their  failure  so  to  do,  then  the  said  city 
officer  may  remove  the  same  and  the  said  city  and  its 
officers  shall  not  be  liable  for  damag-es  to  the  said  R.  B. 
Mullen  or  his  assig-ns  arising-  from  such  removal. 

"SEC.  5.  The  city  council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma 
hereby  reserves  the  right  to  reg-ulate  by  ordinance  and 
fix  reasonable  charg-es  which  said  company  may  charge 
to  the  consumers  for  water  privileges. " 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  368.  See  ordinance 
No.  1010.) 

SEC.   6.     (Repealled  by  ordinance  No.  368.) 

SEC.  7.     (Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  368.) 

"SEC.  8.  The  rig-hts,  privileges  and  authority 
granted  in  this  ordinance  shall  continue  for  thirty  years. " 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  368. ) 

SEC.  9.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immedi- 
ately after  its  passage  and  publication  as  required  by 
law. 

Approved  September  8,  1890. 


ORDINANCE    NO     101<X 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1010. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  and  fix  reasonable  rates  to  be  charged  by  R.  B^ 
Mullen  or  his  assigns,  the  North  End  Water  Company,  the  consumers 
for  water  privileges. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  North  End  Water  Company,, 
an  organization  furnishing-  water  at  the  *  'North  End" 
within  the  city  of  Tacoma  and  claiming-  authority  to  da 
so  under  ordinance  No.  350,  and  the  amendatory  ordi- 
nance No.  368,  granting  to  R.  B.  Mullen  and  his  assigns 
the  right,  privilege  and  authority  of  erecting  and  main- 
taining water  works  in  that  part  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,,, 
known  and  described  as  sections  24  and  25,  in  township 
21  north,  range  2  east,  and  in  other  portions  of  the  city 
in  that  immediate  vicinity,  shall  after  the  passage  and 
approval  of  this  ordinance,  charge  only  the  rates  fixed  in 
this  ordinance  for  the  water  so  sold  and  supplied  by  them 
to  consumers. 

SEC.  2.  The  rates  to  be  charged  and  collected  as 
aforesaid  shall  not  exceed  the  following  rate: 

MONTHLY   WATER   RATES. 

Bath  tubs,  each  tub,  25  cents. 

Building  purposes:  Wetting  each  1000  brick,  June 
1st  to  November  1,  15  cents;  wetting  each  1000  brick, 
November  1st  to  June  1st,  10  cents;  wetting  each  barrel 
of  lime,  10  cents;  plastering  60  square  yards,  10  cents; 
wetting  each  barrel  of  cement,  10  cents;  stone  work,  per 
perch,  3  cents. 

Family  rates,  five  rooms  or  less,  $1;  each  additional 
room,  10  cents. 

Meter  rates:  Prom  1000  to  25,000  gallons,  per 
month,  25  cents  per  thousand;  from  25,000  to  50,000  gal- 
lons, per  month,  22  cents  per  thousand;  from  50,000  to 
100,000  gallons,  per  month,  18  cents  per  thousand;  all 
over  100,000  gallons,  per  month,  13  cents  per  thousand. 

Public  halls  and  theaters,  by  meter,  or  from  $1.50 
to  $5.00. 

Schools,  public,  by  meter. 

Schools,  private,  by  meter,  or  from  $1.50  to  $5.00. 

Sprinkling,  25  cents  each  25  foot  lot. 

Stables,  livery,  transfer  and  boarding,  by  meter; 
other  than  above,  one  horse  and  vehicle  or  cow,  50  cents; 
each  additional  horse  or  cow,  25  cents. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    351  s  47$ 

Urinals,  self-closing-,  25  cents;  other  than  self-clos- 
ing, 35  cents;  constant  flow,  $1.00. 

Water  closets,  private  closet,  25  cents;  public  tank, 
75  cents;  pan  or  plunger,  $1.00. 

Water  troug-hs,  street,  $3;  water  motors,  by  meter. 

Passed  August  3,  1895. 

Presented  to  the  mayor  for  his  approval  Aug-ust  6> 
1895. 

Returned  by  the  mayor  with  his  objections  in  writ-* 
ing-,  Aug-ust  10,  1895. 

August  10,  1895,  presented  to  the  council  in  reg-ular 
session,  and  by  its  order  the  objections  of  the  mayor 
were  entered  on  the  journal  of  the  council,  and  thereupon 
the  council  proceeded  to  vote  on  the  question,  "Shall  the 
ordinance  pass  notwithstanding  the  objections  of  the 
mayor?"  The  vote  resulted  as  follows:  Ayes,  15;  noes, 
0;  absent  1.  The  chairman  declared  the  ordinance 
passed. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  351. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Commercial  Union  and  Terminal  Railroad. 
Company,  their  successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  op- 
erate a  standard  guage  railway,  with  necessary  switches  and  turnouts, 
upon  railroad  street,  between  the  intersections  of  South  Eighteenth 
and  South  Twenty-third  streets,  in  the  city  of  Tacoma.  Pierce 
county.  Washing-ton. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as 
follozvs  : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
to  the  Commercial  Union  and  Terminal  railroad  Com- 
pany, its  successors  and  assig-ns,  the  rig-ht  to  lay  down, 
construct  and  equip,  maintain  and  operate,  a  single  iron 
or  steel  track  standard  g"auge  railroad,  with  switches 
and  turnouts  and  other  appliances  necessary  in  the  oper- 
ation of  the  same  on,  along-,  over  and  across  said  Rail- 
road street  between  the  intersection  of  South  Eighteenth 
and  South  Twenty-third  streets,  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
Pierce  county,  Washing-ton. 

The  said  railroad  is  to  be  operated  as  a  switch  or 
side  track  to  other  lines  of  railroad  for  the  transporta- 
tion of  freight  and  other  cars  along1  said  Railroad  street 
to  and  from  the  business  property  contig-uous  thereto. 

SEC.  2.     The  tracks  of   said  railway  shall  be  laid 


ORDINANCE;  NO.  351 — CON. 

upon  the  uniform  and  official  grade  of  the  streets,  aven- 
ues and  highways  aforesaid  wherever  the  same  are 
•established  and  graded  by  the  municipal  authorities,  and 
the  space  between  the  rails  of  said  railway  shall  be 
planked,  macadamized  or  otherwise  paved,  and  the  owner 
or  owners  of  said  railway  shall  maintain  the  said  plank- 
ing* or  paving"  so  constructed,  whenever  the  same  shall 
be  required,  in  good  repair  the  entire  length  of  the  rail- 
way. 

SEC.  3.  The  Commercial  Union  and  Terminal 
Railroad  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  may  keep 
cars  standing-  upon  said  track,  turnouts  or  switches,  for 
a  length  of  time  not  exceeding-  48  hours. 

SEC.  4.  For  the  purpose  of  constructing  or  re- 
pairing said  railways,  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  for  a 
longer  period  than  two  days  at  any  one  time,  and  the 
tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages 
and  other  vehicles  can  with  the  least  obstruction  possi- 
ble cross  the  same;  and  nothing  in  this  ordinance  nor  in 
any  of  the  privileges  granted  hereby  shall  be  construed 
to  prevent  the  municipal  authorities  from  grading, 
paving,  sewering,  planking,  macadamizing,  improving, 
altering  or  repairing  any  of  the  streets  over  and  along 
which  the  privilege  of  constructing  and  maintaining  a 
railway  is  granted  by  this  ordinance,  and  'the  owner  or 
owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the  privilege  of  raising 
or  shifting  the  rails  or  otherwise  changing  the  roadbed 
and  appliances  of  said  railway  so  as  to  avoid  as  much  as 
possible  liability  to  obstruction  during  the  progress  of 
street  repairing,  improving  or  altering. 

SEC.  5.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  system  shall  be 
laid  upon  the  streets,  avenues  and  highways  aforesaid, 
'so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  sewer,  gas  and  water 
pipes,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  on  streets 
and  public  property  to  see  that  the  construction  of  said 
railways  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  observed 
and  carried  out. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  city  of  Tacoma  hereby  reserves 
the  right  to  take  up  said  tracks,  switches  and  turnouts, 
at  the  expense  of  the  owners,  after  six  months'  notice  in 
writing,  whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  city  council 
of  said  city  such  action  is  necessary. 

Approved  September  8,  1890. 


ORDINANCES    NO.    354   AND   359. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  354. 

A*  ordinance  granting  to  Tacoma  Eastern  Railroad  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors, and  assigns,  the  right  to  locate,  construct,  maintain  and  op- 
erate a  railway  upon  certain  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  the  citj 
of  Tacoma. 

Approved  September  8,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  359. 

An  ordinance  granting  permission  to  the  A,  B.  Todd  Foundry  and  Ma- 
chine Company  of  Tacoma,  to  construct,  put  down  and  use  railroad 
spurs  and  side  tracks  on  certain  streets  and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma. 

* '  The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as 

follows: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  A.  B.  Todd  Foundry  and 
.Machine  Company,  a  corporation  organized  under  the 
laws  of  Washington,  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  con- 
struct, put  down  and  use  in  the  line  of  its  business, 
spurs  or  sidetracks  on  streets  and  alleys  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma  as  follows,  to-wit:  Beginning  with  a  connection 
with  the  east  track  of  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor 
Company  at  a  point  on  Paicfic  avenue  opposite  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Twentieth  street;  thence  running-  across  the 
east  side  of  Pacific  avenue  and  east  on  said  Twentieth 
street  to  tne  center  line  of  A  street;  thence  south  on  A 
street  to  the  center  line  of  Twenty-first  street;  also  to 
construct,  and  put  down  for  the  same  purpose,  a  spur  or 
side  track  branching1  from  the  first  mentioned  spur  or 
side  track  at  or  near  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between 
Pacific  avenue  and  A  street;  thence  running  south  on 
said  alley  to  or  near  the  center  line  of  said  twenty-first; 
provided,  however,  that  the  said  A.  B.  Todd  Foundry 
and  Machine  Company  shall  first  file  in  the  office  of  the 
city  clerk  the  written  consent  of  the  said  Tacoma  Rail 
way  and  Motor  Company  to  the  connection  with  their 
tracks  hereinbefore  mentioned;  and  provided  further, 
that  the  street  committee  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall 
have  the  right  to  direct  the  construction  of  said  spurs  or 
side  tracks  so  far  as  to  prevent  unnecessary  obstruction 
to  the  public  use  of  said  streets  and  alleys. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  city  of  Tacoma  hereby  reserves 
the  right  to  take  up  said  tracks  and  spurs,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  owners  after  six  months  notice  in  writing, 


47&  ORDINANCE   NO,    363. 

whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  city  council  of  said  city 
such  action  is  necessary. 

Approved  September  16,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  363. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company,, 
their  successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a 
street  railway  or  railways  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  county,  state  of  Washington, 

The   City   Council  of  the   City  of    Tacoma  does  ordain 

as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay  down,  construct  and 
equip,  maintain  and  operate  a  single  or  double  iron  or 
steel  track  street  railway,  with  switches,  turnouts,  side- 
tracks and  other  appliances  necessary  for  the  operation 
of  the  same  on,  along,  over  and  across  the  streets,  ave- 
nues and  highways  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  hereinafter 
mentioned,  to- wit:  Thirteenth  street  from  Pacific  ave- 
nue easterly  to  the  city  limits;  Wright  avenue;  South 
Eleventh  street  from  M  street  west  to  the  east  line  of 
section  6,  township  20  north,  range  3  east;  Puyallup 
avenue  from  Pacific  avenue  to  East  F  street;  the  contin- 
uation of  Yakima  avenue  to  Center  street;  north  O  street 
from  Division  avenue  to  its  intersection  with  Steele 
street;  thence  on  Steele  street  for  a  continuous  line  to  N 
street,  in  Buckley's  addition;  thence  along  said  N  street 
and  the  continuation  thereof;  North  K  street  from  Divis- 
ion avenue  to  Steele  street;  thence  along  Steele  street  to- 
K  street,  in  Buckley's  addition,  and  thence  on  said  .K 
street  and  its  continuation  to  the  city  limits  on  the  west; 
Tacoma  avenue  from  McCarver  street,  in  Old  Tacoma, 
southerly  to  the  citv  limits;  provided  that  the  said  Ta- 
coma Railway  and  Motor  Company  shall,  prior  to  the 
exercise  of  said  franchise  on  Tacoma  avenue  from  North 
Sixth  street  from  said  McCarver  street,  remove  its 
tracks  from  and  surrender  the  franchise  heretofore 
granted  and  exercised  by  it  on  North  Sixth  street  from 
Tacoma  avenue  to  North  G  street;  thence  on  G  to  Mc- 
Carver street,  and  thence  on  McCarver  street  to  Tacoma 
avenue. 

SEC.  2.     There  is  further  granted  to  said  Tacoma 
Railway  and  Motor  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    363 — CON. 

the  right  to  construct  and  maintain  on,  along4  and  over 
the  streets,  avenues  and  highways  hereinbefore  men- 
tioned and  referred  to,  any  railroad  bed,  tunnels,  poles, 
wires  and  all  other  appliances  necessary  for  the  purpose 
of  running"  or  operating*  a  cable  or  electric  line  of  rail- 
way and  conducting*  power  to  operate  any  railway  or 
railways  constructed  on  said  streets,  avenues  and  high- 
ways,  whether  such  power  be  conducted  by  means  of 
cable,  electricity  or  other  motive  power;  provided  that 
no  steam  motor  shall  ever  be  used  on  any  of  said  streets, 
avenues  or  highways. 

SEC.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  constructing-  or  repair- 
ing said  railways  not  more  than  two  blocks  of  any  street 
shall  be  obstructed  for  a  longer  period  than  thirty  work- 
ing- days;  provided,  however,  that  the  city  council  may, 
in  its  discretion,  extend  the  time;  and  the  tracks  of  said 
railway  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  vehicles  can 
with  the  least  obstruction  possible  cross  the  same;  and 
nothing-  in  this  ordinance  or  in  any  of  the  privileges 
granted  hereby  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  munici- 
pal authorities  from  grading-,  paving-,  sewering-,  macad- 
amizing-, improving-,  altering-  or  repairing-  any  of  the 
streets  over  and  along-  which  the  privileg-es  of  construct- 
ing- and  maintaining-  a  railway  is  granted  by  this  ordi- 
nance, but  all  such  work  shall  be  done  so  as  to  offer  as. 
little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the  passag-e  of  cars,  and 
the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railway  shall  have  the  priv- 
ileg-e  of  raising-  or  shifting-  the  rails,  or  otherwise  chang- 
ing-  the  roadbed  and  appliances  of  said  railway  so  as  to- 
avoid  as  much  as  possible  liability  to  obstruction  during* 
the  progress  of  the  repairing-,  improving-  or  altering-. 

SEC.  4.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid 
upon  the  uniform  and  official  grades  of  the  streets,  ave- 
nues and  highways  aforesaid,  whenever  the  same  are 
established  and  graded  by  the  municipal  authorities;  and 
the  said  railway  company  or  its  assigns  shall,  when 
directed  by  the  city  council,  plank  that  portion  of  the 
streets  and  avenues  along  or  over  which  the  said  railway 
shall  be  laid,  and  over  the  whole  width  of  said  railway 
between  the  rails,  and  for  the  width  of  one  foot  outside 
of  said  rails,  and  in  case  of  a  double  track  or  sidings, 
shall,  when  directed  so  to  do  by  the  city  council,  plank, 
pave  or  macadamize  all  that  portion  of  the  street  lying 
between  the  two  tracks  to  at  least  the  same  extent  as  the 


480  ORDINANCE   NO.    363 — CON. 

city  paves  or  macadamizes  its  streets  and  avenues,  and 
^hall  maintain  the  same  at  all  times  during  the  continu- 
ance of  this  franchise;  provided  that  when  any  of  said 
streets,  avenues  or  alleys  shall  now  or  may  hereafter  be 
permanently  paved  by  the  city,  the  said  company  shall 
only  be  required  to  pave  between  the  tracks;  provided 
that  should  the  paving-  on  the  outside  of  said  rails  be 
torn  up  or  damaged,  the  said  company  shall  replace  the 
same  in  as  good  a  condition  as  before  torn  up  or  damaged. 
Whenever  it  becomes  necessary  for  the  lines  of  said  rail- 
way to  cross  any  stream,  ravine,  or  railway  tracks  with- 
in the  city  of  Tacoma,  the  said  company  and  its  assigns 
are  hereby  granted  the  right  to  make  such  crossings  by 
means  of  elevated  structures,  bridges,  cuts  and  under- 
ground crossing  or  tunnels,  the  same  to  be  coustructed, 
made,  -erected  or  driven,  in  accordance  with  specifica- 
tions to  be  approved  by  the  city  council. 

SEC.  5.  The  equipment  of  said  railways  and  all 
appliances  used  in  the  operation  thereof  shall  be  firstr 
class  in  every  particular,  and  all  materials  used  in  the 
construction  of  said  railways  shall  be  of  the  best  quality 
and  of  the  most  improved  patent  and  device,  and  no  "T" 
rails  shall  be  hereafter  laid  on  any  part  of  said  line  or 
lines  except  by  consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained. 

SEC.  6.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  system  shall 
be  laid  upon  the  streets,  avenues  and  highways  aforesaid 
so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  sewer,  gas  or  water  pipes; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  on  streets  and 
public  property  to  see  that  in  the  construction  of  such 
railways  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  observed 
and  carried  out.  The  aforesaid  grantees  herein  and 
their  associates  shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all 
rights  and  privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance  unless 
they  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  hereof, 
file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  a  written  acceptance  of 
the  privileges  hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the  conditions 
and  terms  herein  contained. 

SEC.  7.  That  where  there  are  now  or  may  here- 
after be  two  tracks  in  any  of  said  streets  or  avenues,  no 
additional  track  shall  be  authorized  to  be  placed  thereon 
by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  8.  The  fare  for  each  passenger,  with  ordinary 
hand  baggage,  for  one  continnous  passage,  over  all  or 


ORDINANCE   NO.    363 — CON,  481 

any  portion  of  said  company's  line  or  lines  of  railway 
shall  be  five  cents. 

SEC.  9.  The  city  council  reserves  to  itself  the 
right  at  any  time  after  three  years  from  the  beginning 
of  operations  on  said  lines  of  railway  to  impose  a  license 
fee  to  be  charged  on  the  business  thereof,  which  shall  not 
be  less  than  one  nor  more  than  two  per  cent  bf  the  gross 
earnings  thereof. 

SEC.  10.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  contained  shall 
be  construed  so  as  to  prevent  the  city  council  from  pass- 
ing all  ordinances  necessary  for  the  protection  of  the  in- 
terests of  the  city,  or  from  requiring  suitable  and  rea- 
sonable accommodations  for  the  traveling  public,  as  well 
in  respect  to  the  number  of  trips  which  shall  be  made 
upon  said  lines  of  railway  and  the  rate  of  speed  to  be 
used  thereon. 

SEC.  11.  The  lines  of  railway  herein  authorized  to 
be  constructed  shall  be  completed  within  six  months 
after  the  streets  upon  which  such  lines  are  authorized  to 
be  constructed  are  graded,  so  that  continuous  lines  of 
railway  can  be  laid  and  operated  thereon;  and  in  the 
event  that  the  whole  of  a  continuous  line  of  railway 
shall  not  be  completed  \vithin  the  time  aforelimited,  all 
the  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted  upon  the  streets 
or  avenues  embraced  in  such  continuous  line,  shall  be  for- 
feited forthwith,  without  the  doing  or  performing  of 
any  act  or  thing  whatsoever  on  the  part  of  said  city 
for  the  purpose  of  working  such  forfeiture. 

SEC.  12.  All  rights  and  privileges  hereby  con- 
ferred shall  expire  at  the  end  of  forty-eight  vears  from 
the  date  when  this  ordinance  takes  effect  and  is  accepted 
by  said  company. 

Approved  September  30,  1890. 


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482  ORDINANCE    NO.    371, 


ORDINANCE  NO.  371. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  ordinance  No.  21,  entiiled,  "An  ordinance 
granting  to  the  Sunset  Telephone-Telegraph  Company  the  right  to 
erect  poles,  and  thereon  to  fasten  wires  in  the  streets  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain   as 
follows  : 

RIGHT   TO   SET   POLES   AND   STRETCH   WIRES, 

SPJCION  1.  That  there  be  and  hereby  is  granted 
unto  the  Sunset  Telephone -Telegraph  Company,  and  to 
its  successors  and  assigns,  the  rig"ht,  privilege  and 
authority  to  locate,  erect,  place,  maintain  and  use  in  the 
streets  and  alleys  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  poles  and 
thereon  fasten  wires,  and  to  stretch  said  wires  throug-h 
said  streets  and  alleys,  for  the  purpose  of  placing-,  con- 
structing- and  maintaining  telephones  and  telephone  sta- 
tions in  the  different  building's  and  sections  of  said  city, 
and  said  city  reserves  the  right  to  compel  the  company 
to  place  said  wires  under  ground. 

KIND   OF    POLES     AND    WHERE   SET. 

SEC.  2.  That  said  poles  shall  be  dressed  and 
painted  white,  and  constructed  and  erected  in  a  work- 
manlike manner,  and  when  erected  in  a  street  having-  a 
sidewalk,  they  shall  be  placed  inside  of  and  adjoining" 
the  outside  stringer  upon  which  the  planks  of  the  side- 
walk are  laid.  Said  poles  shall  not  be  less  than  35  feet 
long-,  and  at  least  eight  inches  square  at  the  bottom  and 
four  inches  square  at  the  top,  and  shall  be  placed  in  the 
.ground  not  less  than  four  feet.  They  shall  be  placed 
and  erected  in  such  a  manner  as  may  be  desig-nated  by 
the  street  commissioner. 

WIRES   INSULATED    AND   NOT   TO   OBSTRUCT   STREET. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  said  wires  shall  be  insulated  and 
carefully  connected  and  fastened  so  as  not  to  come  in  con- 
tact \vith  any  object  and  shall  be  stretched  so  as  not  to 
come  in  contact  with  any  object  and  shall  be  stretched 
so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  free  and  unobstructed  use 
of  said  streets  and  alleys,  and  at  such  a  heig-ht  as  may 
be  desig-nated  by  the  street  commissioner. 


ORDINANCE    NO     371 — CON  483 

SIDEWALK   AND   GROUND   TO     BE    REPLACED. 

SEC.  4.  That  when  it  shall  become  necessary  in 
the  erection  of  said  poles  to  take  up  any  portion  of  the 
-sidewalk  or  dig"  up  the  ground  in  or  near  the  sides  and 
corners  of  said  streets  or  alleys,  then  the  said  company, 
its  successors  or  assigns,  shall,  after  said  poles  are 
erected,  without  delay  replace  said  sidewalk  and  properly 
refit  the  planks  of  said  sidewalk  in  a  workmanlike  man- 
ner, and  remove  from  such  place,  street  or  alley,  all  sur- 
plus sand,  earth,  rubbish  or  other  material  which  may 
be  taken  up  or  dug*  up  in  the  construction  or  erection  of 
said  poles,  and  shall  put  such  sidewalk,  street  or  alley 
in  as  g-ood  condition  as  it  was  before  it  was  taken  up, 
dug*  or  disturbed,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  street 
.committee. 

WIRES   REMOVED,    ETC.,    FOR   MOVING   BUILDINGS. 

SEC.  5.  That  whenever  any  person  has  obtained 
permission  to  use  any  of  the  streets  of  the  city  for  the 
purpose  of  removing-  any  building-,  the  said  company,  its 
successors  or  assigns,  upon  twenty-four  hours'  notice 
from  such  person,  shall  raise  or  remove  any  of  said  wires 
which  may  obstruct  the  removal  of  such  building-,  so  as 
to  allow  the  free  and  unobstructed  removal  and  passag-e 
of  the  same.  Such  notice  shall  be  in  writing-  and  served 
by  any  person  competent  to  be  a  \vitness  in  a  civil  action 
upon  said  company,  its  successors  or  assig-ns,  or  it  or 
their  repiesentative  or  ag-ent,  and  in  case  of  its  or  their 
failure  or  refusal  after  such  notice  to  comply  therewith, 
the  street  commissioner  shall  raise  or  remove  said  wires 
at  the  expense  of  said  company, -its  successors  or  assig-ns, 
for  the  purpose  aforesaid. 

POSITION    OF   POLES   MAY   BE    CHANGED. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  city  of  Tacoma  hereby  reserves 
the  rig-ht  to  order  the  chang-e  of  position  of  any  such 
pole  or  poles  whenever  in  the  judg-ment  of  the  city  coun- 
cil of  said  city  such  chang-e  is  necessary.  Such  change, 
if  so  ordered,  shall  be  made  by  the  said  company,  its 
successors  or  assig-ns,  at  its  or  their  expense  after  re- 
ceiving- ten  days'  notice  in  writing-  to  make  such  chang-e, 
and  the  city  of  Tacoma  also  reserves  the  rig-ht  to  amend 
this  ordinance  whenever  in  the  judg-ment  of  the  city 
council  of  said  city  an  amendment  is  necessary,  having- 


ORDINANCE     NO.    371 — CON. 

due  regard,  however,  for  the  vested  rights  of  the  par- 
ties. 

TERM    OF   FRANCHISE. 

SEC.  7,  That  all  the  privileges  herein  conferred 
upon  and  granted  to  said  company  and  to  its  successors 
and  assigns,  shall  continue  for  twenty-five  years  front 
the  time  this  ordinance  goes  into  effect,  subject,  however, 
to  the  conditions  therein  specifically  set  forth. 

WHENEVER    TO   COMMENCE   ERECTION   OF   POLES. 

SEC.  8.  That  said  company  shall  commence  the 
erection  of  said  poles  within  thirty  days  from  the  time 
this  ordinance  goes  into  effect,  otherwise  all  the  rights 
and  franchises  herein  conferred  upon  and  granted  to  said 
company  shall  cease.  Provided  that  said  teleghone  sys- 
tem shall  be  in  operation  within  sixty  days  from  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance;  and,  further,  should  said  com- 
pany at  any  time  neglect  or  fail  to  operate  or  finish  said 
telephone  system  for  the  period  of  thirty  days,  the  city 
shall  have  the  right  to  declare  this  franchise  terminated. 

COMPANY     SHALL     INDEMNIFY     CITY     FOR     INJURY   OCCASIONED. 

SEC.  9.  That  the  said  company  contracts  and  cov- 
enants hereby  to  indemnify  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  any 
injury  arising  from  any  casualty  or  accident  to  person  or 
property  by  reason  of  any  neglect  or  omission  to  keep 
the  said  poles  or  wires  in  proper  and  safe  condition. 

COMPANY   SHALL   FILE    ACCEPTANCE. 

SEC.  10.  That  said  company  shall,  within  ten  day& 
from  the  adoption  of  this  ordinance,  file  with  the  city 
clerk  its  acceptance  of  the  franchise  herein  granted,  sub- 
ject to  the  conditions  herein. 

FRANCHISE   NOT   EXCLUSIVE. 

SEC.  11.  That  nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to 
give  said  company  the  exclusive  right  to  maintain  and 
operate  the  telephone  system  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

REGULAR    CHARGES. 

SEC.  12.  That  the  said  Sunset  Telephone-Tele- 
graph Company  shall  not  charge  more  than  $6  per  month 
rental  for  business  houses  and  $4.50  per  month  for  resi- 
dences to  its  subscribers  for  each  instrument,  and  shall 


ORDINANCE    NO.    399. 

not  charge  any  sum  for  putting1  up  and  removing1  the 
same;  but  shall  be  allowed  to  collect  the  first  three; 
months'  rental  for  each  instrument  in  advance. 

PENALTY    FOR   VIOLATION    OF. 

SEC.  13.  A  failure  of  the  Sunset  Telephone-Tele- 
graph  Company  to  comply  with  any  or  all  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  ordinance  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  council,, 
work  a  forfeiture  of  the  rig*hts  and  privileges  hereby 
conferred. 

SEC.  14.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  ir* 
conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved  October  11,  1890. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  399. 

Ac  ordinance  granting-  to  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  the 
privilege  of  erecting  poles  and  stretching  and  fastening1  wires  thereon 
in  certain  streets. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain  as. 
follows  : 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  given  to  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company  the  privilege  of  erecting 
poles  and  of  stretching  and  fastening  wires  thereon, 
along,  by,  through,  over  and  across  the  following  streets, 
and  courses,  to-wit:  Commencing  at  the  northwest  cor- 
ner  of  Eleventh  street  and  court  A;  thence  up,  along, 
by,  through,  over  and  across  said  Eleventh  street  on 
the  north  side  thereof,  and  in  a  westerly  direction  ta 
Railroad  street;  thence  down,  along,  by,  through,  over 
and  across  said  Eleventh  street  on  the  north  side  there- 
of, and  in  an  easterly  direction  to  said  court  A. 

SEC.  2.  Said  poles  hereby  authorized  to  be  erected 
shall  be  dressed  and  painted,  and  set  on  division  lines 
between  lots  or  on  street  corners  and  shall  be  set  in  the 
sidewalk  flush  with  the  outer  edge  thereof,  and  shall  not 
be  less  than  forty  feet  in  length  and  the  lowest  wire  on 
said  poles  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty  feet  above  the 
ground. 

SEC.    3.     Said   poles   shall   be  securely  set   in 
ground  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  engineer. 

Approved  March  10,  1891. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.    551    AND    599. 

ORDINANCE   NO.  551. 

-An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Taconia  Railway  and  Motor  Company,  its 
successors  and  assigns,  the  right  and  privilege  to  furnish  and  sell 
from  its  present  electric  plant  and  lines,  and  those  hereafter  to  be 
constructed  by  it,  electric  power  and  current  for  the  purpose  of 
'driving  stationary  motors  and  the  heating  of  buildings. 

J3e  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
to  the  Tacoma  Railway  and  Motor  Company,  its  succes- 
sors and  assigns,  the  right  and  privilege  to  furnish  and 
sell  from  its  electric  plant  and  lines  of  street  railway 
now  constructed  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  or  any  lines  of 
electric  street  railway  which  may  be  hereafter  construct- 
ed, electric  power  and  current  for  the  purpose  of  driving 
stationary  motors,  and  the  heating  of  buildings. 

SEC.  2.  No  poles  or  other  appliances  for  the  hang- 
ing of  wires  for  the  purpose  of  furnishing  electricity  as 
set  forth  in  section  1  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  erected 
in  the  streets  or  alleys  of  said  city  of  Taconia  other  than 
those  which  are  or  may  be  erected  for  the  purpose  of 
hanging  or  stretching  wires  for  the  motive  power  of 
said  street  railway  cars. 

SEC.  3.  All  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  con- 
ferred shall  expire  at  the  end  of  twenty-five  years  from 
the  date  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect. 

Approved  December  21,  1891. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  599. 

•Granting  to  Wm.  C.  Pyfer  ahd  his  assigns  the  right  to  construct,  operat 
and  msintain  a  system  of  water  works. 

Approved  January  27,   1892. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    860.  487 

ORDINANCE  NO.  860. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Point  Defiance,  Tacoma  &  Edison  Railway 
Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct,  maintain 
and  operate  a  street  railway  or  railways  upon  and  across  certain 
streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  county, 
Washington,  and  on  said  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  to  erect  poles 
and  string  wires  thereon  to  conduct  electricity  to  operate  said  rail- 
way, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  the  Point  Defiance,  Tacoma  &  Edison  Railway 
Oompany,  a  corporation  organized  and  existing*  under  the 
laws  of  the  state  of  Washington,  and  having  its  princi- 
pal place  of  business  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  in  said  state, 
its  successors  and  assigns,  within  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
upon  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  hereinafter  named, 
the  right  to  lay  down  and  maintain  a  single  or  double 
iron  or  steel  railroad  track,  with  proper  sidings,  and  also 
the  right  to  operate  an  electric  or  other  street  railway 
thereon,  and  also  the  right,  along  said  streets,  avenues  and 
alleys  to  erect  poles  and  string  wires  thereon  and  con- 
duct thereon  electricity  to  operate  said  railway. 

SEC.  2.  The  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  and  por- 
tions thereof  over  which  said  rights  are  granted  are  de- 
scribed as  follows:  Beginning  at  a  point  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  Mason  avenue,  formerly  known  as  the 
Boulevard,  and  North  Thirty-fifth  street,  formerly 
known  as  D  street,  running  thence  westerly  along  North 
Thirty-fifth  street  to  its  intersection  with  Cheyenne 
street. 

Also  beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Union  avenue 
and  North  Thirtieth  street,  formerly  known  as  Second 
street,  running  thence  southerly  along  Union  avenue  to 
its  intersection  with  North  Twenty-sixth  street. 

Also  beginning  at  the  intersection  of  South  Park 
avenue  and  South  Thirty-eighth  street,  running  thence 
westerly  along  South  Thirty-eighth  street  to  its  inter- 
section with  Yakima  avenue. 

Also  beginning  at  the  intersection  of  south  Thirty- 
eighth  and  M  streets,  running  thence  southerly  along  M 
street  to  its  intersection  with  South  Fifty-sixth  street. 

Also  beginning  at  the  intersection  of  South  Fifty- 
sixth  street  and  Yakima  avenue,  running  thence  westerly 
along  South  Fifty-sixth  street  to  its  intersection  with 
Asotin  street. 


488  ORDINANCE    NO,    860 — CON. 

Also  beginning  at  the  intersection  of  South  Fifty- 
fourth  street,  formerly  known  as  Rosser  street,  and  Ce- 
dar street,  formerly  known  as  Lyon  street,  running 
thence  northerly  along  said  Cedar  street  to  the  southerly 
boundary  line  of  Oakwood  cemetery. 

SEC.  3.  The  construction  of  said  railway  shall  be- 
gin within  ninety  days  from  the  date  this  ordinance  takes, 
effect,  and  shall  be  completed  and  in  operation  within 
twelve  months  from  said  date. 

SEC.  4.  For  the  purpose  of  laying  down  or  repair- 
ing such  railway  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  at  any  one 
place  for  a  greater  length  than  three  blocks  at  any  one 
time,  nor  for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  working  days, 
except  the  council  may,  at  its  discretion,  extend  the  time 
aforesaid.  The  track  of  said  railway  shall,  upon  the 
grade  of  said  streets,  when  the  same  are  established  and 
graded,  be  so  laid  that  they  shall  not  be  elevated  above 
the  surface  of  the  street,  and  so  that  conveyances  arid 
other  vehicles  may  cross  the  same  with  the  least  possible 
obstruction,  and  so  that  they  shall  in  no  wise  interfere 
with  the  sewer,  gas  and  water  pipes  upon  the  line  of  said 
railway. 

SEC.  5.  The  cars  to  be  used  shall  be  of  the  most 
approved  construction,  provided  with  brakes  and  other 
necessary  appliances,  and  the  rails  shall  be  of  good  iron 
or  steel,  and  of  the  most  approved  pattern,  and  no  loco- 
motive or  engine  propelled  by  steam  shall  ever  be  used 
upon  said  line  of  railway  or  any  part  thereof,  except  by 
consent  of  the  city  council  first  obtained. 

SEC.  6.  The  owner  or  owners  of  said  railway,  or 
the  lessee  or  lessees  thereof,  shall,  when  directed  by  the 
city  council,  pave  or  macadamize  that  portion  of  the 
streets  or  avenues  along  or  over  which  the  said  railway 
shall  be  laid,  and  over  the  whole  width  of  said  railway 
between  the  rails,  and  also  between  the  tracks  where  a 
double  track  is  laid,  and  for  the  width  of  two  feet  out- 
side of  said  rails  to  at  least  the  same  extent  and  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  city  paves  or  macadamizes  its  streets 
and  avenues,  and  they  shall  maintain  the  same  at  all 
times  during  the  continuance  of  the  franchise. 

The  rails  of  the  main  lines,  corners  and  turnouts, 
and  at  point  of  intersection  shall  be  laid  in  such  manner 
as  to  cause  the  least  inconvenience  to  the  public  in  the 
use  of  said  streets. 


ORDINANCE    NO,    860 — CON. 

No  car  shall  be  allowed  at  any  time  to  stop  or  re- 
main at  any  intersection  of  streets  for  a  longer  period 
than  five  minutes,  and  any  violation  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  subject  the  owner  or  owners  of  said 
railway,  or  the  lessee  or  lessees  thereof,  to  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  $5  nor  more  than  $25  for  every  offense,  upon 
conviction  thereof  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  7.  The  said  Point  Defiance,  Tacoma  &  Edison 
Railway  company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  shall  pay 
to  the  city  of  Tacoma  annually  the  sum  of  $10.  And 
the  council  reserves  the  right  at  any  time  to  impose  a 
license  fee  to  be  charged  on  the  business  of  said  railway 
which  shall  not  be  less  than  1  or  more  than  2  per  cent, 
of  the  gross  earnings  of  said  railway  per  annum. 

SEC.  8.  The  city  of  Tacoma,  its  successors  or  as- 
signs; shall  have  the  right  at  any  time  to  appropriate  by 
purchase,  for  a  reasonable  price,  the  property  of  said 
Point  Defiance,  Tacoma  &  Edison  Railway  company,  its 
successors  or  assigns,  erected  and  placed  on  said  portions 
of  said  streets,  avenues  and  alleys. 

SEC.  9.  The  said  Point  Defiance,  Tacoma  &  Edison 
Railway  Company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  shall  be 
deemed  to  have  abandoned  all  rights  and  privileges  con- 
ferred by  this  ordinance  unless  they  shall,  within  thirty 
days  after  the  passage  thereof,  file  in  the  office  of  the 
city  clerk  the  written  acceptance  of  the  rights  and  privi- 
leges hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the  terms  and  condi- 
tions herein  contained. 

SEC.  10.  A  failure  on  the  part  of  said  Point  Defi- 
ance, Tacoma  &  Edison  Railway  Company  its  succes- 
sors or  assigns,  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  requiring  the  beginning,  construction  and  op- 
eration of  said  railway,  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner 
hereinbefore  designated  and  provided,  shall,  at  the  option 
of  the  council,  \vork  a  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and 
privileges  hereby  conferred. 

SEC.  11.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance,  nor  any  privi- 
leges granted  hereby,  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the 
municipal  authorities  from  grading,  paving,  sewering, 
planking,  macadamizing,  improving,  altering  or  repair- 
ing any  of  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  over  which 
the  privilege  of  constructing  a  railway  is  granted  by 
this  ordinance,  or  upon  which  any  railway  may  be  con- 
structed under  its  provisions,  but  all  such  work  shall  be 


490  ORDINANCE    NO     1004. 

done  so  as  to  offer  as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to  the 
passage  of  cars,  and  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  railway 
shall  have  the  privilege  of  raising-  or  shifting  the  rails- 
so  as  to  avoid,  as  much  as  possible,  the  liability  to  ob- 
struction during  the  progress  of  street  repairing,  im- 
proving or  altering. 

SEC.  12-  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  prevent  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma  from  passing  all  ordinances  and  resolutions  neces- 
sary for  the  protection  of  the  interests  of  the  city,  and 
to  carry  out  the  spirit  and  provisions  of  this  franchise  or 
ordinance,  or  from  granting  to  any  other  street  railway 
the  right  to  cross  the  tracks  of  the  line  or  lines  of  this, 
railway  at  the  same  grade. 

SEC.  13.  This  ordinance  shall  continue  in  force  for 
a  period  of  twenty-five  (25)  years. 

Approved  July  10,   1893. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1004. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  City  Park  Railway  Company  the  right  and 
privilege  to  construct,  operate  and  maintain  a  street  railway  within 
Point  Defiance  park. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  herby  granted  to 
the  City  Park  Railway  Company  the  license,  right  and 
privilege  to  construct,  operate  and  maintain  a  line  of 
single  track,  electric  street  railway,  together  with  the 
necessary  poles  and  wires  for  electric  purposes  within 
Point  Defiance  park,  subject  to  the  rights  of  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States  in  and  to  said  premises; 
the  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted  to  said  City 
Park  Railway  Company  being  as  hereinafter  set  forth, 
and  none  other. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  said  City  Park  Railway  Com- 
pany shall  have  the  license,  right  and  privilege,  subject 
to  the  rights  of  the  United  States,  to  extend  tne  line  of 
street  railway  known  as  the  Point  Defiance  railway,  now 
owned  and  being  operated  by  the  said  City  Park  Railway 
Company  into  the  said  Point  Defiance  park  from  a  point 
at  or  near  the  northerly  terminus  of  the  said  Point  Defi- 
ance Railway  at  or  near  said  Point  Defiance  park,  at, 
over  and  along  a  route  to  be  specified  according  to  lines- 


ORDINANCE    NO.     1004— CON* 

run  by  the  city  engineer  and  approved  by  the  park  com- 
missioners; the  track  of  the  City  Park  Railway  Com- 
pany from  a  point  where  said  company  shall  -enter  said 
park  to  the  present  northerly  end  of  said  track  to  be  re- 
moved; provided  that  the  operation  of  the  road  within 
the  park  shall  always  be  subject  to  the  general  rules  and 
regulations  adopted  by  the  park  commissioners  for  the 
government  of  the  park. 

SEC.  3.  That  at  the  terminus  of  the  said  City  Park 
Railway  Company  in  said  Point  Defiance  park  the  said 
railway  company  shall,  within  sixty  days  after  the  com- 
pletion of  said  railway  in  said  park,  erect  and  construct 
a  suitable  passenger  depot  or  waiting  room  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  passengers;  provided,  that  no  improve-- 
ment  shall  be  made  or  work  done  unless  first  approved 
by  the  park  commissioners,  and  a  permit  issued  by  them, 
and  that  all  improvements  under  this  ordinance  shall  be 
made  and  maintained  as  required  by  the  park  commis- 
sioners. 

SEC.  4.  The  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted 
to  the  said  City  Park  Railway  Company  are  upon  the 
condition  that  if  any  other  street  railway  company  shall 
hereafter  obtain  the  privilege  of  entering  said  park,  such 
street  railway  company  shall  have  the  right,  upon  pay- 
ing reasonable  compensation  therefor,  to  make  the  neces- 
sary connections  with  and  use  the  track  of  the  said  City 
Park  Railway  Company  within  said  Point  Defiance  Park; 
provided,  that  such  connection  and  use  shall  not  inter- 
fere with  the  reasonable  use  of  said  track  by  the  said 
City  Park  railway. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  said  City  Park  Railway  Com- 
pany shall,  within  sixty  days  after  the  approval  of  this 
ordinance,  and  notification  of  the  location  by  the  park 
commissioners  of  the  route,  fully  build,  equip  and  have 
ready  for  operation,  the  said  extended  line  of  road,  and 
shall  within  said  time  file  its  written  acceptance  of  the 
privileges  and  rights  herein  granted. 

SEC.  6.  For  and  in  consideration  of  the  grant  of 
this  right  and  privilege  the  City  Park  Railway  Company 
does  hereby  agree,  and  by  its  acceptance  will  agree  to 
pay  to  the  city  of  Tacoma,  after  two  years  from  the  date 
of  the  approval  of  this  ordinance,  one-fourth  of  one  per 
cent  of  the  gross  passenger  earnings  of  the  said  road  as 
now  constructed  and  to  be  constructed  within  Point  De- 


492  ORDINANCE   NO.    1028. 

fiance  park  received  by  it  between  the  first  day  of  April 
and  the  first  day  of  October  of  each  year,  which  shall  be 
paid  into  the  park  fund  of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  and  shall 
belong-  and  become  a  part  of  said  fund.  Said  City  Park 
Railway  Company  shall  render  to  the  park  commissioners 
on  or  before  the  10th  day  of  each  and  every  month  a 
statement  of  its  gross  earnings  as  above  provided  for  the 
preceding  month,  and  shall  pay  the  amount  due  thereon 
as  above  provided  on  or  before  the  10th  day  of  each  and 
every  month. 

SEC.  7.  That  all  improvements  other  than  the 
track  and  its  electric  appliances,  poles  and  wires,  shall 
be  the  property  of  the  park,  but  shall  not  be  removed 
While  the  company  is  operating  under  this  privilege,  and 
the  company  shall  have  the  right  to  use  said  improve- 
ments during  the  life  of  its  privilege,  and  in  case  of  fail- 
tire  of  the  company  to  conform  to  the  terms  of  the  ordi- 
nance and  the  rules  of  the  park  commissioners,  this  priv- 
ilege may  be  declared  forfeited  by  the  city  council,  and 
the  company  shall  remove  its  track  from  said  park  within 
sixty  days  after  notification  by  the  park  commissioners 
of  such  forfeiture,  or  the  said  property  shall  revert  to 
said  park. 

Approved  July  27.  1895. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1028. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  John  M.  Bell,  his  successors,  heirs  or  assigns, 
the  right  and  privilege  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  an 
auxiliary  electric  fire  alarm  system  in  connection  with  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  Washington,  fire  alarm  system  upon  all  the  streets,  ave- 
nues and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Wash. 

•Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

GRANT   OF   FRANCHISE. 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted  unto 
John  M.  Bell,  his  successors,  heirs  or  assigns,  the  right 
and  privilege  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  an  elec- 
tric auxiliary  fire  alarm  system  in  connection  with  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  Wash.,  electric  fire  alarm  system,  to 
place  in  each  and  every  engine  or  hose  house,  or  station 
thereof,  all  the  necessary  indicating  and  alarm  appara- 
tus as  the  needs  of  the  said  auxiliary  system  may  re- 
quire. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1028— CON.  493 

POLES,    HOW    SET  —DIMENSIONS. 

SEC.  2-  Should  it  at  any  time  be  found  necessary 
to  use  poles  in  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the 
said  auxiliary  fire  alarm  system,  the  poles  shall  be  set 
along-  and  in  the  alleys,  and  shall  be  set  no  less  than 
eight  feet  from  the  boundary  of  the  said  alleys;  the  poles 
hereby  authorized  to  be  set  and  erected  shall  be  dressed 
and  painted,  and  shall  be  set  on  the  division  lines  be- 
tween lots  on  or  in  said  alleys.  Said  poles  shall  not  be 
less  than  forty  feet  above  the  ground  and  erected  to  the 
satisfaction  ot  the  board  of  public  works. 

The  wires  thereon  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty  feet 
above  the  sidewalk. 

No  poles,  however,  shall  be  erected  within  the  fol- 
lowing- described  limits:  Bounded  on  the  north  by  Divis- 
ion avenue;  on  the  east  by  South  A  street;  on  the  south 
by  South  Twenty-first  street;  on  the  west  by  South 
Yakima  avenue.  Said  poles  and  wires  shall  be  moved 
at  the  expense  of  the  grantees  whenever  ordered  by  the 
board  of  public  works,  or  other  proper  authority. 

WIRES     TO    BE     INSULATED   AND     NOT    TO     OBSTRUCT    STREETS. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  said  wires  are  to  be  insulated 
and  carefully  connected  and  secured  so  as  not  to  come  in 
contact  with  or  obstruct  or  prevent  the  free  and  unob- 
structed use  of  the  said  streets,  avenues  or  alleys,  and 
at  such  height  as  may  be  desig-nated  by  the  board  of 
public  works. 

SIDEWALKS    AND    GROUND   TO    BE    REPLACED. 

SEC.  4.  That  when  it  shall  become  necessary  in 
the  construction  of  the  said  auxiliary  system,  or 
erection  of  the  said  poles,  to  take  up  the  sidewalks,  or 
dig  up  the  ground,  then  the  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  suc- 
cessors or  assig-ns,  shall  replace  the  said  sidewalks  or 
ground  in  as  good  condition  as  it  was  before  it  was  tak- 
en up,  dug-  or  disturbed. 

CITY   TO    BE   ALLOWED   TO    USE    POLES, 

SEC.  5.     If,  at  any  time,  the  city  should  wish  to  use 
the  poles  of  the  said  auxiliary  system  for  their  fire  alarm 
>r  police  system,  they  shall  be  permitted  to  do  so  free  of 
:harg-e  for  such  use,  provided,  however,  that  they  do  not 
any  way  interfere  with  the  wires  of  the  said  auxiliary 
system. 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1028  —  CON. 


TO   HAVE   FREE    ALARM    BOXES. 

SEC.  6.  The  city  of  Tacoma,  Wash.,  shall  have  the 
free  use  of  five  auxiliary  alarm  boxes  placed  in  circuit, 
and  in  such  city  building's  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
said  city,  and  kept  in  constant  and  perfect  working-  order 
by  the  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  successors  heirs  or  assigns, 
and  the  free  use  thereof  shall  continue  during1  the  life- 
time of  this  ordinance. 

THE   CITY   TO   HAVE   PERCENTAGE   OF   GROSS   EARNINGS. 

SEC.  7.  The  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  successors, 
heirs  or  assigns,  shall  pay  to  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Wash., 
a  percentage  upon  the  gross  earnings  as  hereinafter 
specified. 

For  the  first  year,  dating  from  the  time  it  is  placed 
in  actual  operation,  two  per  cent.  For  the  second  year, 
three  per  cent.,  and  five  per  cent  each  succeeding  year 
thereafter. 

THE  CITY  TO  PLACE  WIRES  UNDERGROUND. 

SEC.  8.  The  city  of  Tacoma,  Wash.,  reserves  the 
rig-lit  at  any  time  to  compel  the  said  John  M.  Bell,  his 
successors,  heirs  or  assig-ns,  to  place  the  wires  of  the 
said  auxiliary  fire  alarm  system,  where  the  same  are 
strung  upon  poles  or  otherwise  are  strung  overhead,  un- 
derground in  proper  conduits  such  as  may  be  used  and 
approved  at  that  time. 

TIME   OF   CONSTRUCTION. 

SEC.  9.  The  construction  of  the  said  auxiliary  fire 
alarm  system  shall  commence  within  four  months  from 
the  date  of  this  ordinance  taking  effect,  and  one  group  or 
circuit  shall  be  in  actual  operation  within  six  months 
after  the  date  of  this  ordinance  takes  effect. 

ACCEPTANCE. 

SEC.  10.  The  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  successors, 
heirs  or  assigns,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all 
the  rights  and  privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance, 
unless  they  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage 
thereof,  file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  a  written  - 
ceptance  of  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferr 
subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  contained  herein. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1099.  495 


TERMINATION   OF   FRANCHISE. 


SEC.  11.  All  the  rights  and  privileges  herein  con- 
ferred unto  the  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  successors,  heirs 
or  assigns,  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  twenty-five  years 
from  the  date  of  this  ordinance  taking  effect,  provided, 
that  nothing  contained  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  con- 
strued as  to  prevent  the  eity  council  of  the  city  of  Taco- 
ma,  Wash.,  from  passing  all  ordinances  and  resolutions 
necessary  for  the  protection  of  the  interests  of  the  city 
and  to  carry  out  the  spirit  and  provisions  of  the  forego- 
ing ordinance  of  franchise;  and  provided,  further,  that 
the  city  council  hereb}T  retains  the  right  to  fix  reasonable 
rates  for  the  use  of  all  instruments  erected  under  this 
ordinance  in  all  particulars  at  any  time;  provided  further, 
that  the  franchise  herein  shall  not  be  assigned  without 
consent  of  the  council  by  ordinance,  and  the  city  reserves 
the  right  at  any  time  to  purchase  the  system  at  a  price 
to  be  agreed  upon  between  the  city  and  the  owner  of  the 
system  at  a  price  not  exceeding  the  cost  of  construction. 

Approved  November  4,  1895. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1099. 

An  ordinance  extending  the  time  within  which  J.  M.  Bell,  his  successors, 
heirs  or  assigns  shall  have  constructed,  completed  and  in  actual  op- 
eration one  group  or  circuit  of  the  Auxiliary  Electric  Fire  Alarm 
system. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  time  within  which  J.  M, 
Bell,  his  successors,  heirs  or  assigns,  were  to  have  con- 
structed, completed  and  in  actual  operation  one  group  or 
circuit  of  the  auxiliary  electric  fire  alarm  system,  a  fran- 
chise for  which  was  granted  by  ordinance  No.  1028,  en- 
titled, "An  ordinance  granting  to  John  M.  Bell,  his  suc- 
cessors, heirs  or  assigns,  the  right  and  privilege  to  con- 
struct, maintain  and  operate  an  auxiliary  electric  fire 
alarm  system  in  connection  with  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
Washington,  fire  alarm  system  upon  all  the  streets, 
avenues  and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Washington,"" 
approved  November  4,  1895,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
extended  to  six  months  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

Approved  July  7,  1896. 


490  OifDINANCKS    N(J.     MOO    AND    1121. 

ORDINANCE   NO.  1100. 

An  ordinance  consenting  to  the  transfer  and  assignment  of  the  fran- 
chise granted  to  John  M.  Bell,  his  successors,  heirs  and  assigns  of 
the  rig-ht  and  privilege  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  an  aux- 
iliary electric  fire  alarm  system  in  connection  with  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma, Washington,  which  transfer  is  made  to  the  Tacoma  Auxiliary 
Fire  Alarm  Company. 

JBe  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Taconia\ 

SECTION  1.  That  consent  is  hereby  given  to  John 
M.  Bell,  his  successors,  heirs  or  assigns,  to  transfer  the 
franchise  granted  to  the  said  John  M.  Bell,  his  succes- 
sors, heirs  or  assigns,  which  franchise  was  granted  by 
ordinance  No.  1028,  entitled,  "An  ordinance  granting  to 
John  M.  Bell,  his  successors,  heirs  or  assigns,  the  right 
and  privilege  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  an  aux- 
iliary electric  fire  alarm  system  in  connection  with  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  Washington,  fire  alarm  system,  upon 
all  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys,  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma, Washington,"  approved  November  4,  1895,  said 
transfer  and  assignment  to  be  made  to  the  Tacoma 
Auxiliary  Fire  Alarm  Company. 

Approved  July  7,  1896. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1121. 

-An  ordinance  granting  unto  Robert  T.  Reid,  his  associates,  their  success- 
ors and  assigns,  the  right  to  erect  poles  and  stretch  wires  thereon 
for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  a  district  telephone,  fire  and  police 
alarm  system  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

.Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  grant< 
unto  Robert  T.  Reid,  his  associates,  their  successors  ai 
assigns,  the  right,  privilege,  authority  and  franchise 
locate,  erect,  place,  maintain  and  use  in  all  the  streets, 
and  alleys  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  except  Pacific  avenue, 
the  full  length  thereof;  C  street  and  Tacoma  avenue 
from  South  Seventh  street  to  South  Seventeenth  street, 
and  South  Eleventh  street  from  A  to  K  street,  poles 
with  necessary  cross-arms,  platforms  and  braces,  and 
thereon  to  fasten  wires  and  stretch  such  wires  and  cables 
through  such  streets  and  alleys,  and  to  maintain  and  use 
such  wires  and  cables  for  the  purpose  of  creating",  estab- 
lishing, using  and  maintaining"  throughout  the  streets 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1121— CON.  497 

and  alleys  in  said  city  an  electric  call  box  and  district 
telephone  system  and  a  complete  electric  fire  and  police 
alarm  system.  The  said  poles,  wires,  cables  and  other 
incidents  to  be  under  supervision  of  the  city  council  or 
an  officer  empowered  by  said  city  council  or  other  author- 
ized department  of  the  municipality  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  2.  That  such  poles  shall  be  erected,  so  far  as 
practicable,  in  the  alleys  rather  than  in  the  streets  of 
said  city,  and  when  erected  they  shall  be  constructed 
•  and  erected  in  a  neat  and  workmanlike  manner,  and 
painted,  and  when  erected  in  a  street  having-  a  sidewalk 
they  shall  be  placed  inside  of  and  contiguous  to  the  out- 
side stringer  upon  which  the  planks  of  such  sidewalk 
are  laid.  Such  poles  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty  feet 
long-,  and  shall  be  of  such  size  and  set  in  the  ground  to> 
such  a  depth  as  to  make  them  safe  and  free  from  all  dan- 
g-er  of  careening  or  falling;  and  such  poles  shall  be 
placed  under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent  of 
streets  or  other  proper  officer  of  Tacoma,  so  as  not  to  in- 
terfere with  lamp  posts  on  the  streets  or  alleys. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  said  wires  are  to  be  insulated 
and  carefully  connected  and  secured  so  as  not  to  come 
into  contact  with,  or  obstruct  or  prevent  the  free  and  un- 
obstructed use  of  said  streets,  avenues  or  alleys,  and  at 
such  height  as  may  be  designated  by  the  commissioner 
of  public  works  or  other  proper  authority* 

SEC.  4.  That  whenever  it  shpll  become  necessary 
in  the  erection  of  such  poles  to  take  up  any  of  the  side- 
walk, or  to  take  up  the  ground  at  or  near  the  sides  or 
corners  of  said  streets  or  alleys,  then  said  Robert  T. 
Reid,  his  associates,  their  successors  or  assigns,  shall* 
after  such  poles  are  erected,  without  delay  replace  such 
sidewalk  and  properly  refit  the  stringers  and  planks 
thereto  in  a  neat  and  workmanlike  manner,  and  remove 
from  such  streets,  sidewalks  or  alleys  all  rubbish  and 
dirt  and  other  material  that  may  have  been  placed  there* 
taken  or  dug  up  in  the  erection  of  such  poles,  and 
shall  restore  such  sidewalk  or  alley  to  as  good  condition 
as  it  was  before  it  was  taken  up,  dug  up  or  disturbed. 

SEC.  5.  That  whenever  any  person  has  obtained 
from  the  city  permission  to  use  any  of  the  streets  of  the 
city  for  the  purpose  of  removing  any  building-,  said  Rob- 
ert T.  Reid,  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assig-ns, 
upon  twenty  hours  notice  from  such  person,  shall  raise 


498  ORDINANCE    NO.    1121, 

or  remove  any  wires  or  poles  which  may  obstruct  the  re- 
moval of  such  building",  so  as  to  allow  the  free  and  un- 
encumbered passage  thereof.  Said  notice  shall  be  in 
writing-,  and  shall  be  served  upon  said  Robert  T  Reid, 
his  associates,  their  successors  or  assigns,  of  his  or  their 
agent  or  representative,  by  any  person  competent  to  be  a 
witness  in  a  civil  action  in  the  courts  of  this  state.  Up- 
on failure  to  remove  any  poles  or  wires  upon  notice  afore- 
said, the  commissioner  of  public  works  or  other  proper 
officer  of  Tacoma  may  remove  the  same  at  the  expense 
of  said  Robert  T.  Reid,  his  associates,  their  successors 
or  assigns,  if  removed  for  the  purpose  aforesaid. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  grantee  herein,  their  successors 
or  assigns,  shall,  when  thereunto  lawfully  required,  and 
at  the 'same  time  and  upon  the  same  terms  as  all  other 
persons  or  corporations  engaged  in  using  wires  within 
said  city  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  electricity  for 
any  purpose,  remove  said  poles  and  wires  and  place  the 
same  underground  in  said  avenues,  streets,  lanes,  high- 
ways, alleys  and  public  grounds. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  said  Robert  T.  Reid,  his  asso- 
ciates, their  successors  and  assigns,  shall,  within  six 
months  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  construct, 
erect  and  equip  so  much  of  this  said  electric  call  box  and 
district  telephone  system  arid  electric  fire  and  police 
alarm  system  as  will  practically  complete  the  same. 

SEC.  8.  That  all  the  privileges  herein  confer  red 
upon  said  Robert  T.  Reid,  his  associates,  their  successors 
and  assigns,  shall  continue  for  twenty-five  years  from 
the  time  when  this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect,  subject, 
however,  to  the  reservation  set  forth  in  section  6  of  this 
ordinance. 

SEC.  9.  That  said  Robert  T.  Reid  and  his  asso- 
ciates, their  successors  and  assigns,  by  accepting  the 
franchise  hereby  granted,  covenant  to  indemnify  the  city 
of  Tacoma  from  any  injury  arising  from  casualty  or  ac- 
cident to  person  or  property,  and  particularly  by  reason 
of  any  neglect  or  omission  to  keep  such  poles  and  wires 
in  a  safe  condition,  and  for  all  valid  claims  against  said 
city  for  damages  caused  by  such  poles  or  wires,  or  by 
any  electrical  current  conducted  thereby. 

SEC.  10.  That  said  Robert  T.  Reid,  his  associates, 
their  successors  and  assigns,  shall  never  be  permitted  to 
charge  any  patron  for  the  use  of  any  single  instrument 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1161.  499 

more  than  one  dollar  per  month  for  the  use  thereof.  Pro- 
vided that  said  Robert  T.  Reid,  hie  associates,  their  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  shall  at  all  times  furnish,  equip  and 
maintain  at  the  Central  police  station  and  Central  fire 
department  station,  also  at  the  city  hall  and  sheriff's 
office  at  the  court  house,  an  instrument  for  which  no 
charge  shall  ever  be  made. 

SEC.  11.  That  said  Robert  T.  Reid  shall,  within 
ten  days  after  the  approval  of  this  ordinance,  file  with 
the  city  clerk  his  acceptance  of  this  franchise,  subject  to 
all  the  conditions  herein. 

SEC.  12-  That  if,  at  the  expiration  of  the  time 
given  by  this  ordinance  to  make  the  improvements  as 
above  set  forth,  the  same  shall  not  have  been  made,  then 
this  ordinance  shall  thereby  become  forfeited  and  be  null 
and  void. 

SEC.  13.  That  said  Robert  T.  Reid,  his  successors 
or  assigns,  shall  pay  to  the  city  of  Tacoma  a  percentage 
of  one  per  cent  on  the  gross  receipts  of  the  said  district 
telephone  and  fire  alarm  system  for  the  first  two  years, 
and  such  percentum  thereafter  as  may  be  considered  just 
and  equitable  by  the  city  council  of  the  said  city  of  Ta- 
coma. 

SEC.  14.  That  nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be 
construed  to  grant  unto  said  Robert  T.  Reid,  his  asso- 
ciates, their  successors  or  assigns,  any  exclusive  right 
to  construct,  operate  and  maintain  any  electric  call  box 
and  district  telephone  system,  or  any  electric  fire  and 
police  alarm  system,  or  any  other  matter  or  thing  here- 
inbefore referred  to  in  said  city  council. 

Approved  August  17,  1896. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1161. 

An  ordinance  granting-  to  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company  a, 
license  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  railway  spur  across 
East  D  and  South  Twenty-first  streets,  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  is  hereby  granted  to  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company  a  license  to  construct 
and  maintain  a  standard  guage,  iron  or  steel  railway 
spur  or  swith  from  a  point  on  the  Northern  Pacific  Rail- 
way across  and  over  the  said  East  D  and  South  Twenty- 


500  ORDINANCE     NO.    1338. 

first  streets  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  said  spur  or  switch 
to  be  constructed  or  located  under  the  supervision  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  said  Northern  Pacific  Railway 
Company  shall  so  construct  the  said  railway  spur  or 
switch,  that  the  top  of  the  rails  shall  be  flush  with  the 
street  as  now  graded  and  shall  pave  that  portion  of  the 
street  over  which  the  said  spur  or  switch  may  pass,  be- 
tween the  rails  and  two  (2)  feet  on  the  outside  thereof, 
with  the  same  material  as  the  adjacent  street  is  paved, 
and  whenever  the  city  shall  change  the  paving1  or  grade 
of  said  street,  the  said  Northern  Pacific  Company  shall 
pave  with  the  same  material  as  the  rest  of  the  street 
may  be  paved  with  and  change  the  grade  of  the  roadbed 
so  that  the  top  of  the  rails  shall  be  flush  with  the  new 
grade  so  established. 

SEC.  3.  That  no  cars  or  engines  shall  be  left  stand- 
ing upon  the  street  or  streets  used  or  crossed  by  the  said 
spur  or  switch  and  such  street  or  streets  shall  at  all 
times  be  kept  open  to  the  public. 

SEC.  4.  That  the  license  herein  granted  shall  be 
revokable  by  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  the  city  of  Tacoma 
shall  at  any  time  have  the  right  to  impose  a  reasonable 
license  fee  for  the  exercise  of  the  right  herein  granted. 

SEC.  5.  The  city  of  Tacoma  reserves  the  right  and 
shall  have  the  power  to  require  the  said  Northern  Pacific 
Railway  Company  to  permit  the  use  of  said  spur  or 
switch  by  any  other  railway  company  or  companies  upon 
reasonable  terms,  to  be  fixed  by  arbitration  by  the  usual 
method,  such  other  company  or  companies  so  using  said 
spur  or  switch  shall  in  no  wise  interfere  with  or  abridge 
the  use  of  the  same  by  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway 
Company. 

Approved  February  13,  1897. 


ORDINANCE  NO.   1338. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company  its,. 
successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay  down,  construct,  maintain 
and  operate  a  spur  track  of  its  railway  across  South  Twenty-first 
street  and  along  a  portion  of  Winthrop  avenue  in  the  city  of  Tacoina^ 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.     That  there  be  and  is  hereby  granted 
unto  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company,   its   sue- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1338 — CON. 

cessors  and  assigns,  for  the  period  of  twenty-five  years, 
the  right  to  lay  down,  construct,  maintain  and  operate  a 
spur  track  of  its  railway  across  South  Twenty-first 
street  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  on  a  line  extending-  from 
the  double  track  of  said  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Com- 
pany, near  the  northwest  corner  of  Dock  and  South 
Twenty-first  streets,  in  a  southeasterly  direction  across 
said  South  Twenty-first  street  and  along*  Winthrop  ave- 
nue to  the  west  line  of  block  fifty-seven  (57)  of  Tacoma 
tide  lands. 

SEC.  2.  The  said  grantee,  or  its  assigns,  shall  con- 
struct said  track  of  railway  so  as  to  conform  to  the 
grade  of  the  street  at  present  existing;  and  shall  fill  in 
between  the  rails,  and  on  the  outside  of  said  rails,  with 
suitable  material,  so  that  the  said  track  shall  not  ob- 
struct travel  or  the  passage  of  vehicles  over  the  same  in 
the  said  streets;  and  shall,  when  directed  by  the  city 
council,  pave  or  macadamize  that  portion  of  said  streets 
along  or  over  which  the  said  railway  track  shall  be  laid, 
and  over  the  whole  width  between  the  tracks  thereof, 
and  for  a  width  of  two  feet  outside  of  said  rails,  to  at 
least  the  same  extent,  in  the  same  manner,  and  of  the 
same  material  as  the  city  shall  pave  or  macademise  the 
same  streets.  And  the  said  grantee,  or  its  assigns 
shall  maintain  the'said  street  in  like  manner  and  condi- 
tion at  all  times  during  the  continuance  of  this  franchise. 

SEC.  3.  The  said  grantee,  or  its  assigns,  shall  not 
allow,  at  any  time,  any  car  to  stop  or  remain  on  the  in- 
tersection of  said  streets  for  a  longer  period  than  five 
minutes.  And  any  violation  of  this  section  shall  sub- 
ject the  owner  or  owners  of  said  railway,  or  the  lessee 
or  lessees  thereof,  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
($5)  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  for  each 
offense,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  any  court  having 
jurisdiction. 

SEC.  4.  If  the  said  grantee,  or  its  assigns,  shall 
violate  or  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  terms,  provis- 
ions or  obligations  of  this  grant,  ujjon  its  part,  for  ninety 
(90)  days  after  notice  from  the  commissioner  of  public 
works,  then  the  said  grantee,  and  its  assigns,  shall  for- 
feit all  rights  herein  contained,  and  this  grant  may  be 
revoked  and  annulled  by  the  citv  council. 

Approved  October  7,  1898.  " 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1227. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1227. 

-An  ordinance  granting  to  Frank  C.  Ross,  his  associates,  successors  and 
-assigns,  the  right  to  construct,  operate  and  maintain  a  standard 
;guage  railway  over,  along-  and  upon  certain  streets  and  avenues  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma. 

'Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  is  hereby  granted  to  Frank 
C.  Ross,  his  associates,  successors  and  assigns,  the  rig-lit 
to  locate,  lay  down,  build,  equip,  operate  and  maintain  a 
standard  guage  railway  with  single  or  double  track,  and 
such  necessary  turnouts,  sidetracks  and  switches  and 
other  adjuncts  as  may  be  necessary  in  the  business  of 
said  railway  within  the  city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  county, 
state  of  Washington,  over,  upon  and  along  and  across 
the  following  streets  and  avenues;  viz: 

Commencing  at  the  Reservation  line  at  the  easterly 
limits  of  the  city,  along  South  Twenty-first  street  to  its 
junction  with  Railroad  avenue;  thence  along  Railroad 
avenue  to  the  King  county  line;  from  the  Reservation 
line  on  Canal  street  along  said  street  to  Railroad  avenue; 
from  the  Reservation  line  on  Commercial  avenue  along 
said  avenue  to  Railroad  avenue. 

SEC.  2.  Said  railroad  may  be  operated  by  steam, 
electricity  or  any  other  motive  power. 

SEC.  3.  There  is  further  granted  to  said  Frank  C. 
Ross,  his  successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  erect,  con- 
struct and  maintain  on,  along  and  over  the  streets  and 
avenues  hereinbefore  mentioned  and  referred  to  in  this 
ordinance,  the  railroad  beds  as  provided  in  section  1  of 
this  ordinance,  piling  poles,  wires  and  any  and  all  other 
structures  or  appliances  necessary  for  the  purpose  of 
building,  constructing,  maintaining  and  operating  said 
line  of  railway  and  for  conducting  and  transmitting  elec- 
tric current  or  any  other  power  to  operate  said  railway. 
This  section  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  city 
charter,  and  also  any  general  ordinance  now  in  force  or 
hereafter  enacted,  provided  that  nothing  herein  shall  be 
construed  to  compel  tbe  said  grantee,  his  successors  or  as- 
signs, to  change  the  location  of  its  tracks  after  the  same 
have  been  constructed. 

SEC.  4.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid, 
raised  or  lowered  to  conform  to  the  uniform  and  official 
grades  of  the  streets  and  avenues  aforesaid  whenever 
the  same  are  established  or  changed  by  the  city  council 


ORDINANCE    NO.  1227 — CON. 

of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  but  no  change  of  grade  after  the 
tracks  are  laid  shall  be  made,  except  for  good  and  rea- 
sonable cause,  in  which  event  the  railroad  company  shall 
have  a  reasonable  time,  not  to  exceed  twelve  months,  in 
which  to  make  such  change,  and  the  said  Frank  C.  Ross, 
his  successors  and  assigns,  shall,  without  cost  to  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  when  the  said  city  in  like  manner  im- 
proves or  causes  to  be  improved,  that  portion  of  the 
streets  and  avenues  adjacent  thereto,  and  when  directed 
by  the  city  council,  plank,  re-plank,  pave  or  re-pave,  or 
macadamize  or  re-macadamize  that  portion  of  the  streets 
and  avenues  along  or  over  which  the  said  railroad  com- 
pany's track  shall  be  laid  and  over  the  whole  width  of 
said  railway  between  the  rails  and  to  the  end  of  the  ties 
outside  of  said  rails,  so  as  to  conform  to  the  grades  and 
improvements  made  by  the  city  upon  the  adjacent  por- 
tion of  such  streets  and  avenues  occupied  by  the  said 
railroad  and  required  to  be  improved  as  herein  provided. 
And  in  no  case  of  more  than  one  track  said  grantee  shall 
pave,  plank  or  macadamize  all  that  portion  of  the  street 
lying  between  the  two  tracks,  not  to  exceed  six  feet  on 
the  outside  of  any  rail,  to  the  same  extent  and  as  often  and 
with  the  same  kind  of  material  as  the  city  planks,  paves 
or  macadamizes  or  causes  the  same  to  be  done  upon  that 
portion  of  said  streets  and  avenues  adjacent  thereto,  and 
shall  maintain  the  same  in  good  repair  at  all  times  dur- 
ing the  continuance  of  this  franchise;  and  should  the  pav- 
ing on  the  outside  of  said  rail  be  torn  up  or  damaged  by 
said  company,  its  agents  or  assigns  or  lessees,  the  said 
grantee  shall  replace  the  same  in  good  condition.  When- 
ever it  becomes  necessary  for  the  lines  of  said  railway7  to 
cross  any  stream,  ravine  or  railway  track  within  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  the  said  grantee  and  his  assigns  are  hereby 
granted  the  right  to  make  such  crossings  by  means  of 
elevated  structures,  bridges,  cuts,  underground  cross- 
ings, the  same  to  be  constructed,  made,  erected  or  driven 
in  accordance  with  specifications  to  be  approved  by  the 
city  council  of  said  city. 

SEC.  5.  The  eqipment  of  said  railway  and  all  ap- 
pliances used  in  the  operation  thereof  shall  be  first  class 
in  every  particular,  and  all  materials  used  in  the  con- 
struction of  said  railway  shall  be  of  good  quality. 

SEC.  6.  The  tracks,  other  structures  and  appli- 
ances of  said  railway  system  shall  be  laid  and  construct- 


504  ORDINANCE   NO,    1227— CON. 

ed  upon  the  said  streets  and  avenues  aforesaid  so  as  not 
to  interfere  with  the  sewer  or  water  pipes  and  so  as  not 
to  obstruct  the  free  use  of  said  streets  and  avenues  by 
the  public. 

SEC.  7.  The  said  Frank  C.  Ross,  his  successors 
and  assigns,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all  the 
rights  and  privileges  conferred  by  this  ordinance  unless 
they  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  thereof, 
file  in  the  office  of  the  city  controller  his  acceptance  of 
the  privileges  hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the  conditions 
and  terms  herein  granted.  The  rights  and  privileges 
granted  by  this  ordinance  are  granted  upon  the  further 
condition  that  the  said  Frank  C.  Ross,  his  associates, 
successors  and  assigns,  shall  equip,  construct  and  con- 
tinually operate  a  first  class  standard  gauge  railroad 
upon  either  Commercial  avenue,  Canal  street,  or  South 
Twenty-first  street,  from  the  Reservation  line  to  Rail- 
road avenue,  in  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  within 
twelve  months  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and 
shall  construct,  equip  and  operate  a  first  class  standard 
gauge  railroad  connecting  therewith  for  a  distance  of 
thirty-two  miles  within  two  years  after  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance.  The  failure  of  the  said  Frank  C.  Ross, 
his  associates,  successors  or  assigns,  to  comply  with  any 
and  all  conditions  herein  specified,  within  the  time  herein 
stated,  shall  render  this  franchise  null  and  void,  not- 
withstanding the  fact  that  said  Frank  C.  Ross,  his  asso- 
ciates, successors  and  assigns,  may  have  in  part  com- 
plied with  the  terms  and  conditions  in  this  section  con- 
tained. This  franchise  is  granted  upon  the  further  con- 
dition that  the  city  of  Tacoma  reserves  the  right  to 
grant  at  any  time  to  any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  a 
franchise  or  franchises  to  construct  and  operate  a  rail- 
road upon  any  of  the  streets  herein  named,  notwithstand- 
ing the  grand  herein  contained. 

And  the  city  of  Tacoma  reserves  the  further  right 
to  construct  upon  and  all  of  the  streets  and  avenues 
herein  described  such  railroad  tracks  as  may  be  deemed 
necessary  for  the  use  of  all  persons,  firms  or  corpora- 
tions desiring  to  enter  the  city  with  a  railroad,  and  to 
charge  a  reasonable  fee  for  the  use  thereof. 

SEC.  8.  To  the  end  that  the  rights  and  privileges 
herein  granted  shall  in  no  wise  be  exclusive,  but  shall 
extend  to  all  other  railroads  desiring  to  enjoy  them,  any 


OKDINANCE    NO,    1227 — CON. 

one  or  more  lines  of  railroad  now  or  hereafter  entering1 
the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  have  the  right  to  run  their  en- 
gines and  cars  and  transact  their  freight  and  passenger 
business  over,  along  and  upon  any  of  the  tracks, 
switches,  turnouts  constructed  by  this  company  under 
the  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted  upon  the  pay- 
ment of  a  proper  compensation  for  such  use  or  for  the 
purchase  for  a  joint  interest  therein;  but  such  use  by 
another  company  shall  be  such  as  not  to  obstruct  or 
interfere  with  the  free  use  of  said  track,  switches  or 
turnouts  constructed  by  Frank  C.  Ross,  his  successors  or 
assign^;  and  the  enjoyment  of  those  rights  may  be  entered 
upon  by  such  other  railroad  at  any  time  and  shall  not 
be  delayed  until  the  adjudication  of  the  compensation 
therefor;  such  adjudication  shall  be  either  by  mutual 
agreement,  arbitration  or  in  the  courts,  provided  that  no 
other  railroad  or  railroad  company  shall  use  the  tracks 
of  the  grantee  herein  until  a  good  and  sufficient  bond, 
with  approved  sureties,  and  in  a  penal  sum  amply  suffi- 
cient to  fully  indemnify  and  save  harmless  from  any  and 
all  loss,  damage,  or  for  compensation  arising  from  said 
use,  shall  be  executed  and  delivered  to  Prank  C.  Ross, 
his  successors  or  assigns,  to  secure  the  compensation  or 
loss  and  damage  that  said  company  may  be  entitled  to 
upon  such  settlements  or  adjudication  by  the  courts. 

SEC.  9.  That  the  said  Frank  C.  Ross,  his  success- 
ors and  assigns,  shall  hold  and  save  the  city  of  Tacoma 
harmless  from  and  against  any  damages,  costs  or  ex- 
penses recovered  against  the  said  city  by  reason  of  negli- 
gence in  the  construction  or  operation  or  maintenance  of 
said  railroad,  and  shall  defend  at  his,  or  their  own  cost 
any  suit  brought  against  the  city  of  Tacoma  based  upon 
the  negligence  or  alleged  negligence  of  the  said  grantee, 
his  successors  and  assigns,  in  the  construction  or  opera- 
tion or  maintenance  of  said  railroad  upon  any  streets  and 
avenues  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  10.  That  any  other  like  railroad  which  may 
hereafter  receive  a  franchise  from  the  city  of  Tacoma 
and  engage  in  the  business  of  a  common  carrier,  of 
freight  and  passengers,  shall  have  the  right  to  construct 
parallel  tracks  or  cross  the  track  or  tracks  of  said 
grantee  or  his  successors  and  assigns  within  the  limit  of 
said  right  of  way,  subject,  however,  to  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  the  city  council  shall  frame,  and  the  dects- 


ORDINANCE    NO     1227 — CON. 

ion  of  the  council  shall  be  final.  Priority  of  construc- 
tion and  operation  of  any  railroad  upon  the  streets  herein 
named  shall  determine  the  priority  of  right  under  any 
and  all  franchises. 

SEC.  11.  That  said  grantee  and  his  assigns  shall 
not  allow  his  or  their  locomotives  or  cars  to  stand  upon 
the  tracks  or  any  public  wharf  or  street  crossing1  along* 
said  streets  and  avenues  longer  than  may  be  necessary  to 
make  switches  or  to  receive  and  land  passengers,  and 
necessary  for  the  transaction  of  his  business  unless  in 
case  of  accident. 

SEC.  12.  That  the  said  city  of  Tacoma  shall  retain 
the  same  control  over  the  streets  and  avenues  over  which 
the  said  railroad  shall  be  laid  down  as  over  the  other 
streets  and  avenues  in  the  city,  and  shall  have  the  right 
to  regulate  the  speed  of  trains  within  the  limits  of  the 
right  of  way  herein  granted;  and  said  grantee  and  as- 
signs shall  not  run  trains  over  said  right  of  way  at  a 
higher  rate  of  speed  than  ten  miles  per  hour,  or  as  may 
hereafter  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  13.  This  franchise  shall  not  be  transferred  or 
assigned  without  authority  from  the  city  council,  except 
as  provided  in  section  10  of  this  ordinance;  provided  that 
the  said  company  may  mortgage  its  tracks,  roadbeds, 
equipments  or  other  property,  including  the  rights 
granted  under  this  franchise,  subject,  however,  to  all  the 
conditions  and  requirements  herein  contained. 

SEC.  14.  That  neither  the  said  Prank  C.  Ross  nor 
his  assigns,  nor  any  other  company  or  person  except  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  shall  lay  any  railroad  track,  stub, 
switch,  or  other  part  or  portion  or  railway  on  that  part 
of  Railroad  avenue  fronting  the  city  waterway  and  lying 
between  the  north  line  of  South  Ninth  street  extended 
and  the  south  line  of  South  Eleventh  street  extended, 
and  fronting  on  said  city  waterway,  and  thence  extend- 
ing two  hundred  feet  eastward  from  said  waterway, 
which  said  portion  of  said  street  was  intended  to  be  used 
as  a  wharf;  nor  shall  said  railroad  obstruct  the  approach 
to  said  wharf,  but  shall  in  all  reasonable  ways  keep  the 
approaches  and  streets  leading  thereto  free  and  open  at 
all  times. 

SEC.  15.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and 
after  the  passage  and  publication. 

Approved  September  3,  1897. 


ORDINANCE    NO.     123(X 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1230, 

An  ordinance  ratifying  the  settlement  of  differences  heretofore  existing 
between  James  O.  Carr,  as  owner  of  the  properties  prior  to  April, 
1st,  1897,  owned  and  operated  by  the  Tacoma  Railway  &  ^Jotor  Com- 
pany, and  its  receivers,  and  granting  to  James  O.  Carr  the  franchise 
to  haul  freight  on  any  of  his  railway  lines  in  the  city  of  Tacoma ; 
and  other  matters  incidental  to  said  settlement. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  mayor  and  city  controller  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma  be,  and  are  hereby  directed  in  the  name 
of  the  city,  within  ten  days  after  the  passage  of  this  or- 
dinance, to  execute  and  deliver  in  duplicate  to  James  O. 
Carr  an  agreement  of  settlement  of  the  differences  aris- 
ing- out  of  the  construction  of  certain  ordinances  grant- 
ing the  franchise  to  operate  street  cars  on  railway  lines 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma  owned  by  said  James  O.  Carr,  and 
further,  that  there  is  hereby  granted  to  said  James  O. 
Carr,  his  assigns,  the  rights,  powers  and  privileges  con- 
tained in  article  two  of  the  agreement  of  settlement 
hereinafter  set  forth,  subject  to  the  obligations  therein 
contained  in  said  agreement  of  settlement,  which  agree- 
ment is  as  follows,  to-wit: 

For  and  in  consideration  of  the  mutual  covenants 
hereinafter  contained,  it  is  agreed  between  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  a  municipal  corporation,  and  a  city  of  the  first 
class  in  the  state  of  Washington,  party  of  the  first  part, 
and  James  O.  Carr,  owner  of  that  certain  property  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma  prior  to  April  1st,  1897,  owned  by 
the  Tacoma  Railway  &  Motor  Company,  and  operated 
by  its  receivers,  and  since  said  time  operated  under  the 
name  of  the  Tacoma  Railways  Company,  his  heirs,  ad- 
ministrators, successors  and  assigns,  party  of  the  second 
part,  as  follows,  to-wit: 

ARTICLE  I.  The  party  of  the  second  part  shall 
within  ninety  days  after  the  ratification  of  this  agree- 
ment by  ordinance  of  the  party  of  the  first  part,  pave 
each  of  the  railway  tracks  on  Pacific  avenue  in  said  city 
between  Seventh  street  and  the  bituminous  paving  at  or 
near  Seventeenth  street,  with  the  same  kind  of  paving 
as  that  now  laid  on  either  side  of  the  railway  tracks,  or, 
at  the  option  of  the  party  of  the  second  part,  with  other 
form  of  pavement  equally  good  and  permanent.  In  case 
other  form  of  pavement  is  used,  the  kind  of  material 
shall  first  be  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  public 


508  ORDINANCE    NO.    1230 — CON. 

works  of  the  party  of  the  first  part.  On  all  other 
•streets  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  whereon  the  party  of  the 
second  part  shall  maintain  street  car  tracks,  said  party 
of  the  second  part  shall  pave  between  the  rails  on  said 
streets  within  sixty  days  after  and  in  the  same  manner 
and  with  the  same  material  as  said  streets  adjacent  on 
either  sid.e  thereof  shall  be  paved,  or  at  the  option  of  the 
party  of  the  second  part,  upon  such  other  plan  of 
pavement  or  improvement  as  shall  be  first  approved  by 
the  commissioner  of  public  works.  The  party  of  the 
second  part  shall  maintain  all  pavements  between  the 
rails  of  its  street  car  tracks  in  good  repair,  and  when 
any  street  on  either  side  shall  be  repaved,  the  party  of 
the  second  part  shall  then  pave  between  the  rails  in  the 
same  manner,  and  with  the  same  material,  unless  an 
equally  permanent  and  durable  pavement  shall  have  been 
at  such  time  laid  and  maintained  in  good  repair. 

The  obligation  of  this  article  shall  continue  to  the 
expiration  of  each  of  the  several  franchises  under  which 
the  said  railway  tracks  have  heretofore  been  laid. 

ARTICLE  II.  The  party  of  the  second  part  shall 
have  the  right  to  haul  all  kinds  of  freight  from  any  point 
within  the  city  to  any  point  without  the  city,  or  from 
any  point  without  the  city  to  any  point  within  the  city, 
over  all  of  the  tracks  now  owned,  or  which  may  here- 
after be  acquired  or  operated  by  said  party  of  the  second 
part  in  said  city,  and  to  collect  reasonable  charges  there- 
for. This  right  shall  be  exercised  at  all  times  with  due 
regard  to  the  public  safety,  and  no  cars  shall  be  permit- 
ted to  stand  upon  the  streets  or  to  interfere  with  the 
public  travel  thereon.  In  the  exercise  of  this  privilege 
said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  be  permitted  to  con- 
struct spurs  reaching  to  other  railroads  and  to  adjacent 
private  property  for  the  receipt,  discharge  and  transfer 
of  freight. 

In  consideration  for  this  privilege  the  party  of  the 
second  part  shall  pay  to  the  party  of  the  first  part  dur- 
ing the  first  five  years  after  this  grant  takes  effect,  the 
sum  of  two  per  cent  upon  all  of  its  receipts  received  and 
collected  for  the  carriage  of  freight  on  its  railway  lines, 
which  after  five  years  the  council  may  increase  to  five 
per  cent  upon  all  the  receipts  received  and  collected  for 
the  carriage  of  freight. 

ARTICLE  III.     The  party  of  the  second  part  shall 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1230— CON.  509 

have  the  right  when  constructing",  reconstructing*  or  relay- 
ing tracks  within  said  city  to  use  **T"  rails,  but  where 
««T"  rails  shall  be  used,  such  device  or  devices  shall  be 
used  as  will  protect  from  injury  the  wheels  of  vehicles 
passing  over  said  tracks  as  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  shall,  before  the  laying*  of  said  rails,  approve. 

ARTICLE  IV.  The  right  to  collect  from  the  party 
of  the  second  part  any  license  except  as  herein  provided 
for  freight,  in  addition  to  general  taxes  under  general 
levies,  is  hereby  suspended  for  five  years  after  the  date 
this  agreement  takes  effect. 

ARTICLE  V.  The  conditions  contained  in  the  sev- 
eral franchises  granted  by  the  party  of  the  first  part 
which  are  now  owned  by  the  party  of  the  second  part 
relating*  to  forfeiture  for  failure  to  construct  within  the 
time  named  in  the  ordinance  granting  said  franchises 
shall  not  be  applicable  to  streets  or  parts  of  streets  on 
which  tracks  shall  have  been  constructed.  And  any  pro- 
vision for  forfeiture  on  account  of  failure  to  operate  shall 
be  applicable  only  to  that  part  of  the  line  or  lines  not 
operated  according  to  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance 
granting  the  franchise  therefor. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  party  of  the  second 
part  has  hereunto  affixed  his  signature  and  the  party  of 
the  first  part  has  by  ordinance  caused  the  same  to  be 
signed  and  sealed  by  its  mayor  and  city  controller. 

SECTION  2.  The  terms  of  the  agreement  set  forth 
in  the  fiast  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force 
and  effect  from  and  after  its  execution  by  both  parties 
thereto,  provided  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  exe- 
cute the  same  within  ten  days  after  this  ordinance  takes 
effect,  and  all  the  rights  and  privileges  mentioned  in  said 
agreement  shall  thereafter  be  vested  in  the  said  James 
O,  Carr,  his  heirs,  administrators  and  assigns,  so  long 
as  he,  his  heirs,  administrators  and  assigns,  shall  per- 
form the  obligations  imposed  upon  him  by  the  terms  of 
said  agreement. 

Passed  Sept.  2nd,  1897. 

Presented  to  the  mayor  for  his  approval  September 
3rd,  1897;  returned  by  the  mayor  with  his  objections  in 
writing  to  the  council  and  deposited  with  the  city  clerk 
September  7th,  1897.  Presented  to  the  council  in  regu- 
lar session  September  9th,  1897,  and  by  its  order 
the  objections  of  the  mayor  were  entered  on  the 


510  ORDINANCE    NO,    1231. 

journal,  and,  on  motion  of  Whitty,  the  council  proceeded 
to  vote  upon  the  question,  "Shall  the  ordinance  pass 
notwithstanding-  the  objections  of  the  mayor?"  On  roll 
call  the  vote  resulted  as  follows:  yeas,  14;  nays.  2.  The 
president  of  the  council  thereupon  declared  the  ordinance 
passed,  notwithstanding-  the  objections  of  the  mayor. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1231. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  James  O.  Carr,  his  heirs,  executors,  adminis- 
trators and  assigns,  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  street  rail- 
ways over  certain  streets  and  extensions  of  streets  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma  and  to  carry  freight  and  to  collect  reasonable  charg-es 
therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  is  hereby  granted  to  James 
O.  Carr,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators  and  assigns, 
the  right,  privilege  and  authority  to  construct,  maintain 
and  operate  a  line  of  double  or  single  track  electric  rail- 
way, and  to  carry  passengers  and  freight  thereon,  and  to 
charge  and  collect  fares  and  charges  for  such  carriage 
on  and  along  the  streets  and  routes  in  the  city  of  Tacoma 
specified  as  follows,  to-wit: 

Steele  street  from  North  K  to  North  Nineteenth 
street;  North  Nineteenth  street  from  Steele  street  to 
Prospect;  Prospect  street  from  North  Seventeenth  to 
North  Twenty-first  street.  Also  on  any  other  street  or 
part  of  street  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  on  which  the  grantee 
now  owns  and  operates  a  street  car  line  for  the  operation 
of  which  he  does  not  own  a  valid  franchise. 

SEC. 2.  There  is  hereby  granted  to  James  O.  Carr, 
his  heirs,  executors,  administrators  and  assigns,  the  fur- 
ther right,  privilege  and  authority  to  run  electric  or 
other  street  railway  cars,  and  to  carry  freight  from 
without  the  city  limits  to  within  the  city  limits,  and  from 
within  the  city  limits  to  without  the  city  limits,  over,  on 
and  along  any  of  the  streets  and  avenues  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma  over  the  tracks  of  any  other  person  or  corpora- 
tion that  shall  grant  permission  to  said  James  O.  Carr, 
his  heirs,  executors,  administrators  and  assigns  so  to  do, 
and  to  said  James  O.  Carr,  his  heirs,  executors,  admin- 
istrators and  assigns,  shall  be  allowed  to  charge  and 
collect  reasonable  tolls  for  freight  over  any  such  street 
or  lines. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1231 CON.  511 

SEC.  3.  Whenever  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  cause 
any  of  the  streets  or  any  part  of  the  streets  over  which 
this  franchise  is  granted  to  be  improved,  the  owners  or 
lessees  of  said  railway  shall,  within  thirtv  days,  plank^ 
pave  or  macadamize  that  portion  of  such  street  along  or 
over  which  said  railway  shall  be  laid,  the  whole  width 
of  the  railway,  between  the  outer  rails,  and  one  foot  on 
each  side,  at  such  time  and  in  such  manner  and  with  such 
material  as  the  street  on  either  side  thereof  shall  be 
paved  or  macadamized,  or  of  equally  good  and  durable 
material,  and  shall  maintain  the  same  in  good  repair,  and 
whenever  any  part  of  the  street  adjacent  on  either  side 
of  the  rails  shall  be  re-paved,  re-planked  or  re-macad- 
amized, then  said  owners  or  lessess  shall  re-pave  between 
the  rails,  and  one  foot  on  each  side  with  the  same  or 
equally  durable  material  as  shall  be  used  on  the  street 
outside  the  rails,  unless  an  equally  permanent  and  dura- 
ble pavement  shall  have  been  laid  previously  and  main- 
tained, in  which  case  the  laying  and  maintaining  of  suchi 
equally  permanent  and  durable  pavement  shall  be  deemed 
a  compliance  with  this  section  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.  The  owner  or  owners,  lessee  or  lessees, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  of  the  tracks,  cars,  electric 
wires  and  other  property  constructed  upon  the  several 
streets  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  owned  and  operated 
under  the  powers,  privileges  and  franchises  granted  by 
this  ordinance,  shall  have  the  right  to  continue  in  the  en- 
joyment of  all  the  privileges*  powers,  rights  and  fran- 
chises granted  by  this  ordinance  for  the  period  of  twenty- 
five  years  from  the  date  of  its  passage,  in  the  considera- 
tion for  which  said  owner  or  owners  or  lessees,  their  suc- 
cessors or  assigns,  shall  pay  to  the  city  of  Tacoma  a 
special  license  fee  amounting  to  two  per  cent  upon  the 
gross  receipts  derived  from  operation  under  this  fran- 
chise, which  percentage  after  five  years  may  be  increased 
to  five  per  cent  as  the  city  council  may  deem  just  and 
equitable.  In  case  said  property  operated  under  this 
franchise  is  owned  and  operated  in  connection  with  other 
property  of  a  similar  kind  and  character  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  the  amount  of  the  above  stipulated  license  fee 
shall  be  estimated  equitably.  Said  special  license  fee 
shall  be  paid  annually  to  the  city  treasurer  of  the  cit>  of 
Tacoma,  on  April  1st  of  each  year.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
f  f  the  owner,  his  successors  and  assigns,  to*  file  annually 


512  ORDINANCE    NO.    1283. 

a  sworn  statement  of  the  receipts  derived  from  operation 
under  this  franchise. 

SEC.  5.  The  city  of  Tacoma  shall  have  the  rig-ht 
to  appropriate  by  purchase,  at  reasonable  price,  the 
property  acquired  under  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  6.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and 
effect  from  and  after  its  passag-e  and  publication,  pro- 
vided that  it  be  accepted  by  the  said  James  O.  Carr,  or 
his  assig-ns,  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  its  pas- 
sag-e. 

Passed  September  2,  1897. 

Presented  to  the  mayor  for  his  approval  September 
3,  1897.  Returned  by  the  mayor  with  his  objections  in 
writing*  to  the  council,  and  deposited  with  the  city  clerk 
September  7,  1897.  Presented  to  the  council  in  regular 
•session  September  9,  1897,  and  by  its  order  the  objec- 
tions of  the  mayor  were  entered  on  the  journal,  and,  on 
motion  of  Whitty,  the  council  proceeded  to  vote  upon 
the  question,  "Shall  the  ordinance  pass  notwithstanding- 
the  objections  of  the  mayor?"  On  roll  call  the  vote  re- 
sulted as  follows:  Yeas,  14;  nays,  2.  The  president 
of  the  council  thereupon  declared  the  ordinance  passed, 
notwithstanding-  the  objections  of  the  mayor. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1283. 

An  ordinance  granting-  to  Tacoma  &  Columbia  River  Railway  Company, 
a  corporation,  its  successors  and  assigns,  the  right  to  erect,  construct, 
maintain  and  operate  a  railwa3',  erect  poles,  wires,  and  conduct  and 
transmit  electric  current  and  other  motive  power  for  the  operation 
of  said  railway  upon,  across,  along  and  over  certain  streets,  avenues, 
alleys  and  lands  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

$3e  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  granted  unto  the  Ta- 
coma &  Columbia  River  Railway  Company,  its  succes- 
sors and  assigns,  the  rig-ht  to  locate,  lay  down,  build, 
construct,  equip,  maintain  and  operate  a  standard  g-aug-e, 
-single  or  double,  iron  or  steel  railway,  with  such 
switches,  turnouts,  spur  tracks  and  other  appliances  as 
may  be  found  necessary  for  the  building-  construction, 
maintenance,  use  and  operation  of  said  railway  within 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  Pierce  Count}',  Washing-ton,  over, 
upon,  along-  and  across  the  streets,  avenues  and  public 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1283— CON.  513 

grounds  hereinafter  named  and  referred  to,   as  near  as 
may  be,  to-wit: 

1st,  Beginning*  at  the  Tacoma  &  Columbia  River 
Railway  in  Lawrence  street,  993.5  feet  south  of  the  cen- 
ter of  South  Thirty-sixth  street;  thence  in  a  northeast- 
erly direction  1047  feet,  crossing*  South  Thirty-sixth1, 
street  279.3  feet  east  of  the  center  of  Lawrence  street;: 
thence  119.2  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Alder  street 
102.2  feet  norfh  of  the  center  of  South  Thirty-sixth 
street;  thenee  584.8  feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  Cedar 
street  149.6  feet  south  of  the  line  between  sections  7  and 
18,  township  20  north,  range  3  east;  thence  196.0  feet, 
crossing  the  said  section  line  of  126.0  feet  east  of  the 
center  of  Cedar  street;  thence  548.0  feet,  crossing  the 
center  of  Wright  street  140.0  feet  west  of  the  center  of 
Pine  street;  thence  154.9  feet,  crossing  the  center  of 
Pine  street  70.7  feet  north  of  the  center  of  Wright  street;, 
thence  613.3  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  South  Thirty- 
fourth  street  108.0  feet  west  of  the  center  of  Fife  street; 
thence  116.8  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Fife  street  52,9- 
feet  north  of  the  center  of  South  Thirty-fourth  street; 
thence  362.0  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Prospect  street 
211.5  feet  north  of  the  center  of  South  Thirty-fourth 
street;  thence  371.9  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Steele 
street  274.6  feet  south  of  the  north  line  of  Prescott  Park 
addition;  thence  367.1  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Traf- 
ton  street  112.9  feet  south  of  the  said  north  line  of  said 
addition;  thence  269.0  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Mont- 
gomery street  245.0  feet  east  of  the  center  line  of  Traf- 
ton  street;  thence  91.0  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  State 
street  36.0  feet  north  of  the  north  line  of  Prescott  Park 
addition;  thence  346.0  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Ferry 
street  148.0  feet  north  of  the  north  line  of  Prescott  Park 
addition;  thence  337.0  feet,  crossing  the  east  line  of  sec- 
tion 7,  226.0  feet  north  of  the  nw  corner,  sw  i,  sw  |> 
section  8,  said  township  and  range;  thence  343.0  feet, 
crossing  the  center  of  Hosmer  street  73.0  feet  south  of 
the  center  of  Park  street;  thence  306.0  feet,  crossing  the 
center  of  Hanson  street  56.0  feet  south  of  the  center  of 
Park  street;  thence  306.0  feet,  crossing  the  center  of 
Wilkeson  street  62.0  feet  south  of  the  center  of  Park 
street;  thence  306.0  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Alaska 
street  291.0  feet  north  of  the  east  and  west  center  line 
of  the  sw  4  of  said  section  8;  thence  204.0  feet,  crossing^ 


514  ORDINANCE    NO.    1283 — CON, 

the  center  of  Asotin  street  264.0  feet  north  of  the  said 
sixteenth  section  line;  thence  305.0  feet,  crossing-  the  cen- 
ter of  Chandler  street  216.1  feet  north  of  the  said  six- 
teenth section  line;  thence  175.5  feet,  crossing1  the  center 
of  Ainsworth  street  187.9  feet  north  of  the  said  sixteenth 
section  line;  thence  279.5  feet,  crossing-  the  center  of 
Sawyer  street  143.2  feet  north  of  the  said  sixteenth  sec- 
tion line;  thence30I.O  feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  South 
O  street  95.3  feet  north  of  the  said  sixteenth  section  line; 
thence  1,094.0  feet,  crossing- the  center  of  South  K  street 
64.5  feet  south  of  the  east  and  west  center  line  of  the  se 
|  of  said  section  8;  thence  365.0  feet,  passing-  20.3  feet 
south  of  the  northeast  corner  of  the  sw  J,  se  1  of  said 
section  8;  thence  northeasterly  2,001.0  feet,  crossing-  the 
center  of  Tacoma  avenue  223.2  feet  north  of  the  center 
of  Delin  street;  thence  1,445.0  feet,  crossing-  the  center 
•of  South  C  street  106.8  feet  north  of  the  center  of  South 
Twenty-seventh  street,  produced  westerly;  thence  499.0 
feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  Pacific  avenue  78.9  feet  north 
of  the  center  of  South  Twenty-sixth  street;  thence  418.9 
feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street 
58.1  feet  west  of  the  center  of  A  street;  thence  74.7  feet 
crossing-  the  center  of  A  street  47.0  feet  north  of  the 
center  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street;  thence  513.0  feet, 
crossing  the  center  of  Puyallup  avenue  407.0  feet  east  of 
the  center  of  A  street;  thence  155.3  feet,  crossing-  the 
center  of  East  B  street  94.8  feet  north  of  the  center  of 
Puyallup  avenue;  thence  315.5  feet,  crossing  the  center 
of  East  C  street  287,4  feet  north  of  the  center  of  Puyal- 
lup avenue;  thence  502-6  feet,  crossing  the  west  line  of 
East  D  street  592.0  feet  north  of  Puyallup  avenue;  thence 
northerly  along  the  middle  of  East  D  street  and  Railroad 
avenue,  as  near  as  may  be  to  Commercial  avenue,  cross- 
ing under  the  South  Eleventh  street  viaduct;  also 
branches  extending-  southeasterly  along-  the  middle 
of  Commercial  avenue  and  Canal  street,  as  near  as  may 
be,  to  the  north  line  of  South  Eleventh  street.  2nd. 
Beg-inning  in  the  Tacoma  &  Columbia  River  Railway 
1,377.1  feet  south  and  313  feet  west  of  the  northeast 
corner  se  J  of  Section  36,  township  21  north,  range  2 
east,  thence  northeasterly,  crossing  the  section  line 
1,097.1  feet  south  of  said  northeast  corner;  thence 
1,704.0  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Alder  street  165.0 
feet  south  of  center  of  North  Sixteenth  street;  thence 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1283 — CON. 

417.0  feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  Cedar  street  8.0  feet 
north  of  center  of  North  Sixteenth  street;  thence  434.0 
feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  Junett  street  2.0  feet  south 
of  the  north  line  of  the  ne  i  sw  \  section  31,  township 
21  north,  rang-e  3  east;  thence  421.0  feet,  crossing-  east 
line  of  nw  \  of  said  section  31  208.0  feet  north  of  se 
corner  of  the  said  nw^;  thence  165.0  feet  crossing-  the 
center  of  Anderson  street  95.0  feet  south  of  North  Nine- 
teenth street;  thence  174.0  feet,  crossing-  the  center  line 
of  North  Nineteenth  street  142.0  feet  east  of  center  of 
Anderson  street;  thence  216  0  feet,  crossing-  the  center 
of  Oakes  street  302.0  feet  south  of  center  of  North 
Twenty-first  street;  thence  321  feet,  crossing-  the  center 
of  North  Twenty-first  street  110.0  feet  east  of  the  cen- 
ter of  Oakes  street;  thence  northerly  492.0  feet,  cross- 
ing- the  south  line  of  the  nw  %  of  ne  1  of  said  section  31, 
429.0  feet  east  of  the  southwest  corner  thereof;  thence 
1,570.0  feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  North  Twenty-eig-hth 
street  36  feet  east  of  center  of  Pine  street;  thence  349.0 
feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  North  Twenty-ninth  street 
97.0  feet  east  of  the  center  of  Pine  street;  thence  345.0 
feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  North  Thirtieth  street  65.0 
feet  east  of  the  center  of  Pine  street;  thence  179.0  feet, 
crossing- the  center  of  Pine  street  168.0  feet  north  of 
center  of  North  Thirtieth  street;  thence  209.0  feet, 
crossing- the  center  of  North  Thirty-first  street  279.0  feet 
east  of  the  center  of  Junett  street;  thence  359.0  feet, 
crossing  the  center  of  Junett  street  246.0  north  of  North 
Thirty-first  street;  thence  171.0  feet,  crossing-  the  cen- 
ter of  North  Thirty -second  street  253.0  feet  east  of  cen- 
ter of  Cedar  street;  thence  331.0  feet,  crossing-  the 
center  of  Cedar  street  213  feet  north  of  North  Thirty- 
second  street;  thence  195.0  feet,  crossing-  the  center  of 
North  Thirty-third  street  231.0  feet  east  of  Alder  street; 
thence  314.0  feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  Alder  street 
205.0  feet  north  of  center  of  North  Thirty-third  street; 
thence  186.0  feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  North  Thirty- 
fourth  street  133.0  feet  west  of  center  of  Alder  street; 
thence  409  feet,  crossing-  the  center  of  Lawrence  street 
284.0  feet  north  of  the  center  of  North  Thirty- 
fourth  street;  thence  79.0  feet,  crossing-  the  cen- 
ter of  North  Thirty -fifth  street  348.0  feet  east 
of  center  of  Warner  street;  thence  469.0  feet, 
/crossing-  the  center  of  North  Thirty-sixth  street 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1 283-— CON. 

19.0  feet  east  of  the  center  of  Warner  street; 
thenc  29.5  feet  crossing  the  center  of  Warner  street  22.0 
north  of  the  center  to  North  Thirty-sixth  street;  thence 
476.5  feet  crossing  the  center  of  North  Thirty-seventh 
street  72.0  feet  east  of  center  of  Puget  Sound  avenue; 
thence  103.9  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  Puget  Sound 
avenue  75.0  feet  north  of  the  center  of  North  Thirty-sev- 
enth street;  thence  396.1  feet,  crossing  the  center  of 
North  Thirty-eighth  street  92.0  feet  east  of  center  of 
Union  avenue;  thence  134.1  feet,  crossing  the  center  of 
Union  avenue  98.0  feet  north  of  center  of  North  Thirty- 
eighth  street;  tkence  346.0  feet,  crossing  the  center  of 
Hill  street  92.0  feet  south  of  center  of  Water  streetr 
thence  380.0  feet,  crossing  the  center  of  River  street  71 
feet  south  of  center  of  Water  street;  thence  380.0  feet, 
crossing  the  center  of  Vine  street  50.0  feet  south  of  cen- 
ter of  Water  street;  thence  389.0  feet,  crossing  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Dale  street  105.0  feet  south  of  the  center  line 
of  Water  street;  thence  618.0  feet,  crossing  the  west  line 
of  Water  street  165.0  feet  southeast  of  the  center  of  North 
Forty-first  street;  thence  427.0  feet  to  the  east  line  of 
Water  street;  thence  2,950.0  feet  to  the  west  line  of 
Front  street;  and  thence  along  the  center  of  Front  street, 
as  near  as  may  be,  to  the  city  limits,  and  also  across  all 
intervening  alleys. 

SEC.  2.  This  franchise  shall  exist  for  twenty-five 
years  from  the  passage  of  the  ordinance,  unless  sooner 
forfeited  as  provided  herein. 

SEC.  3.  Said  railway  may  be  operated  by  steam, 
electricity  or  any  modern  motive  power. 

SEC.  4.  There  is  further  granted  to  said  Tacoma 
&  Columbia  River  Railway  Company,  its  successors  and 
assigns  the  right  to  erect,  construct  and  maintain  on, 
along  and  over  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  as  here- 
inbefore specifically  mentioned  and  referred  to  in  this  or- 
dinance, the  railroad  bed,  as  provided  in  section  one  of 
this  ordinance,  piling,  poles,  wires  and  any  and  all  other 
structures  or  appliances  necessary  for  the  purpose  of 
building,  constructing,  maintaining  and  operating  said 
line  of  railway,  and  for  conducting  and  transmitting 
electric  current  or  any  other  power  to  operate  said  rail- 
way. The  city  council  may  require  said  company  to 
place  its  wires  below  the  surface  of  said  streets  at  any 
time,  upon  reasonable  notice. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1283 — CON. 

SEC.  5.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid 
upon  or  raised  or  lowered  to,  the  uniform  and  official 
grades  of  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  aforesaid* 
whenever  the  same  are  established  or  changed  by  the 
city  council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  but  no  change  of 
grade  after  the  tracks  are  laid  shall  be  made  except  for 
good  and  reasonable  cause,  in  which  event  the  railroad 
company  shall  have  a  reasonable  time  in  which  to  make 
such  change;  and  said  railway  company,  its  successors^ 
and  assigns,  shall,  without  cost  or  expense  to  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  when  the  said  city  in  like  manner  improves,  or 
causes  to  be  improved,  that  portion  of  the  street  adjacent 
thereto,  and  when  directed  by  the  city  council,  plank,  re- 
plank,  pave,  repave,  or  macadamize  or  remacadamizev 
that  portion  of  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  along  or 
over  which  said  railway  company's  tracks  shall  be  laid, 
and  over  the  whole  width  of  said  railway  between  the 
rails  and  to  the  end  of  the  ties,  and  at  least  for  the  width 
of  one  foot  outside  of  said  rails,  so  as  to  conform  to  the 
grades  and  improvements  made  by  the  city  upon  that 
portion  of  the  streets  occupied  by  said  railway,  and  re-> 
quired  to  be  improved  as  herein  provided.  And  in  case 
of  more  than  one  track,  said  company  shall  pave,  plank 
or  macadamize  all  that  portion  of  the  street  lying  be- 
tween the  two  tracks,  but  not  to  exceed  six  feet  on  the 
outside  of  any  rail,  to  the  same  extent  and  as  often,  and, 
with  the  same  kind  of  material,  as  the  city  planks,  paves, 
or  macadamizes,  or  causes  the  same  to  be  done,  upon  that 
portion  of  said  street,  and  adjacent  thereto,  and  shall 
maintain  the  same  in  good  repair  at  all  times  during  the 
continuance  of  this  franchise;  and  should  the  paving-  on. 
the  outside  of  said  rails  be  torn  up  or  damaged  by  said 
company,  its  agent,  lessees  or  assigns,  the  said  company 
shall  replace  the  same  in  good  condition.  Whenever  it 
becomes  necessary  for  the  lines  of  said  railway  to  cross, 
any  stream,  ravine  or  railway  track  within  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  the  said  companv  and  its  assigns  are  hereby 
granted  the  right  to  make  such  crossings  by  means  o{ 
elevated  structures,  bridges,  cuts,  underground  crossr 
ings  or  tunnels,  the  same  to  be  constructed,  made,  erected 
or  driven  in  accordance  with  the  specifications  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  city  council  of  said  city. 

SEC.  6.  The  equipment  of  said  railway  and  all  ap- 
pliances used  in  the  operation  thereof,  shall  be  first-class. 


518  'ORDINANCE    NO.    1283 — CON. 

In  every  particular,  and  all  materials  used  in  the  con- 
struction of  said  railway  shall  be  of  good  quality. 

SEC.  7.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  system  shall 
be  laid  upon  the  said  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  afore- 
'said  so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  sewer  or  water  pipes, 
and  so  as  not  to  obstruct  the  free  use  of  said  streets  by 
"the  public.  Whenever  the  tracks  of  said  railway  shall 
'cross  or  hereafter  cross  roads,  avenues,  streets  and  alleys 
"that  are  in  public  use,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  platted 
:and  laid  out,  that  have  no  established  grade,  the  said 
•company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  shall  make  the  ap- 
proaches to  said  crossing's  to  conform  with  the  present 
grade  of  said  railway  tracks,  raising*  or  lowering"  the 
streets,  as  the  case  mav  be,  in  order  to  make  a  grade  not 
to  exceed  5  per  cent;  all  to  be  done  under  the  supervision 
of  the  commissioner  ©f  public  works,  and  at  the  expense 
of  the  said  Tacoma  &  Columbia  River  Railway  Com- 
pany, its  successors  and  assigns. 

SEC.  8.  The  said  railway  company,  the  aforesaid 
grantee  herein,  and  their  successors  and  assigns,  shall 
be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all  the  rights  and  privi- 
leges conferred  by  this  ordinance  unless  they  shall, 
within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  thereof,  file  in  the 
office  of  the  city  controller  acceptance  of  the  privileges 
hereby  conferred,  subject  to  the  conditions  and  terms 
herein  contained. 

SEC.  9.  The  lines  of  railway  herein  authorized  to 
be  constructed  shall  be  constructed  and  thereafter  con- 
tinuously operated  upon  all  said  avenues,  streets  and 
alleys  within  two  years  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance,  so  that  a  continuous  line  of  railway  shall 
be  operated  thereon.  And  this  franchise  shall  terminate 
at  the  expiration  of  said  period  of  two  years,  as  speci- 
fied herein,  so  far  as  the  same  relates  to  any  of  the  said 
streets,  avenues  and  alleys,  or  parts  thereof  upon  which 
no  railroads  shall  then  have  been  constructed.  The  work 
on  both  lines  of  said  road  to  be  commenced  within  four 
months  from  the  acceptance  of  this  franchise  and  con- 
tinue to  completion,  and  this  franchise  may  be  forfeited 
if  work  is  not  so  begun  and  continuously  prosecuted  as 
Jierein  provided. 

SEC.  10.  Any  one  or  more  lines  of  railroad  now  or 
hereafter  entering  the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall  have  the 
right  to  run  their  engines  and  cars  and  transact  their 


ORDINANCE    NO.   1283 — CON. 

f  reig'ht  and  passeng-er  business  over,  along*  and  upon  any 
of  the  tracks,  switches*  or  turnots  constructed  by  this 
company,  under  the  r ig-hts  and  privileges  herein  granted; 
(but  such  use  by  another  company  shall  be  such  as  not 
to  obstruct  or  interfere  with  the  free  use  of  said  tracks, 
switches  or  turnouts  by  the  Tacoma  &  Columbia  River 
Railway  Company}  upon  proper  payment  of  a  proper 
compensation  to  said  Tacoma  &  Columbia  River  Rail- 
way Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  for  such  use 
or  for  the  purchase  of  a  joint  interest  therein,  to  the  end 
that  the  rig-hts  and  privileges  herein  granted,  shall  in 
no  wise  be  exclusive,  but  shall  extend  to  all  other  rail- 
roads desiring-  to  enjoy  them;  and  the  enjoyment  of  these 
rights  may  be  entered  upon  by  such  other  railroads  at 
.any  time,  and  shall  not  be  delayed  until  the  adjudication 
of  the  compensation  therefor;  such  adjudication  shall  be 
either  by  mutual  agreement,  arbitration  or  in  the  courts; 
provided  that  no  other  railroad  or  railroad  company 
shall  so  use  or  occupy  the  tracks  of  the  grantees  herein, 
until  a  gxx)d  and  sufficient  bond  with  approved  sureties, 
and  in  a  penal  sum,  amply  sufficient  to  fully  indemnify 
and  save  harmless  from  any  and  all  loss,  damages,  and 
for  compensation,  shall  be  executed  and  delivered  to  said 
Tacoma  &  Columbia  River  Railway  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  to  secure  the  compensation,  loss  and 
damage  that  said  company,  its  successors  and  assig-ns, 
may  be  entitled  to  upon  such  settlement  or  adjudication 
by  the  courts.  The  value  of  this  franchise  shall  not 
enter  into  consideration  for  the  use  of  this  line  by  other 
roads;  and  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  granting-  of 
this  franchise,  other  lines  shall  have  the  rig-ht  to  use  the 
entire  line  within  the  city  limits  subject  to  the  conditions 
of  this  section. 

SEC.  11.  The  rigfhts  and  privileges  granted  by  this 
ordinance  are  granted  upon  the  further  condition  that 
the  said  Tacoma  &  Columbia  River  Railway  Company, 
its  successors  or  assig-ns,  shall  equip  and  operate  a 
first-class  standard  g-uage  railroad  for  a  distance  of  not 
less  less  than  twenty-five  miles  in  a  south  and  south- 
easterly direction  from  the  said  tide  lands  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  along*  the  route  or  line  originally  intended  or 
that  may  be  selected  by  said  railway  company,  within 
two  }ears  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance.  In  the 
event  of  the  failure  of  said  railway  company,  its  succes- 
sors or  assigfns,  to  comply  with  the  conditions  of  this 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1283 — GON. 

section,  then  the  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted, 
may,  so  far  as  the  same  relates  to  any  streets,  avenues, 
alleys,  or  parts  thereof  not  then  built  upon  or  occupied 
by  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  be  forfeited 
and  this  franchise  vacated. 

SEC.  12.  That  the  said  Tacoma  &  Columbia  River 
Railway  Company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  shall  at  its 
or  their  own  cost  and  expense  defend  any  and  all  suits 
brought  against  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  recover  damages, 
for  or  on  account  of  an}T  negligence  of  said  company,  its 
successors  or  assigns,  and  that  any  judgment  recovered 
in  such  suits  shall  be  a  lien  on  all  of  the  property  of 
such  company  and  shall  be  paid  by  said  company,  its 
successors  or  assigns. 

SEC.  13.  That  any  other  railroad  having  received 
or  that  may  hereafter  receive  a  franchise  from  the  city 
of  Tacoma  therefor,  and  engage  as  a  common  carrier  of 
freight  and  passengers,  shall  have  the  right  to  construct 
parallel  tracks  or  cross  the  track  or  tracks  of  the  said 
grantees  or  their  successors  or  assigns,  within  the  limits 
of  the  said  right  of  way,  by  compliance  with  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  the  city  council  may  provide. 

SEC.  14.  That  said  grantee  and  its  assigns  shall 
not  allow  its  locomotives  or  cars  to  stand  upon  any  pub- 
lic wharf  or  street  crossing  along  said  streets  and  aven- 
ues longer  than  may  be  necessary  to  make  switches  or  to 
receive  and  land  passengers  and  freight  as  necessary  for 
the  transaction  of  its  business,  unless  in  case  of  accident. 

SEC.  15.  That  the  said  city  of  Tacoma  shall  retain 
the  same  control  over  the  streets  and  alleys  in  which 
said  railroad  shall  be  laid  down,  as  over  the  other  streets 
and  alleys  in  the  city,  and  shall  have  the  right  to  regu- 
late the  speed  of  trains  within  the  limits  of  the  right  of 
way  herein  granted;  and  said  grantee  and  its  assigns 
shall  not  run  trains  over  said  right  of  way  at  a  hig-her 
rate  of  speed  than  ten  miles  per  hour  or  as  may  hereaf- 
ter be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  16.  This  franchise  shall  not  be  transferred 
or  assigned  without  authority  from  the  city  council,  ex- 
cept as  provided  in  section  10  of  this  ordinance;  provided 
that  the  said  company  may  mortgage  its  tracks,  road- 
beds, equipments  or  other  property,  including  the  rights 
granted  under  this  franchise,  subject,  however,  to  all  of 
the  conditions  and  requirements  herein  contained. 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1260.  521 

SEC.  17.  That  neither  the  said  Tacoma  &  Columbia 
River  Railway  Company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  nor 
any  other  company  or  person,  except  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
shall  lay  any  railroad  track,  stub,  switch,  or  other  part 
or  portion  or  railway  on  the  west  side  of  Railroad  aven- 
ue fronting-  the  city  waterway  and  lying-  between  the 
north  line  of  South  Ninth  street  extended,  and  the  south 
line  of  South  Eleventh  street  extended,  and  fronting-  on 
said  city  waterway,  and  thence  extending  two  hundred 
feet  eastward  from  said  waterway,  which  said  portion  of 
said  street  was  intended  to  be  used  as  a  wharf;  nor  shall 
said  railroad  obstruct  the  approaches  to  said  wharf,  but 
shall,  in  all  reosonable  ways,  keep  the  approaches  and 
streets  leading-  thereto,  free  and  open  at  all  times. 

SEC.  18.  Said  railway  company,  its  successors  or 
assig-ns,  shall,  within  ninety  days  from  the  approval  of 
this  ordinance,  file  with  the  city  eng-ineer  true  and  cor- 
rect maps  and  profiles  of  its  lines  as  granted  hereby,  and 
shall  from  time  to  time  file  maps  and  profiles  of  any 
turnouts,  Y's  and  side  tracks  thereafter  constructed, 
provided,  that  where  said  line  of  railway  parallels  the 
Northern  Pacific  road,  between  Wilkeson  street  and  M 
street,  extended  southerly,  the  grade  shall  be  so  estab- 
lished that  the  same  character  of  street  crossings  can  be 
adapted  to  the  grade  of  both  roads  as  herein  directed. 

SEC.  19.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and 
after  its  passage  and  publication. 

Approved  April  9,  1898. 


CLASS    VI. 

Ambulance  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.   1260. 

An  ordinance  creating  a  fund  to  be  known  as  the  ambulance  fund. 
Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  created  a 
fund  to  be  known  as  the  ''Ambulance  Fund.,' 

SEC.  2.  All  moneys  donated  to  the  city  of  Tacoma 
for  the  purchase  of  an  ambulance  by  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
and  one  per  cent,  of  all  licenses  and  fines  paid  into  the 
city  treasury  shall  be  set  apart  and  constitute  said  Am- 
bulance Fund. 


522  ORDINANCE  NO.   1252    AND    ?S7. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  fund  so  created  shall  be  used  to 
purchase  an  ambulance  for  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  for 
no  other  purpose. 

Approved  January  14,  1896. 


Bicycle  Road  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1252. 

NOTE:     See  "Licenses."     See  ordinance  No.    1266. 


City  Hall  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  357. 

An  ordinance  creating-  a  city  hall  fund  and  designating  what  revenue- 
shall  be  paid  into  said  fund,  and  for  what  purpose  appropriations 
shall  be  made  from  said  fund. 

The   City   Council  of  the   City  of    Tacoma  does  ordain 
as 


SECTION  1.  There  shall  b>e,  and  is  hereby  created 
in  the  treasury  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  a  fund  known  as 
the  City  Hall  Fund. 

SEC.  2.  All  proceeds  received  and  collected  by  the 
city  of  Tacoma  from  the  sale  of  the  bonds  issued  by  said 
city,  known  as  the  city  hall  bonds,  shall  be  paid  into  the 
City  Hall  Fund  hereby  created. 

SEC.  3.  All  warrants  when  ordered  drawn  for  the 
payment  of  any  claims  or  demand  for  or  on  account  of 
labor  performed  or  materials  furnished  in  the  construc- 
tion of  said  city  hall,  shall  be  drawn  payable  from  said 
City  Hall  Fund,  and  all  money  credited  to  said  City  Hall 
Fund,  or  so  much  thereof  as  shall  be  necessary,  is 
hereby  appropriated  for  the  redemption-  of  said  city  war- 
rants. 

Approved  September  15,.  1890. 


ORDINANCE   NO..    l'l"4t..  522 

City  Hall  Emergency  Fund;. 

ORDINANCE   NO.  1141, 

An  ordinance  creating"  a  fund  to  be  designated  as  the  ''city  hall  emer-- 
gency  fund"  and  appropriating"  and  providing"  funds  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  is.  hereby  created  a  fund  to 
be  known  and  designated  as  the  "City  Hall  Emergency 
Fund." 

SEC.  2.  That  from  the  funds  coming  into  the  city 
treasury,  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  from  the 
collection  of  licenses  and  fines,  there  shall  be  set  apart  a 
sum  not  to  exceed  thirty  dollars  ($30.00;)  each  month, 
which  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  into  the  ''City  Hall 
Emergency  Fund." 

SEC.  3.  That  the  moneys  in  said  "City  Hall  Emer- 
gency Fund"  shall  be  used  only  to  pay,  and  the  same  is. 
hereby  appropriated  to  the  payment  of  rent  of  safe  de- 
posit box  for  use  of  city  treasurer,  postage  stamps,  ex- 
press charges,  telegraph  bills,  stationery  and  office  sup- 
plies for  the  several  departments  of  the  city  government, 
except  the  water  and  light  department,  the  legal  de- 
partment and  the  police  department. 

SEC.  4.  That  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances, 
in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  be  and  the  same  are  here- 
by repealed;  provided,  however,  that  this  ordinance  shall 
not  operate  as  a  repeal  of  ordinances  numbered  1076  and 
1122. 

Approved  October  28,  1896. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    954. 

South  Eleventh  Street  Bridge  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  954. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  dredging  of  a  channel  beneath  and  on 
each  side  of  the  west  opening  of  the  draw-bridge  on  the  extension 
of  Eleventh  street,  authorizing  the  construction  of  approaches  to 
the  said  bridge  at  each  end,  less  the  amounts  donated  thereto,  and 
creating-  a  fund  for  the  erection  of  said  bridge  and  the  payment  of 
the  claims  for  said  approaches  and  dredging. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SEC.  1.  That  the  commissioner  of  public  works  be 
and  is  hereby  authorized  and  instructed  to  let  a  contract 
to  the  lowest  bidder,  as  required  b\^  charter,  for  the 
dredging*  of  a  channel  underneath  of  and  on  each  side  of 
the  west  opening-  of  the  Eleventh  street  draw  bridg-e, 
according  to  plans  and  specifications  to  be  prepared  by 
the  city  eng-ineer  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  commis- 
sioner. 

SEC.  2.  The  Commissioner  of  public  works  is  also 
authorized  and  instructed  to  let  contracts  to  the  lowest 
bidder,  under  the  charter,  for  the  approaches  to  the 
Eleventh  street  bridge  at  each  end,  in  conformity  to  the 
plans  and  specifications  prepared  by  the  city  eng-ineer 
and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works,  taking  into  consideration  and  using  for  said  ap- 
proaches the  amount  of  $5,000.00  donated  by  the  St. 
Paul  and  Tacoma  Lumber  Company  and  any  other 
amounts  donated  to  such  work. 

SEC.  3.  That  a  fund  be  and  is  hereby  created  to  be 
known  as  the  ''South  Eleventh  Street  Bridg-e  Fund," 
which  shall  consist  of  moneys  received  for  accrued  inter- 
est and  for  the  sale  of  one  hundred  bridge  bonds  issued 
for  the  purpose  of  building  the  Eleventh  street  bridge. 
And  warrants  shall  be  drawn  in  favor  of  all  persons  fur- 
nishing- labor  and  material  for  said  bridg-e  and  approaches 
thereto,  and  other  necessary  work  to  the  value  of  75  per 
cent  of  such  labor-  -and  material  upon  said  South  Elev- 
enth Street  Bridge  Fund,  at  any  time  as  the  work  pro- 
gresses; providing  the  same  be  recommended  and  the 
amount  thereof  certified  to  by  the  commissioner  of  pub- 
lic works,  audited  by  the  city  controller  and  ordered  paid 
by  the  city  council. 

Approved  August  6,  1894. 


ORDINANCES    NOS.    1167    AND    1118. 

Feed  Emergency  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.   1167. 

An  ordinance  creating-  a  fund  to  be  known  and  designated  as  the  "feed 
emergency  fund"  and  appropriating  and  providing  funds  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  is  hereby  created  a  fund 
to  be  known  and  designated  as  the  "Feed  Emer- 
gency Fund,"  and  the  money  in  said  fund  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated to  the  payment  of  feed  for  the  horses  of  the 
fire  department,  police  department  and  street  depart- 
ment for  the  months  of  February,  March,  April  and 
May,  1897,  and  for  no  other  purpose. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1186.) 

SEC.  2.  That  the  treasurer  is  hereby  directed  to 
transfer,  of  the  money  now  on  hand  in  the  "Legal  Ex- 
pense Fund,"  the  "Police  Emergency  Fund,"  and  the 
"City  Hall  Emergency  Fund,"  the  sum  of  six  hundred 
dollars  ($600)  to  the  "Feed  Emergency  Fund." 

SEC.  3.  (Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1185,  approved 
March  10,  1897.) 


Fire  Department  Kxpeiise  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1118. 

An  ordinance  amending-  ordinance  No.  407,  entitled,  "An  ordinance  to 
provide  for  disposing-  of  condemned  property  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment of  the  city  of  Tacoma  and  to  provide  for  the  disposal  of  the 
proceeds  thereof." 

.Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

That  ordinance  No.  407,  entitled,  "An  ordinance  to 
provide  for  the  disposal  of  condemned  property  of  the 
fire  department  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  to  provide 
for  the  disposal  of  the  proceeds  thereof,"  be  amended  so 
as  to  be  and  read  as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  That  all  stock,  fire  apparatus,  hose 
and  other  property  belonging"  to  the  fire  department  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma  which  shall  become  unsafe  or  unfit 
for  use  shall  be  condemned  by  the  fire  and  water  com- 
mittee and  the  chief  of  the  fire  department,  and  when 
condemned  shall  be  disposed  of  by  the  chief  of  the  fire 
department,  at  public  auction  or  private  sale  and  the 


524  ORDINANCE    NO,    194. 

proceeds  thereof,  tog-ether  with  all  moneyvS  heretofore 
derived  from  such  sources  and  now  in  the  possession  of 
the  fire  department  or  any  of  its  officers  or  members, 
shall  be  turned  into  the  fund  to  be  known  as  the  "Fire 
,  Department  Expense  Fund,"  the  moneys  of  which  fund 
shall  be  used  in  the  purchase  of  necessary  equipment  for 
the  use  of  the  fire  department. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  moneys  derived  from  citizens  or 
others  for  services  rendered  by  said  fire  department  to 
such  citizens  or  others,  for  pumping-  out  cellars,  filling- 
cisterns,  removing-  dang-erous  walls,  building's  or  other 
obstructions  that  are  injurious  or  dang-erous  to  the  in- 
habitants of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall  be  paid  over  and 
turned  into  said  "Fire  Department  Expense  Fund." 

SEC.  3.  That  ordinance  No.  407,  entitled,  "An  or- 
dinance to  provide  for  disposing-  of  condemned  property 
of  the  fire  department  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  to  pro- 
vide for  the  disposal  of  the  proceeds  thereof,"  be  and  the 
same  is  heaeby  repealed. 

Approved  Aug-ust  10,  1896. 


General  Fund  and  Road  Fund. 
ORDINANCE  NO.  194. 

An  ordinance  creating  a  general  fund  and  road  fund  and  designating 
what  revenue  shall  be  paid  into  said  funds,  and  how  the  same  shall 
be  appropriated  and  expended. 

* '  The  City  Council  of  the   City  of   Tacoma  does  ordain 

as  folloivs: 

SECTION  1.  There  shall  be  and  hereby  is  created 
in  the  treasury  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  in  addition  to  the 
special  funds  provided  and  created  by  the  city  charter,  a 
fund  known  as  the  "General  Fund,"  and  a  fund  known 
as  the  "Road  Fund." 

SEC.  2.  All  revenue  accruing-  to  the  city  in  pur- 
suance of  any  general  municipal  tax  levy  for  road  pur- 
poses, known  as  the  "Road  property  tax"  and  city 
"Poll  tax"  shall  be  collected  and  accredited  to  the  Road 
Fund. 

SEC.  3.     Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1081. 

SEC.  4.  All  warrants,  when  ordered  drawn  for  the 
payment  of  labor  or  material  furnished  in  repair  of 


ORDINANCE    NO.    955. 

streets,  roads,  avenues,  alleys  or  sidewalks,  or  in  clear- 
ing* the  same,  repairing*  or  flushing*  sewers,  shall  be 
drawn  payable  from  the  Road  Fund,  and,  all  money  cred- 
ited to  said  Road  Fund,  or  so  much  thereof  as  shall  be 
necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  and  set  aside  for  such 
purpose. 

SEC.  5.  All  warrants,  when  drawn  for  the  payment 
of  all  other  claims  and  demands  ag*ainst  the  city,  unless 
special  provision  be  otherwise  made  for  the  payment  of 
the  same,  shall  be  drawn  payable  from  the  General  Fund, 
and  all  money  credited  to  said  General  Fund,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  shall  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  for 
such  purpose. 

SEC.  6.  Nothing*  herein  contained  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  prohibit  the  transfer  of  money  from  one 
of  the  funds  hereby  created  to  the  other  for  such  pur- 
pose as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance,  nor  to  prohibit 
the  issuing*  of  warrants  on  any  fund  in  excess  of  money 
on  hand  in  said  fund,  provided  said  warrants  so  issued 
and  not  paid  or  outstanding*  shall  not  exceed  in  the  ag- 
gregate $30,000  at  any  one  time. 

SEC.  7.  Ordinance  No.  185,  passed  December  3, 
1887,  of  which  this  ordinance  is  amendatory,  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  March  29,  1888. 

NOTE— See  ordinance  No.  1266, 


General  Expense  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  955. 

An  ordinance  creating  a  fund  to  be  known  as  the  "general  expense 
fund,"  designating  the  moneys  to  be  placed  therein,  and  the  pur- 
pose for  which  said  fund  shall  be  used. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  a  fund  be  and  is  hereby  created 
to  be  known  as  the  ''General  Expense  Fund."  Said 
fund  shall  consist  of  the  sum  of  $66,287.00  and  the  fur- 
ther sum  of  $11,568.54,  which  sums  are  specially  appro- 
priated to  this  fund  by  ordinance  No.  942;  * 
provided  that  the  percentage  of  licenses,  court  fees  and 
fines,  whicn  now  go  into  the  Park,  State  and  Library 
Funds,  shall  still  be  paid  into  such  funds  as  heretofore. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  974.) 


ORDINANCE    NO.    957. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  sum  of  $66,287.00,  and  the  sum 
of  $11,568.54,  specially  appropriated  to  this  fund  by  or- 
dinance No.  942,  shall  be  expended  as  provided  in  said 
ordinance  No.  942,  and  according-  to  law,  upon  bills 
properly  drawn. 

SEC.  3.  That  all  sums  of  money  coming-  into  the 
treasury  from  the  sources  specified  in  section  1  shall  be 
paid  into  the  General  Expense  Fund,  and  shall  be  ex- 
pended, first,  in  the  payment  of  wag-es  of  employes  and 
salaries  of  officials  upon  warrants  drawn  according-  to 
law,  now  past  due  and  owing-  by  the  city,  and  any  other 
amounts  accrued,  or  to  accrue,  not  otherwise  provided 
for. 

SEC.  4.  That  insofar  as  any  other  ordinance,  or 
parts  of  ordinance,  is  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance, 
that  the  same  be  and  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  Aug-ust  13,  1894. 

See  salary  fund  ordinance  No.  974. 


Harbor  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  957. 

An  ordinance  creating  a  ''Harbor  Fund,"  designating  the  moneys  to  be 
paid  therein  and  the  purpose  for  which  the  same  shall  be  expended. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma\ 

SECTION  1.  That  a  fund  be  and  is  hereby  created 
to  be  known  as  the  "Harbor  Fund." 

SEC.  2.  That  all  moneys  coming-  to  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma,  and  paid  into  the  treasury  from  and  for  the  use  of 
the  buoys,  wharfag-e  or  other  harbor  dues,  shall  be  paid 
into  the  "Harbor  Fund." 

SEC.  3.  That  the  said  fund  shall  be  used  in  main- 
taining-, repairing-  and  replacing-,  when  necessary,  the 
buoys,  lig-hts  and  other  harbor  protection,  and  the  said 
fund  shall  be  paid  out  for  such  purpose  upon  warrants 
properly  drawn  on  said  fund,  according  to  law. 

SEC.  4.  That  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances 
insofar  as  they  conflict  with  this  ordinance  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  Aug-ust  22,  1894. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1076. 

Iiitlividual  Redemption  Fund. 

Article  12,  Section  158  of  Charter. 


Interest  Fund. 

Article  9,  Section  84  of  Charter. 

"""— ~~^^^~ 

Legal  Expense  Fvind. 
ORDINANCE  NO.  1076. 

An  ordinance  creating  a  fund  to  be  designated  as  the  "legal  expense 

fund." 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  is  hereby  created  a  fund  to 
be  designated  as  the  Legal  Expense  Fund. 

SEC.  2.  That  from  the  funds  coming-  into  the  city 
treasury  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  from  li- 
censes and  fines  there  shall  be  set  apart  the  sum  of  sev- 
enty-five dollars,  each  and  every  month,  which  shall  be 
paid  by  the  treasurer  into  the  Legal  Expense  Fund. 

SEC.  3.  That  said  tund  shall  be  used  only  to  pay 
the  necessary  costs  and  expenses  incurred  in  defending 
and  prosecuting  suits  in  which  the  city  of  Tacoma  is  a 
party,  and  to  purchase  supplies  for  the  legal  department 
of  the  city. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  controller,  on 
the  15th  day  of  each  and  every  month,  to  make,  put  and 
deliver  to  the  city  attorney  a  warrant  on  the  city  treas- 
urer for  the  said  sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  on  the  Legal 
Expense  Fund,  and  the  treasurer  is  directed  to  pay  said 
warrants  from  any  money  in  his  hands  collected  from 
fines  and  licenses. 

SEC.  5.  The  city  attorney  at  the  end  of  each  and 
every  month  shall  submit  to  the  finance  committee  a 
statement  containing  an  itemized  account  of  all  disburse- 
ments made  by  him  from  said  Legal  Expense  Fund,  and 
the  receipts,  showing  to  whom  and  for  what  purpose 
such  payments  were  made.  In  case  the  city  attorney 
fails  or  neglects  to  account  for  the  money  so  placed  in 


530  ORDINANCE   NO.    932. 

his  hands  as  herein  provided,  the  controller  shall  issue 
no  more  warrants  payable  to  the  city  attorney  out  of 
said  fund. 

SEC.  6.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  with  this  ordinance  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  May  19,  1896. 


Library  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  932. 

An  ordinance  establishing  a  public  library  and   providing   a  fund  for 
maintaining-  the  same. 

WHEREAS.  On  the  8th  day  of  September,  1893,  the 
trustees  of  the  Tacoma  public  library,  by  resolution 
duly  passed,  donated  all  the  books  and  other  belongings 
of  the  Tacoma  public  library  to  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and, 

WHEREAS,  On  the  16th  day  of  October,  1893,  the 
said  public  library,  by  its  vice-president,  Mrs.  Grace 
Moore,  did  tender  to  the  city  of  Tacoma  as  a  free  gift 
the  entire  property  of  said  library;  and, 

WHEREAS,  It  appears  to  the  city  council  that  it  will 
advance  the  best  interests  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  and  its 
inhabitants  b}7  accepting*  such  gift  and  assuming"  all  the 
liabilities  of  the  said  library  association;  now,  therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  a  public  library  is  hereby  estab- 
lished in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  which  shall  be  known  and 
designated  as  "The  City  Library." 

SEC.  2.  For  the  management  of  the  city  library 
the  mayor  shall  appoint  a  librarian. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1310.) 

SEC.  3.  The  president  of  the  city  council  shall  ap- 
point a  standing  committee  of  five  members  to  be  known 
as  the  library  committee,  whose  duties,  with  respect  to 
the  library,  shall  be  similar  to  the  duties  of  other  stand- 
ing committees  of  the  council  for  the  purposes  for  which 
they  are  created. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1310.) 

SEC.  4.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall 
accept,  and  upon  the  acceptance  of  such  library,  take 


ORDINANCE   NO.    932 — CON.  531 

charge  of  all  the  books,  papers  and  other  property  and 
furniture  thereunto  belonging,  and  shall  provide  and 
maintain  suitable  rooms  and  apartments  for  the  accom- 
modation of  the  library,  and  a  public  reading  room,  and 
shall  furnish  the  same,  and  shall  provide  light,  heat  and 
janitor  service  therefor  in  the  same  manner  as  other  de- 
partments are  provided  for. 

SEC.  5.  *  The  city  council  shall,  from  time  to 

time,  by  ordinance,  provide  for  such  assistants  to  the 
librarian  as  is  proper,  and  fix  the  salary  for  the  same. 
The  city 'council  shall  also  adopt  such 
by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the 
library  and  reading  room  as  will  best  secure  an  efficient 
carrying  out  of  the  purposes  of  the  public  library. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1142  and  the  City 
•Charter.) 

SEC.  6.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  a  fund  is  hereby  created  to  be 
known  as  the  Library  Fund,  and  the  city  treasurer  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  transfer  from  time  to 
time,  five  per  cent  of  all  moneys  collected  for  fines,  pen- 
alties and  licenses  to  said  fund,  and  to  pay  the  same  out 
only  upon  warrants  drawn  by  the  proper  officers  of  the 
city  and  in  the  usual  manner.  And  the  said  proper  offi- 
cers are  hereby  authorized  to  draw  proper  warrants  and 
audit  the  accounts  of  the  library. 

SEC.  7.  The  librarian  shall  make  a  monthly  report 
to  the  city  council,  stating  fully  the  condition  of  the 
library,  the  number  of  books  and  periodicals  on  hand, 
the  number  added  during  the  month,  the  number  of 
visitors  attending,  the  number  of  books  loaned  out,  the 
the  character  and  kind  of  books,  the  attendance  at  the 
reading  room,  and  such  other  information,  statistics  and 
suggestions  as  he  may  deem  of  general  interest. 

Such  monthly  report  shall  be  presented  to  the  city 
council  at  the  first  regular  meeting  of  each  month.  And 
at  the  close  of  each  year,  at  the  proper  time  for  annual 
reports  from  the  different  departments  of  the  city,  the 
librarian  shall  compile  an  annual  statement  from  the 
monthly  reports  as  above  directed  to  be  made. 

Approved  January  19,   1894. 

NOTE.     See  ordinance  No.  1266. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1002. 

Local  Improvement  District  No.  1  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1002. 

An  ordinance  providing-  for  the  improvement  and  paving  of  Pacific 
avenue  from  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South  Seven- 
teenth street,  prolonged  easterly,  to  a  line  parallel  thereto  and  685 
feet  north  of  the  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  creating-  a  fund  and  providing  for  the  issuance  of  bonds, 
and  for  the  payment  thereof  by  special  assessment  upon  the  adjoin- 
ing, contiguous  and  proximate  lots  or  parcels  of  land. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  7acoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  Pacific  avenue  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma, county  of  Pierce,  state  of  Washing-ton,  be  im- 
proved from  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South 
Seventeenth  street,  prolonged  easterly,  to  a  line  parallel 
thereto  and  685  feet  north  of  the  center  line  of  South 
Ninth  street;  said  improvement  shall  consist  of  remov- 
ing' the  present  wood  planking-  upon  said  avenue  and 
grading-  and  surfacing-  the  avenue  to  such  a  depth  and  in 
such  a  manner  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  paving-  of 
same  and  putting-  in  necessary  tile  drains  and  gravel  for 
draining  the  same  and  paving  the  said  avenue  to  the  es- 
tablished grade  the  full  width  of  the  roadway,  to  the 
curb  stones  on  each  side  thereof;  and  at  the  street  inter- 
sections pave  the  full  width  of  the  avenue  to  the  exten- 
sion of  the  building  lines,  excepting  the  portion  of  said 
avenue  between  the  rails  of  the  street  railway  tracks  as 
now  laid,  which  said  paving  between  said  rails  of  said 
street  railway  tracks  shall  be  laid  at  the  expense  of  the 
owners  thereof;  said  paving  to  be  made  with  fir  blocks 
five  (5)  inches  in  depth  set  on  end  on  a  good  and  substan- 
tial gravel  concrete  foundation  six  (6)  inches  in  thick- 
ness; said  improvement  to  be  of  the  general  nature 
herein  specified  and  to  be  made  in  all  respects  in  detail 
as  per  specifications  to  be  made  by  the  city  engineer  and 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

SEC.  2.  An  assessment  is  hereby  ordered  to  be 
levied  and  is  hereby  levied  and  ordered  to  be  collected 
upon  the  adjoining,  contiguous  and  proximate  lots  and 
parcels  of  land  fronting  upon  the  said  Pacific  avenue  be- 
tween the  points  mentioned  in  section  1  herein  to  defray 
the  cost  and  expense  of  said  improvement,  according  to 
the  provisions  of  the  city  charter  and  the  laws  of  the 
state  of  Washington;  the  lots  and  parcels  of  land  upon 
which  the  said  assessment  shall  be  so  levied  lie  within. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1002 — CON. 

Tacoma,  Pierce  county,  Washington,  and  are  particu- 
larly described  as  follows,  to-wit: 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twenty-three  (23)  inclusive,  block 
704. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twenty-six  (26)  inclusive,   block  904. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twenty-six  (26)  inclusive,  block  1104k 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12)  inclusive,  block  1103. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12)  inclusive,  block  1003. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12)  inclusive,  block  903. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12)  inclusive,  block  803. 

Lots  two  (2)  to  nine  (9)  inclusive,  block  703. 

And  a  tract  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  Pacific  ave- 
nue and  north  of  South  Seventh  street,  bounded  by  the 
north  line  of  South  Seventh  street  and  in  a  line  parallel 
thereto  and  five  feet  distant  north  therefrom,  and  be- 
tween the  east  line  of  Pacific  avenue  and  a  line  parallel 
thereto  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  distant  therefrom. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twenty-six  (26)  inclusive,  block  1304. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12)  inclusive,  block  1403. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  nine  (9)  inclusive,  block  1504. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  five  (5)  inclusive,  block  1604. 

A  certain  parcel  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  Pacific 
avenue  between  the  east  line  of  said  Pacific  avenue  and  a 
line  parallel  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  distant  there- 
from, and  between  the  center  line  of  South  Seventeenth 
street,  prolonged  easterly,  and  the  north  line  of  Hood 
street. 

Lots  nine  (9)  to  fifteen  (15)  inclusive,  block  1502. 

All  of  block  1503. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12)  inclusive,  block  1303. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12)  inclusive,  block  1205. 

And  a  certain  parcel  of  land  between  the  west  side 
of  Pacific  avenue  and  the  westerly  line  of  Hood  street, 
between  the  center  line  of  South  Seventeenth  street,  pro- 
longed easterly,  and  the  intersection  of  the  west  line  of 
Pacific  avenue  and  the  westerly  line  of  Hood  street. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  property  fronting  upon  said  im- 
provement between  the  points  mentioned  in  section  1  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be  and  constitute  a  special  assess- 
ment district;  that  a  fund  be  and  is  hereby  created  to  be 
called  the  MLocal  Improvement  District  No.  1  Fund," 
which  shall  consist  in  the  aggregate  of  the  several 
amounts  levied  and  collected  upon  the  said  property  for 
the  purpose  of  defraying  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  said 
improvement,  and  that  hereafter  whenever  any  further 


534  ORDINANCE   NO.    1002 — CON. 

assessment  is  made  for  the  payment  of  the  bonds  herein- 
after mentioned,  the  sums  of  money  so  derived  from  the 
same  shall  be  paid  into  the  said  fund;  that  out  of  the 
said  fund  shall  be  paid  the  bonds,  interest  and  any  other 
costs  which  may  accrue  in  the  paving-  of  the  said  avenue; 
that  no  part  of  the  said  fund  shall  become  the  property 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma  nor  be  used  in  any  way  by  the  city 
of  Tacoma  or  by  any  of  its  officers,  and  the  whole  thereof 
shall  be  treated  as  a  trust  fund  for  the  purpose  of  pay- 
ing for  the  said  improvement  when  due. 

SEC.  4.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  is  here- 
by ordered  to  proceed  with  the  improvement  of  the  said 
avenue  and  to  let  a  contract  for  the  performance  of  the 
work  described  in  section  1  of  this  ordinance  under  the 
provisions  of  the  city  charter  and  the  laws  of  1893  found 
on  pages  231  to  235  inclusive  of  the  session  laws  of  1893. 
That  in  calling  for  bids  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  shall  state  that  the  contractor  doing  the  work 
agrees  to  look  to  the  fund  created  under  this  ordinance 
ior  payment  and  not  to  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  said  improvement  shall  be  paid 
ior  by  the  levy  and  collection  of  a  special  assessment 
-against  the  property  herein  described,  in  five  (5)  annual, 
-equal  payments;  that  the  first  assessment  shall  be  made 
so  that  the  funds  derived  from  the  same  can  be  paid  at 
the  end  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  the  issuance  of  the 
bonds  hereinafter  set  forth  and  the  deferred  payments, 
«ach  yearly  thereafter;  th^t  the  said  payments  shall  be 
levied  and  collected  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
•chapter  96  of  the  laws  of  1893  found  on  pages  231  to  235 
inclusive,  thereof;  that  under  the  provisions  of  the  said 
law  and  under  the  provisions  of  the  city  charter  the  city 
of  Tacoma  shall  issue  bonds  in  the  amount  of  the  con- 
tract price,  which  said  bonds  shall  be  due  and  payable 
in  five  equal  annual  amounts  and  shall  be  in  the  form  re- 
quired by  ordinance  No.  848,  entitled  "An  ordinance 
.amending  ordinaance  No.  821,  entitled  'An  ordinance  pre- 
scribing the  form  and  mode  of  execution  of  local  improve- 
ment bonds  which  are  to  be  issued  for  street  improve- 
ments in  pursuance  of  chapter  96  of  the  acts  of  the  legisla- 
ture of  the  state  of  Washington,  approved  March  9, 
1893,'  "  and  that  the  said  bonds  shall  have  thereto  attach- 
ed the  necessary  installment  coupons  so  described  in  said 
ordinance.  Said. ..bonds  shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of 


ORDINANCE    NO.  1002 — CON.  535 

eight  per  cent,  per  annum,  which  interest  shall  be  pay- 
able semi-annually  from  the  date  of  the  said  bonds  until 
the  same  are  fully  paid;  the  bonds  shall  be  in  the  denom- 
ination of  fifty  ($50)  dollars  each,  except  the  last  num- 
bered bond,  which  may  be  of  a  less  sum,  if  necessary, 
and  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor,  president  of  the  city 
council,  countersigned  by  the  controller,  attested  by  the 
city  clerk. 

SEC.  6.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor  and 
city  council  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  each  year  after  the 
issue  of  the  bonds  so  above  described,  to  levy  and  collect 
an  assessment  upon  the  property  within  the  above  de- 
Ascribed  district  sufficient  in  amount  to  pay  the  install- 
ments of  the  principal  and  interest  thereon  due  upon  the 
bonds  and  coupons  issued  in  payment  of  this  improve- 
ment, as  well  as  the  payment  of  the  interest  upon  the 
amount  of  principal  which  is  not  then  due.  That  if  any  , 
property  owner  within  the  said  assessment  district  shall 
neglect  or  refuse  to  pay,  any  installment  of  principal  or 
interest  when  due,  then  the  owner  of  the  bond,  or  any 
•of  the  bonds  in  question,  shall  have  all  the  right,  power 
•or  authority  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of 
Washington  aforesaid  for  the  collection  of  the  same, 
either  in  the  name  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  or  otherwise, 
but  without  any  expense  or  claim  against  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma. 

SEC.  7.     Ordinances   Nos.    894   and  895,  passed  by 
the  city  council  September  9,  1893,  and  approved  by  the  , 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  on  September  13,  1893,  are 
and  each  of  them  is  hereby  repealed,  and  all  other  ordi-  . 
nances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this  ordi-  , 
nance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  July  15,  1895. 

(See  ordinances  Nos.  1019  and  1264.) 


536  ORDINANCE    NO,    876. 

Pacific  Avenue  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  876. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  improvement  of  Pacific  avenue  from 
its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South  Seventeenth  street,, 
prolonged  easterly,  and  to  a  line  parallel  thereto  320  feet  south  of 
the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-fourth  street,  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,. 
creating  a  fund  and  providing  for  payment  by  assessment  upon  the 
adjoining,  contiguous  or  proximate  lots  or  parcels  of  land,  under  the 
provisions  of  the  city  charter  now  in  force. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  Pacific  avenue  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma be  improved  from  its  intersection  with  the  center 
line  of  South  Seventeenth  street,  prolonged  easterly  and 
to  a  line  parallel  thereto,  320  feet  south  of  the  center  line 
of  South  Twenty-fourth  street  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  said 
improvement  to  consist  of  paving*  the  said  street  to  the 
established  grade  the  full  width  of  the  roadway  thereof, 
to  the  curb  stones  on  each  side  thereof,  excepting*  the 
portion  of  said  street  between  the  rails  of  the  street 
railway  tracks  as  now  laid,  said  paving  to  be  made  with 
bituminous  rock  upon  a  concrete  foundation,  and  con- 
structing granite  curbstones  the  full  length  on  both  sides 
thereof,  except  where  permanent  curbstones  are  already 
constructed,  according  to  the  specifications  made  by  the 
city  engineer  and  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  commissioner 
of  public  works. 

SEC.  2.  That  a  fund  be  and  is  hereby  created,  and 
an  assessment  be  levied  and  collected  upon  the  adjoining, 
contiguous  and  proximate  lots  and  parcels  of  land  to  de- 
fray the  cost  and  expense  of  said  improvement,  accord- 
ing to  the  provisions  of  the  city  charter.  Said  lots  and 
parcels  of  land  being  as  follows,  to- wit: 

Lots  one  (1)  to  nineteen  (19),  inclusive,  block  1804. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twenty-six  (26),  inclusive,  block 
1904. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twenty-six  (26)  inclusive,  block  2104. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12),  inclusive,  block  2304. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12),  inclusive,  block  2404. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  ten  (10),  inclusive,  block  7413. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  eleven  (11),  inclusive,  block  2303. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12),  inclusive,  block  2203. 

Lots  one  (1)  to  twelve  (12),  inclusive,  block  2103. 

And  that  certain  tract  of  unplatted  ground  on  the 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1057.  537 

east  side  of  Pacific  avenue,  between  South  Twenty-first 
street  and  South  Seventeenth  street,  produced  easterly 
to  the  depth  of  150  feet. 

And  that  certain  tract  of  unplatted  ground  on  the 
west  side  of  Pacific  avenue,  lying-  between  the  center  of 
South  Seventeenth  street  produced  easterly,  and  to  a 
point  106.5  feet  southerly  thereof  to  a  depth  extending- 
westerly  to  block  1704. 

SEC.  3.  Said  improvement  shall  be  made  under  the 
supervision  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  who  is 
hereby  ordered  to  proceed  with  said  improvement,  and 
let  a  contract  under  the  provisions  of  the  city  charter  for 
the  making1  of  said  improvements,  and  under  the  condi- 
tions of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.  That  warrants  on  the  fund  hereby  created 
shall  be  drawn,  and  the  same  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
contractor  to  the  amount  of  75  per  cent,  of  the  work  done 
at  any  time  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  commission- 
er of  public  works,  filed  with  the  City  Clerk. 

The  orig-inal  ordinance  was  approved  Aug-ust  7, 
1893.  Section  4  was  added  by  ordinance  No.  882,  ap- 
proved Aug-ust  26,  1893. 


Park  Fund, 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1057. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  payment  to  the  Park  Fund  of  ten  per 
cent  of  all  moneys  coming-  into  the  treasury  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma  from  licenses  for  the  sale  of  liquor  in  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  ten  (10  per  cent)  per  cent  of  all 
moneys  coming-  into  the  city  treasury  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma from  licenses  for  the  sale  of  liquor  within  the  city 
of  Tacoma  shall  be  paid  into  and  shall  constitute  the 
Park  Fund,  and  shall  be  only  used  for  the  purpose  of 
maintaining-  public  parks  within  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances 
in  so  far  only  as  they  conflict  with  this  ordinance  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  March  2,  1896. 

NOTE.  See  ordinance  No.  1266  and  also  Charter, 
Article  16,  Section  187,  (4). 


538 


ORDINANCE  NO.   1350. 


Defective 
plumbing  pro- 
hibited. 


Plumber's 
license. 


License,  how 
obtained. 
Board  of 
examiners. 


Constitution  of 
board  of 
examiners. 


Plumbing  License  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1350. 

An  ordinance  regulating-  the  plumbing-,  ventilation  and  drainage  of 
buildings,  and  providing  for  the  licensing  and  registration  of  plumb- 
ers, and  repealing  ordinances  numbered  respectively  72,  149,  215 , 
293,  393,  1172,  1320,  1324  and  1326. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  No  person  shall  hereafter  move  a  build- 
ing- from  one  part  of  the  city  to  another,  erect  or  cause 
to  be  erected  or  converted  to  a  new  purpose  by  altera- 
tion, any  building"  or  structure,  or  change  the  construc- 
tion of  any  building  by  addition  or  otherwise,  so  that  it 
or  any  part  thereof  shall  be  inadequate  or  defective  in  re- 
spect to  plumbing,  ventilation,  sewerage,  or  any  other 
usual,  proper  or  necessary  provisions  or  precautions  for 
the  security  of  life  or  health.  Nor  shall  an)7  owner,  les- 
see, tenant  or  occupant  of  any  building  or  structure, 
cause  or  allow  any  matter  or  anything  to  be  done  in  or 
about  any  such  building  or  structure,  dangerous  or  pre- 
judicial to  life  or  health. 

SEC.  2.     That  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  now, 
or  that  may  hereafter  be  engaged  in  or  working  at  the 
business  of  plumbing  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  either  as  a. 
master    or    employing    plumber,    or    as    a    journeyman 
plumber,  shall  first  secure  a  license  therefor. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  or  persons  desiring  to  engage 
in  or  work  at  the  business  of  plumbing,  either  as  a  mas- 
ter or  employing  plumber,  or  as  a  journeyman  plumber 
in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall  apply  to  the  board  of  health 
for  a  license  so  to  do.  Said  application  or  applications, 
when  so  received,  shall  be  referred  to  the  board  of  exam- 
iners hereinafter  provided  for,  who  shall,  at  a  certain 
time  and  place  to  be  designated  by  them,  proceed  to 
examine  such  applicant  or  applicants  as  to  his  or  their 
qualifications  for  such  business. 

SEC.  4.  The  said  board  of  examiners  shall  consist 
of  the  president  of  the  board  of  health,  the  inspector  of 
plumbing,  and  three  members  who  shall  be  practical 
plumbers,  (two  shall  be  master  plumbers  and  one  shall 
be  a  journeyman  plumber).  The  president  of  the  board 
of  health  and  the  inspector  of  plumbing  shall  be  mem- 
bers ex-officio  of  said  board,  and  shall  serve  without 
compensation.  Said  three  members  shall  be  appointed 
by  the  board  of  health. 


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SEC.  5.     Said   board  of  examiners  shall,  within  ten 
days  after  the  appointment  of  said   members,  meet  and 
organize  by  the  selection  of  a  chairman,  and  shall  desig*-  Organization, 
nate  the  time  and  place  for  the  examination  of  any  ap- 
plicant or  applicants  desiring*  to  engage  in  or  at  the  busi- 
ness of  plumbing.     Said  board  shall  examine  said  appli-  Examination, 
cant  or  applicants  as  to  his  or  their  practical  knowledge 
of  plumbing,  house  drainage  and  plumbing  ventilation; 
and,  if  satisfied  of  the  competency   of  the  applicant  or 
applicants,  shall  so  certify  to  the  board  of  health.     Said  Board  of  health 
board  shall  thereupon  issue  a  license  to  such  applicant  or£rant  licenses, 
applicants,  authorizing  him  or   them  to  engage  in  or  at 
the  business  of  plumbing,  either  as  a  master  or  employ- 
ing plumber,  or  as  a  journeyman  plumber.     In  case  of  a 
firm  or  corporation,  the  examination  or  licensing  of  any 
one  member  of  such  firm,  or  of  the  manager  of  such  cor- 
poration, shall  be  sufficient  to  enable  it  to  carry  on  said 
business. 

SEC.  6.     No  plumbing  work  shall  be  done  in  the  city  Permit  for 
of  Tacoma,  except  in  case  of  repairs  or  leaks,  without  arePairs- 
permit  being  first  issued  therefor,  upon  such  terms  and 
conditions  as  said  board  of  health  shall  prescribe.     And 
when  such  plumbing   work   involves  or  necessitates  the 
obstruction  of  a  street  or  alley,  tearing  up  sidewalks  or 
disturbing   the   surface   of  streets    or   alleys,  a    permit 
shall  also  be  obtained  from  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  therefor. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  fee  for  a  licence  for  a  master  or  license  fee 
employing  plumber  shall  be  five  dollars  ($5),  and  for  a 
journeyman  plumber,  one  dollar  ($1),  payable  in  advance 
at  the  time  of  receiving  said  license.  Said  license  shall 
be  valid  and  have  force  for  the  period  of  one  year,,  and 
the  same  shall  be  renewed  upon  application  upon  the 
payment  of  one  dollar  ($1). 

SEC.  8.     All  money  derived  from  the  issuance  of  li-  Plumbing 
censes  as  herein  provided  shall  be  paid  over  monthly  to  license  fund, 
the  city  treasurer,  who  shall  duly  receipt  therefor,  and 
the  same  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  Plumbing 
License  Fund,  which  is  hereby  created,  the  same  to  be 
expended  in  paying  the  expenses  of  holding  examinations 
of  plumbers,  and  other  necessary  expenses  of  the  board 
of  health  in  connection  therewith. 

SEC.  9.     The  license  of  any  master  or  journeyman  Revocation, 
plumber  may  be  at  any   time  revoked  for  incompetency, 


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Appeal, 


^drain,  etc,, 
pipes. 


dereliction  of  duty  or  other  sufficient  causes,  after  a  full 
and  fair  hearing-,  by  a  majority  of  the  examining-  board; 
but  an  appeal  may  be  taken  from  said  examining-  board 
to  the  state  board  of  health. 

SEC.  10.  All  material  used  in  the  construction  of 
drains,  pipes  or  other  structures  shall  be  of  g-ood  quality 
and  free  from  defects,  and  the  work  must  be  executed  in 
a  thoroug-h  and  workmanlike  manner. 

SEC.  11.  Drain,  main,  waste,  and  soil  pipes, 
throug-h  which  water  and  sewerag-e  is  used  and  carried, 
shall  be  of  cast  iron,  wroug-ht  iron,  brass  or  lead,  when 
within  a  building-.  The}^  shall  be  sound,  free  from  holes 
and  other  defects.  They  shall  be  securely  ironed  to 
walls,  laid  in  trenches  of  uniform  grade,  or  suspended  to 
floor  timbers  by  strong-  iron  hang-ers.  They  shall  have  a 
proper  fall  of  not  less  than  one  quarter  inch  per  foot 
toward  the  drain  or  sewer.  Vertical  soil  pipes  shall  be 
carried  out  through  the  roof,  open  and  undiminished  in 
size.  No  soil  pipe  shall  be  carried  to  a  heig-ht  not  less 
than  one  foot  above  the  hig-hest  part  of  the  roof. 
Chang-es  in  directions  shall  be  with  reg-ular  fitting's  and 
connections  with  horizontal  soil  or  waste  pipe  shall  be 
made  with  Y  branches. 

SEC,  12.  All  joints  on  vitrified  terra  cotta  pipe 
shall  be  made  with  equal  parts  of  best  Portland  cement 
and  clean,  sharp  sand,  and  as  each  joint  is  laid  it  shall 
be  carefully  cleansed  on  the  inside. 

Cast  iron  pipes  SEC.  13.  All  cast  iron  pipes  must  be  sound  and  free 
from  holes;  and  in  all  building's  the  three  upper  stories 
can  be  pipe  of  standard  weig-ht;  the  lower  portions  must 
be  extra  heavy.  All  joints  on  cast  iron  pipe  must  be 
made  with  a  suitable  packing-  of  picked  oakum  run  full 
of  molten  lead,  and  thoroughly  calked  to  prevent  the  es- 
cape of  sewer  g-as. 

SEC.  14.  Every  house  or  building-  hereafter  con- 
nected with  the  sewers  must  have  the  house  drain  con- 
structed of  cast  or  wrought  iron,  and  it  must  extend 
three  feet  outside  of  property  line,  and  must  have  a  fall 
of  at  least  one-quarter  of  an  inch  to  the  foot.  It  should 
run  along1  the  cellar  wall  where  practicable;  or  if  laid 
tinder  the  lower  floor  of  a  building-,  should  be  hung  in 
iron  straps  securely  fastened  to  the  floor  joists.  It  shall 
be  laid  in  as  straig-ht  a  line  as  possible.  All  changes  in 
directions  must  be  made  in  curved  pipes  and  all  connec- 
tions with  Y  branches  and  one-eig-hth  bends. 


Joints. 


House  drain. 


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SEC.   15.     No    brick,    sheet   metal  or  earthenware  Sewer 
flue  shall  be  used  as  a  sewer  ventilator;  nor  shall  any  v< 
chimney  flue  be  used  for  that  purpose;  and  the  terminals 
for  all  vents  must  be  at  least  five  feet  from  all    flues, 
water  tanks,  or  air  shafts;  and  in  no  case  shall  they  ter- 
minate at  a  lower  distance  than  five  feet  above  the  gut- 
ters, windows,  or  other  openings. 

SEC.   16.     All  wrought  iron  pipes  and   fittings  usedVei 
for  vents  must  be  galvanized. 

SEC.   17.     All    connections    of  lead    with   iron   pipe  ^ad^nd^  °* 
must  be  made  with  a  brass  ferrule  of  the  same  size  aspipes. 
the  lead  pipe  and  calked  or   screwed  into   the   iron  pipe, 
and  connected  with  the  lead  pipe  by  a  wiped  joint. 

SEC.  18.  Every  sink,  bath  tub,  basin,  water  clos-  Waste  pipes, 
et,  urinal,  wash  trays,  and  every  fixture  having  a  waste 
pipe,  thall  be  separately  and  independently  trapped  with 
a  water  sealing"  trap  placed  as  near  the  fixtures  as  prac- 
ticable. Traps  shall  be  protected  from  syphonage  and  Traps, 
air  pressure  by  a  special  air  or  vent  pipe,  which  shall  be 
•of  a  size  not  less  than  the  waste  pipe  up  to  and  including 
two  inch  waste  pipe;  and  when  the  waste  pipe  is  over 
two  inch  in  size,  no  vents  less  than  two  inch  shall  be 
used.  No  trap  shall  be  placed  at  the  foot  of  a  vertical 
soil  or  waste  pipe. 

SEC.  19.  The  system  known  as  "venting  in  the  Venting  ia 
rough"  will  only  be  allowed  on  vertical  waste  pipes,  androu£h* 
not  more  than  three  feet  of  waste  pipe  will  be  allowed 
between  trap  and  said  vertical  pipe  The  top  fixture  of 
any  vertical  line  of  soil  or  waste  pipe  may  not  be  back 
vented,  provided  said  fixture  has  not  more  than  three  feet 
of  waste  or  soil  pipe.  When  a  water  closet  has  no  other 
fixtures  above,  a  fixture  may  connect  not  higher  than  one 
foot  above  said  water  closet  connection;  and  if  it  has  not 
more  than  three  feet  of  waste  pipe,  and  not  larger  than 
one  and  one-half  inches,  it  will  not  be  necessary  to 
"back-vent"  it. 

SEC.  20.  All  waterclosets  and  slop  hoppers  must  Water  closets, 
be  supplied  with  water.  Water  closets  must  never 
be  placed  in  an  unventilated  room  or  compartment. 
In  every  case  the  compartment  must  be  open  to  the  outer 
air  or  be  ventilated  by  means  of  a  shaft  or  air  duct  at 
least  six  inches  in  diameter  and  as  near  ceiling  as  possi- 
ble. All  water  closets  within  the  house  must  be  sup- 
plied with  water  from  special  tanks  or  cisterns,  the  water 


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of  which  is  not  used  for  any  other  purpose,  Interior 
water  closets  must  never  be  supplied  directly  from  the 
city  supply  pipes.  A  group  of  closets  may  be  supplied 
from  one  tank;  but  water  closets  on  different  floors  are 
not  permitted  to  be  flushed  from  one  tank. 

Supply  pipes.  SEC.  21.     All  supply  pipes  for  water  closets  shall 

be  galvanized  iron,  brass  or  lead,  and  shall  not  be  less 
than  one-half  an  inch  in  diameter. 

Vents.  SEC.  22.      Where  two  fixtures  connect  into  one  vent, 

such  a  connection  shall  be  made  with  not  less  than  one 
and  one-half-inch  pipe;  and  for  three  fixtures  not  less 
than  two  inch  pipe;  and  for  a  water  closet  not  less  than 
two  inch  pipe  for  forty  feet  or  less;  and  three  inch  pipe 
may  be  used  for  any  height  above  that  of  forty  feet; 
provided  that  vent  pipes  for  three  or  more  fixtures  with 
waste  three  or  four  inches  in  diameter  shall  not  be  less 
than  three  inch  for  twenty  feet  or  less;  over  twenty  feet, 
four  inch.  Vent  pipes  shall  be  run  as  straight  and  as 
direct  as  practicable,  and  with  a  grade  to  avoid  trapping- 
by  condensation;  but  in  all  cases  where  vent  pipes  con- 
nect to  soil  pipes,  such  connection  shall  not  be  less  than 
two  feet  above  the  highest  fixture.  Vent  pipes  may  be 
run  out  separately  throug-h  the  roof. 

Safes.  SEC.  23.     Every  safe  under  a  basin,   bath,    water 

closet,  tank  or  other  fixture,  except  urinal,  shall  be 
drained  by  a  special  pipe  of  lead  or  iron  not  less  than 
one  inch  in  size  and  not  directly  connected  with  any  soil 
pipe,  waste  pipe,  drain  or  sewer,  and  shall,  when  prac- 
ticable, be  made  to  discharge  outside  the  house.  All 
urinal  safes  shall  be  made  of  the  same  material  and  must 
be  discharged  into  an  open  trapped  hopper  that  is  sup- 
plied with  water  where  practicable. 

Terminals  of  SEC.   24.      The  terminals  of  all  vent  pipes  must  be 

vent  pipes.  at  least  five  feet  from  any  chimney,  air  shaft  or  window; 
and  in  the  case  of  a  window,  said  vent  pipe  must  be  at 
least  three  feet  above  said  window  of  house  or  buildiug 
it  serves.  Where  one  building  is  attached  to  or  joins  an- 
other of  greater  height,  having  windows  or  openings 
overlooking  the  lower  building,  the  terminals  of  all  soil 
or  vent  pipes  of  the  lower  building-s,  must  be  at  least 
twelve  feet  distant  from  said  windows  or  openings,  or 
may  be  carried  up  above  the  eaves  or  fire  wall  of  the 
higher  building  undiminished  in  size. 


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SEC.   25.     No  steam  exhaust  or  rain  water  pipe  will 
be  allowed  to  connect  with  any  drain,  soil  or  waste  pipe. 

SEC.   26.     All  soil,  waste,  air  and  drain  pipes  inside  Test  before 
of  building's  before  being*  covered  up  must  have  all  open-  cc 
ing's  stopped  up  and  be  filled  with  water;  the  said  test 
shall  be  made  in  the  presence  of  the  inspector  of  plumb- 
ing"; and  if  satisfactory  he  shall  issue  a  proper  certificate, 
when  the  work  can  be  covered  up. 

SEC.  27.  Vent  pipes  outside  of  water  closets  shall  Vent 
be  not  less  than  one  and  one-quarter  inches  for  fifteen 
feet,  one  and  one-half  inches  for  twenty-five  additional 
feet,  two  inches  for  forty  additional  feet,  and  three  inches 
for  sixty  additional  feet.  Plumbing'  work  shall  not  be 
used  unless  the  same  has  been  tested  by  the  inspector 
with  smoke,  water,  ether,  or  peppermint,  and  by  him 
found  satisfactory;  and  he  shall  be  notified  in  writing* 
by  the  plumber  when  the  work  is  sufficiently  advanced 
for  inspection;  and  he  shall  inspect  all  work  within  six- 
teen working*  hours  after  such  notification.  Where 
special  fixtures  or  traps  are  required  by  owners  or  archi- 
tects, that  do  not  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, a  special  permit  may  be  issued  by  the  inspector  of 
plumbing-,  if,  in  his  judg-ment,  the  conditions  demand  the 
use  of  such  fixtures  or  traps. 

SEC.  28.  No  waste  pipe  from  a  refrigerator  Qr 
other  receptacle  in  which  provisions  are  stored  shall  be 
connected  with  any  drain,  soil  or  waste  pipe.  Such 
waste  pipe  shall  be  so  arrang-ed  as  to  admit  of  frequent 
flushing-,  and  shall  be  as  short  as  possible;  and  when  im- 
practicable to  run  to  an  open  fixture,  it  may  discharge 
outside  in  sight.  The  overflow  pipes  from  tanks  shall 
discharge  into  an  open  fixture  properly  trapped  or  in  roof 
gutter. 

SEC.  29.     A  trap  will  be  considered  unsealed  when  TraP* 
it  shows  a  water  seal  less  than  two  and  one-half  inches 
in  depth. 

SEC.   30.     No  person  shall  throw  or  deposit,  or  cause  Obstruction  of 
to  be  thrown   or   deposited,  in   any   vessel   or   receptacle86 
connected  with  the  public  sewer,  any  garbage,  vegetable 
parings,  ashes,  cinders,  rags,  or  any  other  thing  whatso- 
ever, except  faeces,  urine,  necessary  water  closet  paper 
and  liquid  house   slops,  or  allow   any   drain   to   be   con- 
nected with  any  privy  vault  or  cesspool,  or  underground 
drain,  or  with  any  channel  conveying  water  or  filth,  ex- 


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Sewer 
«oonnections. 


Drain  pipee. 


Removal  of 
obstructions. 


3Privy,  etc. 


Approval  of 
3>lumbing. 


cepting  the  soil  pipes  and  plumbing  of  the  house  or 
building's  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

SEC.  31.  The  connection  with  all  sewers  must  be 
made  even  at  the  inside  surface  in  a  workmanlike  man- 
ner; and  where  a  length  of  pipe  or  drain  has  been  left  in 
the  sewer,  it  shall  be  made  perfectly  tight  with  good 
cement.  The  street  must  be  opened  and  the  paving*  and 
earth  deposited  in  a  manner  that  will  occasion  the  least 
inconvenience  to  the  public,  and  provide  for  the  passage 
of  water  along"  the  gutters;  one-half  of  the  street  must 
be  left  clear  for  the  passage  of  vehicles,  and  bridgeways 
provided  on  the  sidewalks  for  foot  passengers.  In  re- 
filling' the  trench  the  earth  must  be  laid  in  layers  not 
more  than  six  inches  in  depth,  and  each  layer  wetted  and 
tamped  to  prevent  after  settlement.  The  paving-,  flag- 
g-ing-  and  sidewalks  are  to  be  restored  to  at  least  as  g-ood 
condition  as  previous  to  the  excavation,  and  all  rubbish 
and  surplus  earth  to  be  immediately  removed. 

SEC.  32.  Drain  pipes  must  have  a  fall  of  at  least 
one-quarter  inch  to  the  foot.  Where  it  runs  under  the 
sidewalk  it  must  be  at  least  two  feet  below  stringer  of 
said  sidewalk.  Drains  of  a  greater  depth  than  ten  feet 
may  be  run  up  on  a  quick  grade  to  within  three  feet  of 
permanent  grade  of  street  or  alley  at  the  property  line, 
and  where  the  property  is  located  some  distance  above 
the  grade  of  street,  one-eighth  bend  may  be  used,  and  it 
will  not  be  necessary  to  keep  it  more  than  two  feet  from 
surface,  provided  a  fall  of  one-quarter  inch  to  the  foot 
can  be  obtained.  Six-inch  pipe  must  be  used  from  main 
sewer  to  property  line. 

SEC.  33.  Whenever  any  drain  connected  with  any 
public  sewer  or  drain  becomes  obstructed,  broken,  or  out 
of  order,  or  detrimental  to  the  use  of  the  sewer  or  drain, 
or  unfit  for  the  purpose  of  drainage,  the  owner,  agent, 
occupant,  or  person  having-  charge  of  any  building,  yard, 
lot  of  land  or  other  premises  which  are  drained  by  said 
drain  or  sewer,  shall,  when  directed  by  the  inspector  of 
plumbing,  remove,  reconstruct,  alter,  clean  or  repair  said 
drain,  as  the  condition  of  said  drain  may  require. 

SEC.  34.  No  privy,  vault  or  cesspool  shall  here- 
after be  constructed  in  any  part  of  the  city  where  a 
sewer  is  at  all  accessible. 

SEC.  35.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  plumber  or 
other  person  or  persons  interested  in  the  plumbing  work, 
after  the  completion  of  said  plumbing  work,  and  before 


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any  of  said  plumbing"  is  covered  up  in  any  building*  or 
building's,  or  on  the  premises  connected  with  said  build- 
ing- or  building's,  to  notify  in  writing-  the  inspector  of 
plumbing-  that  said  building-  or  building's  or  other  prem- 
ises are  ready  for  inspection;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  plumber  or  other  person  or  persons  to  cover  up  or 
in  any  way  conceal  such  plumbing1  work  in  or  about  said 
building-  or  building's  until  the  inspector  approves  of  the 
same. 

SEC.  36.  The  inspector  of  plumbing-  shall  have  Compel  sewer 
the  power  in  all  cases  where  there  is  a  public  sewer  in  connectioais^ 
any  street  or  alley,  to  cause  any  owner  of  land  upon  or 
adjoining-  such  street  or  alley,  his  ag-ent  or  tenant,  to 
make  a  sufficient  drain  and  proper  sewer  connections 
from  his  or  her  house,  yard  or  lot,  closet  and  premises, 
whenever  in  his  opinion  the  same  may  be  necessary;  and 
he  shall  thereupon  give  such  owner,  ag-ent,  tenant,  or 
person  occupying  such  premises  notice  in  writing-  speci- 
fying- the  time  when  such  drain  and  sewer  connections 
must  be  completed;  and  if  said  owner,  ag-ent  or  tenant 
neglects  to  complete  the  same  within  the  time  specified, 
and  in  addition  to  the  penalties  imposed  for  the  violation 
of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  the  inspector 
of  plumbing-  shall  cause  it  to  be  done,  and  shall  recover 
the  whole  amount  of  the  expense  thereof,  tog-ether  with 
ten  per  cent  damag-es,  by  an  action  in  the  name  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma  before  any  court  having*  jurisdiction 
thereof,  of  said  owner  or  persons  occupying1  the  same 
premises,  who  shall  be  severally  and  jointly  liable  there- 
for. 

SEC.  37.     Master  plumbers,  at  the  time  of  receiving-  Bond  of 
a  license,  shall  file  a  bond  in   the  office  of  the  inspector1" 
of    plumbing,     in    the    sum    of    one    thousand    dollars 
($1,000),  with  one  or  more  sureties,  to  be  approved  by 
the  mayor,  for  the  protection  of  the  city  in  case  of  dam- 
ages resulting  from  opening-  any  sewers  or  streets, 

SEC.  38.     Any  sewer   builder  or  plumber  obtaining  pity  to  be^ 
a  permit  to  make  connections  with  city  sewers  shall  save1" 
harmless   the  city  of  Tacoma  from  all   suits,  accidents 
and  damages  consequent  thereupon  for  or  by  reason  of 
any  opening  in  any  street,  alley  or  avenue  made  by  him, 
or  by  those  in  his  employment,  for  making  connection  with 
any  public  or  private  sewer,  or  for  any  other  purpose  or 
object  whatever;  and  that  he  will   also  replace  and  re- 


546- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1350 — CON. 


Water  closets. 


I/iabily  of  mas- 
ter plumbers. 


Plans  to  be 
submitted. 


Powers  of 
inspector  of 
plumbing-. 


Penalty. 


store  the  street  over  such  opening"  to  as  good  a  state  and 
condition  as  he  found  it;  keep  guards  by  day  and  light 
by  night,  and  keep  and  maintain  the  same  in  good  order, 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  inspector  of  plumbing  for  his 
acceptance. 

SEC.  39.  Every  tenement,  lodging  house  or  build- 
ing shall  be  provided  with  one  water  closet  for  every  ten 
rooms  or  less,  and  one  additional  water  closet  for  every 
additional  ten  rooms  or  less.  Improved  privy  sinks  may 
be  used  in  factories  as  the  inspector  of  plumbing  shall 
require,  but  in  no  case  shall  water  closets  be  located  in  the 
sleeping  apartments  of  any  building. 

SEC.  40.  All  master  plumbers  shall  be  held  respon- 
sible for  all  acts  of  their  agents  or  employes  done  by  vir- 
tue of  his  or  their  license.  No  license  shall  be  granted 
for  more  than  one  year,  or  the  unexpired  portion  thereof. 
All  licenses  shall  expire  on  the  last  day  of  December  of 
each  year,  unless  sooner  revoked. 

SEC.  41.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  architect  or 
architects,  builder  or  builders,  or  other  person  or  per- 
sons interested  in  any  projected  tenement,  lodging  house 
or  other  place  of  habitation  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  to 
submit  plans  and  specifications  of  any  such  building  or 
buildings  to  the  inspector  of  plumbing  of  said  city,  that 
the  inspector  may  examine  said  plans  and  specifications 
for  his  approval  or  rejection,  as  to  the  proposed  plan  for 
ventilation  of  water  closets  and  sewers  under  buildings, 
and  generally  the  plan  of  drainage  and  plumbing. 

SEC.  42.  The  inspector  of  plumbing-,  or  his  duly 
authorized  agents,  shall  have  the  right  to  enter  upon  the 
premises  drained  by  any  house  drain  and  connected  with 
any  public  sewer  at  all  reasonable  hours,  to  ascertain 
whether  the  provisions  of  this  or  any  ordinance  in  re- 
gard to  house  drains  have  been  complied  with;  and  if  he 
shall  find  that  said  drain  or  its  attachments  do  not  con- 
form to  the  provisions  of  law  in  regard  thereto,  he  shall 
notify  the  owner  of  said  premises,  or  his  agent  of  the 
fact.  It  shall  thereupon  be  the  duty  of  said  owner  or 
his  agent,  to  cause  said  drain  or  its  attachments  to  be 
so  altered,  repaired,  or  reconstructed  as  to  make  them 
conform  to  the  requirements  of  law  in  regard  thereto 
within  fifteen  days  from  the  time  of  receiving  such  notice. 

SEC.  43.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1122. 

and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
five  dollars  ($5)  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50)  for  each 
and  every  violation  thereof;  and  upon  failure  to  pay  the 
same  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  one  day  for 
every  two  dollars  ($2)  of  such  fine. 

SEC.  44.  That  ordinances  numbered  respectively 
72,  149,  215,  293,  393,  1172,  1320,  1324  and  1326  be 
each  anc  all  repealed,  and  they  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  November  18,  1898. 

NOTE.  Since  g~oing-  to  press  ordinance  No.  1320  in 
Class  VI,  Part  I,  relating-  to  licensing-  plumbers,  has 
been  repealed,  as  has  also  ordinance  No.  1326,  providing* 
for  a  sewerag-e  system,  etc.,  as  stated  in  Class  XI,  Part 
I,  and  ordinance  No.  1350,  preceding-,  supplements  them. 

Reference  number  18,  Class  VI,  Part  I,  "See  'Li- 
censes' 1320,"  should  be  disregarded. 


Emergency  Fund  for  the  Police  Department. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1122. 

An  ordinance  creating-  an  Emergency  Fund  for  the  Police  Department 
and  providing  funds  therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be,  and  is  hereby  created 
a  fund  to  be  known  as  an  Emerg-ency  Fund  for  the  Police 
Department,  and  a  sum  not  to  exceed  twenty-five  dollars 
per  month  from  licenses  and  fines  shall  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  appropriated  to  said  fund. 

SEC.  2.  That  no  money  shall  be  used  from  the  fund 
hereby  created  for  any  purpose,  o^her  than  for  telegrams, 
postage  stamps,  and  other  emergencies  arising-  in  the 
police  department. 

SEC.  3.  The  city  controller  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  draw  a  warrant  each  and  every  month  on 
said  fund,  for  a  sum  not  to  exceed  twenty-five  dollars, 
in  favor  of  the  chief  of  police,  and  that  said  warrant 
shall  be  paid  on  presentation  to  the  city  treasurer. 

SEC.  4.  The  chief  of  police  shall  present  to  the 
finance  committee  an  itemized  statement  with  vouchers 
therefor,  showing1  how  said  fund  has  been  used,  and  upon 
his  failure  to  present  said  statement  no  more  warrants 


548  ORDINANCE    NO. 

shall  be  issued  on  said  fund  until  said  statement  is  filed 
»  and  approved  by  the  city  council. 

Approved  August  24,  1896. 


Salary   Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  974. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  a  salary  fond  and  designating  the  fund& 
which  shall  be  paid  into  said  salary  fund  and  repealing  a  portion  of 
ordinance  No.  955. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  all  moneys  received  from  licenses, 
fees  for  certificates,  pound  fees,  court  fees  and  fines,  en- 
gineering, surveying  and  advertising  and  interest  from 
banks,  from  and  after  the  time  when  this  ordinance  goes 
into  effect,  shall  be  paid  into  the  Salary  Fund  and  all 
other  sums  of  money  coming  into  the  treasurer  not  other- 
wise appropriated  to  a  special  fund  shall  likewise  be  paid 
into  the  Salary  Fund;  provided  that  the  per  centage  of 
licenses,  court  fees  and  fines  which  now  go  into  the  Park 
and  Library  Funds  shall  still  be  paid  into  such  funds  as. 
heretofore. 

SEC.  2.  That  in  so  far  as  any  other  ordinance  or 
parts  of  ordinances  are  in  conflict  w^ith  this  ordinance, 
and  especially  that  portion  of  ordinance  No.  955,  dealing 
with  the  moneys  received  from  the  sources  specified  in 
section  1  of  this  ordinance,  that  the  same  be  and  is  here- 
by  repealed,  and  no  further. 

Approved  December  13,  1894. 

NOTE.     See  ordinance  No.  1266. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.    224    AND   647. 

Sewer  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  224. 

An  ordinance  creating  a  sewer  fund,  and  designating  what  revenue  shall 
be  paid  into  said  fund,  and  for  what  purpose  appropiations  shall  be 
made  payable  fro-m  said  fund. 

The   City   Council  of  the  City  of   Tacoma  does   ordain 
as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  There  shall  be,  and  is  hereby  created, 
in  the  treasury  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  a  fund  known  aa 
the  Sewer  Fund. 

SEC  2.  All  revenue  received  and  collected  by  the 
city  of  Tacoma  from  or  on  account  of  any  assessment 
made  for  the  construction  of  sewers  in  said  city,  shall 
be  paid  into  the  Sewer  Fund  hereby  created. 

SEC.  3.  All  warrants  when  ordered  drawn  for  the 
payment  of  any  claim  or  demand  for  or  on  account  of 
labor  performed  or  materials  furnished  in  the  construc- 
tion of  any  sewer  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  the  cost  of  con- 
struction of  which  is  to  be  paid  by  the  owner  of  the  pro- 
perty abutting  upon  the  improvement,  shall  be  drawn 
payable  from  said  Sewer  Fund,  and  all  money  credited 
to  said  Sewer  Fund,  or  so  much  thereof  as  shall  be 
necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  redemption  of 
said  warrants. 

Approved  December  8,  1888. 

(See  ordinance  No.  69,  N.  T.) 


Sinking  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  647. 

An  ordinance  levying  an  annual  tax  for  a  sinking  fund  for  the  redemp- 
tion of  outstanding-  bonds. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  levied  a  tax  of  one- 
half  (£)  mill  on  the  dollar  as  a  Sinking  Fund  for  the  re- 
demption of  outstanding  bonds  issued  under  ordinance 
No.  39S,  entitled  "An  ordinance  to  provide  for  borrow- 
ing- $350,000.00  with  which  to  fund  the  outstanding-  city 
indebtedness  and  authorizing-  the  issuance  of  negotiable 
coupon  bonds  of  the  city  therefor,"  and  ordinance  No. 


550  ORDINANCE   NO.    879. 

396,  entitled  "An  ordinance  to  provide  for  borrowing 
$200,000.00  with  which  to  build  a  city  hall,  in  and  for 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  Wash.,  and  authorizing-  the  issuance 
of  neg-otiable  coupon  bonds  therefor,"  upon  the  property, 
both  real  and  personal,  within  the  city,  which  is  by  law 
'taxable  for  city  and  county  purposes,  upon  the  valuation 
^shown  by  the  annual  city  assessment  roll  for  said  year. 

SEC.  2.  The  city  controller  shall,  on  or  before  the 
first  Monday  of  June,  1892,  certify  to  the  correctness  of 
"the  said  assessment  roll,  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  city 
"treasurer,  on  which  last  named  date  said  taxes  shall  be- 
come due  and  payable. 

SEC.  3.  Said  taxes  shall  be  paid  to  the  city  treas- 
urer on  or  before  the  first  day  of  August,  1892,  and  if 
not  so  paid  shall  become  delinquent,  and  shall  thereafter 
draw  interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  (10)  per  cent,  per  annum. 

Approved  May  18,  1892. 

See  Revised  Charter,  Article  X  in  regard  to  collec- 
tion of  taxes. 


Water  and   Light  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  879. 

*An  ordinance  creating  a  fund  to  be  known  as  the  c 'water  and  light  fund," 
and  authorizing1  the  drawing  of  warrants  thereon. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  a  fund  be  and  is  hereby  created 
to  be  known  as  the  Water  and  Light  Fund,  which  shall 
consist  of  moneys  received  from  accrued  interest  from  the 
seventeen  hundred  and  fifty  water  and  light  bonds,  and 
*all  revenue  received  for  water  and  light. 

SEC.  2.  The  city  clerk  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  draw  warrants  on  the  said  fund,  and  the 
city  controller  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 
countersign  the  same,  and  the  city  treasurer  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  pay  said  warrants  in  pay- 
ment of  the  accounts  presented  to  the  cit}r  council  by  the 
Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company,  the  same  being  for 
the  operating  and  running  expenses  of  the  water  and 
light  plants  for  the  month  of  July,  A.  D.  1893,  and  for 
the  operating  and  running  expenses  of  the  said  water  and 


ORDINANCE   NO.  901 — CON.  551 

light  plants  from  and  atter  the  first  day  of  August,  A. 
D.  1893,  upon  approval  of  the  city  council. 

Approved  August  19,  1893. 

NOTE — In  regard  to  the  drawing  of  warrants,  see 
Charter,  Article  IX,  Section  81. 


Water  and  Light  Extension  Fund. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  901. 

An  ordinance  creating  a  fund  to  be  known  as  the   "water  and  light  ex- 
tension fund,"  and  authorizing-  the  drawing  of  warrants  thereon. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  a  fund  be  and  hereby  is  created 
to  be  known  as  the  ** Water  and  Light  Extension  Fund," 
which  shall  consist  of  moneyys  received  for  accrued  in- 
terest, and  from  the  sale  of  three  hundred  and  thirty 
water  and  light  bonds  issued  for  the  purpose  of  extend- 
ing- the  water  and  light  plant  of  the  city  of  Tacoma, 

SEC.  2.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  employ  labor  and  fur- 
nish mateaial  for  making  necessary  extensions  to  said 
water  and  light  plant.  Warrants  shall  be  drawn  in 
favor  of  all  persons  furnishing  labor  or  material  for  such 
extensions  upon  said  Water  and  Light  Extension  Fund 
to  the  amount  of  the  value  of  such  labor  or  material,  at 
any  time  as  the  work  progresses,  providing  the  same  be 
recommended  and  the  amount  thereof  certified  to  the 
commissioner  of  public  works,  tiled  with  the  city  clerk 
and  audited  by  the  city  controller  and  city  council. 

Approved  September  28,  1893, 


552  ORDINANCE    NO.    1266. 

Disposition  of  Revenues  to  Various  Funds. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1266. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  disposition  of  revenues  from  licens 
and  fines  and  certain  delinquent  taxes,  and  repealing  ordinance 
numbered  1202,  1235  and  1261. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  ^ 

''SECTION  1.  That  all  moneys  coming-  into  the  cit1 
treasury,  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  froi 
licenses  and  fines,  excepting  five  per  cent  thereof  already 
appropriated  to  the  Library  Fund,  and  one  per  cenl 
thereof  already  appropriated"  to  the  Ambulance  Fund, 
and  ten  per  cent  of  the  moneys  received  from  liquoi 
licenses  already  appropriated  to  the  Park  Fund,  and  tei 
per  cent  of  the  same  already  appropriated  to  the  Stat< 
Fund,  and  excepting-  all  moneys  received  from  licenses 
for  bicycles  and  tricycles,  and  from  fines  received  foi 
violation  of  ordinances  licensing-  and  reg-ulatingf  the  use 
of  bicycles  and  tricycles,  be  and  they  are  hereby  appr< 
priated  to  the  General  Fund." 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1340,  approved  Oc- 
tober 7,  1898.) 

SEC.  2.  That  all  moneys  coming*  into  the  city  treas- 
ury after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  from  the  collec- 
tion of  delinquent  taxes,  excepting1  the  taxes  levied  i: 
the  year  1895  and  termed  assessment  roll  of  1896  an< 
subsequent  years,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  appropri- 
ated to  the  '"'General  Fund." 

SEC.  3.  That  all  moneys  coming-  into  the  city  treas- 
ury after  the  passag-e  of  this  ordinance  from  fines  re- 
covered for  the  violation  of  ordinances  licensing-  and  reg1- 
ulating-  the  use  of  bicycles  and  tricycles  and  the  money 
received  from  bicycle  and  tricycle  licenses,  are  hereby 
appropriated  to  the  "Bicycle  Road  Fund." 

SEC.  4.     That  ordinances  No.  1202,   1235  and  1261 
and  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances   in   so  far    as 
they  conflict  with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 
"  Approved  February  18,  1898. 


ORDINANCES    NOS,    28,    O.    T.    AND   22.  553 

CZvASS  VII. 
Grades . 

ORDINANCE  NO.  28,  O.  T. 

Legalizing  monumental  survey. 

The  City  of   Tacoma,  bv  Its  Board  of  Trustees,  does  or- 
dain  as  folloii's  : 

First — That  the  survey  of  County  Surveyor  C.  O. 
Bean,  executed  in  July,  1883,  establishing-  monuments, 
marking-  the  center  of  streets  within  the  limits  of  said 
city,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  adopted  and  legalized  as 
the  official  survey,  and  the  same  recorded  with  the  au- 
ditor of  Pierce  county. 

Second — This  ordinance  to  be  in  force  and  take 
effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  January  3,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  22. 

An  ordinance  establishing  the  monuments  placed  by  the  city  surveyor 
of  the  late  city  of  New  Tacoma  within  the  limits  of  said  city  during 
the  year  1883,  by  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

WHEREAS,  Clarence  O.  Bean,  civil  engineer,  city 
surveyor  of  the  city  of  New  Tacoma,  did,  during-  the 
year  1883,  make  the  necessary  surveys  and  establish 
thereupon  and  thereby  the  several  points  of  intersection 
of  the  center  lines  of  the  certain  streets  hereinafter 
named,  and  the  corners  of  the  several  tracts  of  land 
hereinafter  named,  and  did  establish  and  place  at  said 
points  of  intersection,  and  at  said  corners  stone  monu- 
ments to  desig-nate  the  same,  which  said  surveys  were 
duly  approved  by  the  common  council  of  the  said  city  of 
New  Tacoma.  at  their  meeting-  on  the  19th  day  of  De- 
cember, 1883,  now, 

Therefore,  In  order  to  g-ive  full  effect  to  the  ap- 
proval of  said  surveys  and  the  official  acts  of  said  city 
surveyor,  and  to  leg-alize  said  surveys,  and  to  ratify,  ap- 
prove and  establish  the  monuments  so  located  and  placed 
by  the  said  city  surveyor, 


ORDINANCE  NO.  22 — CON. 

The  Common  Council    of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  or- 
dain as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  monuments  of  stone,  consist- 
ing- of  granite  boulders  containing-  about  one  cubic  foot 
with  a  cross  (x)  chiseled  on  the  top,  so  located  and  plan- 
ned [placed]  by  said  Clarence  O.  Bean,  civil  eng-ineer, 
city  surveyor  of  said  city  of  New  Tacoma,  during-  the 
year  1883,  to  desig-nate  the  several  points  of  intersection 
of  the  center  lines  of  the  streets  hereinafter|named,  and 
the  corners  of  the  several  tracts  of  land  hereinafter  men- 
tioned, be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  adopted,  recog-nized 
and  established  as  indicating-  respectively  the  following' 
named  intersection  points  and  corners,  that  is  to  say: 
The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  A  street  with  the 
center  line  of  South  Ninth,  South  Tenth,  South  Elev- 
enth and  South  Twelfth  streets. 

The  intersection  of  a  line  parallel  to  and  twenty 
feet  east  of  the  center  line  of  Pacific  avenue  with  a  cen- 
ter line  of  South  Ninth,  South  Tenth,  South  Eleventh 
and  South  Twelfth  streets. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  C  street  with 
the  center  line  of  Division  avenue  and  South  Twenty- 
first  street,  and  all  streets  intervening-  between  said  Di- 
vision avenue  and  said  South  Twenty-first  street. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  D  street  with 
the  center  lines  of  Division  avenue  and  South  Twenty- 
first  street,  and  all  streets  intervening-  between  said 
Division  avenue  and  said  South  Twenty-first  street. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  E  street  with 
the  center  line  of  south  C  street  and  South  Twenty-first 
street,  and  all  streets  intervening-  between  said  South  C 
street  and  said  South  Twenty-first  street. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Jefferson  street 
with  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty. first  street. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Tacoma  avenue 
with  the  center  lines  of  Division  avenue  and  South 
Twenty-first  street  and  all  streets  intervening1  between 
said  Division  avenue  and  said  South  Twenty-first  street. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  G  street  with 
the  center  lines  of  South  Sixth  street  and  South  Twen- 
ty-first street,  and  all  streets  intervening-  between  said 
South  Sixth  and  South  Twenty-first  streets. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Yakima  avenue 


ORDINANCE    NO.  22 — CON<  555 

with  the  center  lines  of  Division  avenue  and  South 
Twenty-first  street  and  all  streets  intervening-  between 
said  division  avenue  and  South  Twenty-first  street. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  I  street  with 
the  center  lines  of  Division  avenue  and  South  Twenty- 
first  street,  and  all  streets  intervening"  between  said  Di- 
vision avenue  and  said  South  Twenty-first  street. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  J  street  with 
the  center  lines  of  Division  avenue  and  South  Twenty- 
first  street,  and  all  streets  intervening-  between  said  Di- 
vision avenue  and  said  South  Twenty-first  street. 

The  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  K  street  with 
the  center  lines  of  Division  avenue  and  South  Twenty- 
first  street,  and  all  streets  intervening*  between  said 
Division  avenue  and  said  South  Twenty-first  street. 

Each  of  the  four  corners  of  Barlow's  addition  to  the 
city  of  New  Tacoma;  each  of  the  corners  of  the  several 
forty-acre  tracts  composing-  Buckley's  addition  to  the 
city  of  New  Tacoma;  each  of  the  corners  of  the  forty- 
acre  tracts  composing-  Hayden's  addition  to  the  city  of 
New  Tacoma;  each  of  the  four  corners  of  Reed's  addi- 
tion to  the  city  of  New  Tacoma,  and  the  intersection  of 
the  center  lines  of  G  street  and  Yakima  avenue  with  the 
center  lines  of  South  Twenty-fifth  street  and  South 
Twenty-seventh  street;  each  of  the  four  corners  of 
Byrd's  addition  to  the  city  of  New  Tacoma;  each  of  the 
four  corners  of  Smith  &  Fife's  and  Denton's  addition  to 
the  city  of  New  Tacoma;  each  of  the  four  corners  of 
Spinning's  addition  to  the  city  of  New  Tacoma. 

The  northwest,  northeast  and  southwest  corners  of 
Sahm's  addition  to  the  city  of  New  Tacoma,  and  the  in- 
tersection of  E  street  and  Tacoma  avenue  with  South 
Twenty-fifth  and  South  Twenty-seventh  streets. 

The  northeast  and  northwest  corners  of  Van  Dusen's 
addition  to  the  city  of  New  Tacoma,  and  the  intersection 
of  North  street  in  said  addition  with  G,  I  and  J  streets 
and  Yakima  avenue,  and  the  intersection  of  the  center 
line  of  Center  street  in  said  addition  with  the  center 
lines  of  I  and  J  streets,  and  with  the  western  boundary 
of  said  addition. 

The  corner  of  sections  4,  5,  8  and  9,  township  20 
north,  rang-e  3  east,  Willamette  meridian. 

The  corner  to  sections  8,  9,  16  and  17. 

The  corner  to  sections  5,  6,  7  and  8. 


-S56  ORDINANCE   NO.    22 — CON. 

euarter  section  corner  between  sections  8  and  9. 
uarter  section  corner  between  sections  8  and  17. 
»  Quarter  section  corner  between  sections  5  and  8. 

Center  of  sections  5,  8  and  9. 

Center  of  S.  W.  i  of  S.  E.  i  of  section  8. 

S.  E.  corner  of  S.  W.  i  of  S.  E.  i  of  section  8. 

S.  W.  corner  of  S.  W.  k  of  S.  E.  i  of  section  8. 

N.  W.  corner  of  S.  W.  i  of  S.  E.  i  of  section  8. 

N.  E.  corner  of  S.  W.  i  of  S.  E.  k  of  section  8. 

Middle  of  outside  boundaries  of  S.  W.  £  of  S.  E.  £ 
t>f  section  8. 

Middle  of  north  and  south  boundaries  of  S.  W.  \  of 
section  8. 

S.  W.  corner  of  Delin's  donation  land  claim,  all  in 
said  township  20  north,  range  3  east,  Willamette  merid- 
ian. 

SEC.  2.  The  report  of  City  Surveyor  C.  O.  Bean, 
of  which  here  follows  a  copy,  is  hereby  made  part  of  this 
ordinance  for  the  purpose  of  more  particularly  describing 
the  monuments  referred  to  above,  to-wit. 
CITY  SURVEYOR'S  SUPPLEMENTAL  REPORT  CONCERNING  MONU- 
MENTS OF  SURVEYS. 

TACOMA,  Jan.  4,  1884. 

The  stone  monuments  referred  to  in  my  last  report 
consist  of  the  common  granite  boulder,  and  contain 
about  one  cubic  foot  of  matter.  The  monuments  are 
buried  in  the  ground  with  from  six  to  eig-hteen  inches  of 
soil  above  them.  The  cross  (X)  that  is  cut  in  the  monu- 
ments is  placed  uppermost,  and  the  point  of  intersection 
of  the  lines  forming*  the  cross,  marks  the  exact  points  in- 
tended to  be  perpetuated  by  the  monuments.  Monu- 
ments within  the  original  town  site  of  New  Tacoma,  and 
those  marking*  government  corners  coincide  with  and  are 
for  the  purpose  of  perpetuating-  original  surveys.  All 
other  monuments  are  for  the  purpose  of  perpetuating 
careful  surveys  made  by  me.  Field  notes  and  maps  con- 
cerning the  monuments  and  surveys  referred  to  in  my 
report  are  filed  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  auditor 
of  Pierce  county,  W.  T. 

C.  O.  BEAN,  City  Surveyor, 

New  Tacoma,  W.  T. 

SEC.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  its  publication. 

Approved  March  27,  1884. 

For  grades  see  pages  335-339. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    77.  557 

CZ.ASS   VIII. 
Police  Department. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  77. 

Creating  a  police  force  and  describing-  the  duties  thereof. 

7 he  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does  ordain 

as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.     That  a  police  force  is  hereby  estab-  Consists  of . 
tablished,  which  shall  consist  of  one  chief  of  police  and  of 
such  a  number  of  patrolmen  as  the  council  may  by  reso- 
lution from  time  to  time  direct. 

"SEC.  2,     The  chief  of   police   shall    be    the    sole  chief  of  police-, 
keeper  of  the  city   jail,   and  shall   have  power  to  make 
rules,  regulations  and  orders,  subject  to  the  revision  of  Rules,  etc. 
the  city  council,  for  the  control  and  management  of   the 
police  force.     The  mayor  may  appoint,  whenever  the  im- 
diate  peace  and  good  order  of   the  city  so  demands,    spe- 
cial patrolmen,  who  shall  hold  office  for  such  time  as  the  special 
mayor  may  direct,  but  no  longer  than   three  days,   and  P°hcemen« 
who,  while  acting,  shall  possess  the  powers  and  perform 
the  duties  of  regular  patrolmen,  and  be  subject  to  the  or- 
ders, rules  and  regulations  of  the  chief  of  police  in  the 
same  manner  as  regular  patrolmen. 

(As   amended    by    ordinance    No.     1321,     approved 
August  19,   1898. 

SEC.  3.  Each  member  of  the  police  force  shall  at  Power  of 
all  times  cause  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  policemen, 
be  properly  enforced,  and  is  hereby  g'iven  full  power  and 
authority  to  make  arrests  with  or  without  warrants 
within  the  city;  and  to  take  into  custody  any  person  who 
shall  commit,  in  the  presence  of  such  member  or  within 
his  view,  any  breach  of  the  peace  or  offense  prohibited 
by  the  laws  of  the  state  or  by  an  ordinance  of  the  city, 
and  to  summon  aid  and  exercise  all  other  powers  neces- 
sary and  requisite  for  the  prevention  of  disorder  or  the 
apprehension  of  offenders. 

SEC.  4.     In  every  case  of  arrest  by  any  member  of  Arrests, 
the  police  force,  the  same  shall  be  made  known   immedi- 
ately to  the  chief  of  police  by  the  person  making  the 
same. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1321,  supra.) 


558 


ORDINANCE    NO,    77— CON. 


Duty  of 
policemen 


Unlawful 
assemblages. 


Remove 
nuisances 


Houses  of  ill- 
fame. 

lottery. 


SEC.  5.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  every  mem- 
ber of  the  police  force  at  all  times  of  day  or  night,  and  tke 
members  of  such  force  are  hereby  thereunto  empowered, 
to  especially  preserve  the  public  peace,  prevent  crime,, 
detect  and  arrest  offenders,  disperse  unlawful  assem- 
blages and  assemblages  which  obstruct  the  free  passage 
of  the  public  streets  and  sidewalks,  protect  the  rights  of 
person  and  property,  guard  the  public  health,  preserve 
order  at  elections  and  all  public  meetings  and  assem- 
blages, prevent  and  regulate  the  movement  of  teams  and 
vehicles  in  public  streets,  and  remove  all  nuisances  there- 
from; provide  proper  police  attendance  at  fires;  carefully 
observe  and  inspect  all  places  of  public  amusements,  all 
places  of  business  having  excise  or  other  license  to 
carry  on  any  business,  all  houses  of  ill-fame  or  prostitu- 
tion and  houses  where  common  prostitutes  resort  or  re- 
side; all  lottery  offices,  policy  shops  and  places  where 
lottery  tickets  or  lottery  policies  are  sold  or  offered  for 
sale;  all  gambling  houses  and  public  common  dance 
houses,  and  for  these  purposes,  with  or  without  warrant,, 
to  arrest  all  persons  guilty  of  violating  any  law  or  ordi- 
nance for  the  suppression  or  punishment  of  crimes  or 
offenses. 

*  'SEC.  6.  Every  regular  member  of  the  police  force 
shall  have  issued  to  him  by  the  mayor  a  certificate  of  his 
appointment,  with  the  date  thereof.  Each  member  of 
the  police  force  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of 
his  office,  take  and  subscribe  an  oath  of  office,  as  pre- 
scribed in  section  29  of  the  city  charter." 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1321,  supra.) 

"SEC.  7.  No  member  of  the  police  force  shall,  un 
der  penalty  of  forfeiting  to  the  city  the  amount  of  salan 
which  may  be  due  to  him,  withdraw  or  resign  from  th 
force  without  five  days'  notice  to  the  chief  of  police." 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1321,  supra.) 

Report  of  chief          SEC.  8.     The    said    chief    of    police    shall,   once 
month,  and  at  such  other  times  as  the  council  ma 

direct,  make  a  report  to  the  council  of  the  operations  an 
action  of  the  police  force,  which  report  shall  be  in  sue 
form  as  the  council  may  direct. 

Approved  April  16,  1885. 


Certificate  of 
appointment. 


Oath. 


Resignation. 


ORDINANCES   NOS.    959    AND    1056.  5S9 

CLASS    IX. 
Sidewalks. 

ORDINANCE   NO.  959. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  construction  of  sidewalks  on  South  Ninth, 
Eleventh,  Thirteenth,  Fifteenth  and  Seventeenth  streets  in  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  between  Pacific  avenue  and  C  street. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  sidewalks  on  South  Ninth,  Elev- 
enth, Thirteenth,  Fifteenth  and  Seventeenth  streets  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  between  the  west  side  of  Pacific 
avenue  and  the  east  side  of  C  street,  may  hereafter  be 
constructed  of  dressed  fir  plank  of  uniform  thickness  of 
not  less  than  1  7-8  inches,  in  accordance  with  the  regu- 
lar established  grade  thereof. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances, 
insofar  as  they  conflict  with  this  ordinance,  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  August  22,  1894. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1056. 

An  ordinance  prescribing  the  manner  of  maintenance,  repairs  and  re- 
newal of  sidewalks  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  the  mode  of  payment 
therefor  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  law  of  the  state 
of  Washington,  entitled,  "An  act  relating  to  maintenance,  repairs 
and  renewal  of  sidewalks  in  cities  of  the  first  class,  second  or  third 
class,  and  providing-  for  the  payment  therefor  by  owners  of  abut- 
ting property,  and  declaring  an  emergency,"  approved  March  21, 1895. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  whenever  any  street,  lane, 
square,  place  or  alley  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  have 
been  improved  by  the  construction  of  sidewalks  on  either 
or  both  sides  thereof,  the  city  burden  and  expense  of 
maintenance,  repairs  and  renewal  of  such  sidewalk  or 
sidewalks  shall  devolve  upon  the  property  directly 
abutting1  upon  that  side  of  such  street  along  which  such 
sidewalk  has  been  constructed,  in  accordance  with  the 
laws  of  the  state  of  Washing-ton,  entitled,  "An  act  re- 
lating to  the  maintenance,  repairs  and  renewal  of  side- 
walks in  cities  of  the  first,  second  and  third  class,  and 


S&01  ORDINANCE   NO.    1056 — CON. 

providing-  for  payment  therefor  by  the  owners  of  abut- 
ting' property,  and  declaring1  an  emergency,"  approved 
March  21st,  1895,  which  said  provisions  shall  be  applied 
and  enforced  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided: 

Whenever  in  the  judg-ment  of  the  commissioner  of 
public  works  the  condition  of  any  sidewalk  is  such  as  to 
render  it  unfit  or  unsafe  for  purpose  of  public  travel,  the 
said  commissioner  shall  make  formal  declaration  of  the 
condition  of  said  sidewalk  and  order  the  same  to  be 
cleaned,  repaired,  renewed,  or  such  other  form  of  relief 
as  may  be  required  to  make  the  same  fit  and  safe  for 
public  travel  within  a  reasonable  time,  to  be  specified  by 
said  commissioner,  and  shall  be  prima  facie 

evidence  as  to  the  condition  of  said  sidewalk  and  the  na- 
ture of  the  relief  required.  The  order  of  said  commis- 
sioner with  reference  to  such  sidewalk  or  portion  there- 
of, shall  be  transmitted  forthwith  to  the  owner  of  the 
property  immediately  abutting-  thereon,  or  to  his  ag-ent, 
lessee  or  tenant,  by  the  clerk  or  other  officer  appointed 
by  said  commissioner  for  such  purpose,  either  by  mailing- 
or  delivering-  the  same,  and  in  case  no  owner,  ag~ent  or 
lessee  or  tenant  can  be  found,  said  order  shall  be  posted 
upon  the  premises;  and  in  case  the  said  owner,  ag-ent, 
les&ee  or  tenani  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  said  order 
within  the  time  herein  specified,  the  fact  of  such  non- 
compliance  shall  be  reported  and  an  order 
made  *  instructing- the  street  department  of  fht  city  of 
Tacoma  to  proceed  forthwith  to  execute  or  complete  the 
necessary  work  in  accordance  with  the  orig-inal  order; 
and  the  full  cost  of  all  labor  and  materials  employed  and 
used  in  the  execution  or  completion  of  said  work  shall  be 
charg-ed  to  the  said  owner  of  abutting-  property  as  pro- 
vided by  said  laws  of  the  state  of  Washing-ton,  which 
said  charg-e  shall  become  a  lien  upon  said  property,  an< 
shall  be  collected  by  due  process  of  law. 

(As  amended  by  amendment  No.  3  to  the  Charter. 
See  ordinance  No.  1061.) 

SEC.  2.  For  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance  all  prop- 
erty having-  a  front?g-e  upon  the  side  or  margfin  of  an; 
street  shall  be  deemed  to  be  abutting-  property,  and  such 
property  shall  be  charg-eable,  as  provided  by  said  laws 
of  the  state  of  Washing-ton,  for  all  costs  of  maintenance, 
repairs  and  renewals  of  any  form  of  sidewalk  improve- 
ment between  the  said  street  marg-in  and  the  roadway 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1056— CON, 

lying  in  front  of  and  adjacent  to  said  property,  and  the 
term  sidewalk,  as  provided  by  said  law,  and  intended  for 
the  purpose  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  taken  to  include 
any  and  all  structures  or  forms  of  street  improvement 
included  in  the  space  between  the  street  margin  and  the 
roadway. 

SEC.  3.  The  duties  imposed  upon  the  owners  of 
abutting  property  by  the  law  of  the  state  of  Washing- 
ton and  by  this  ordinance,  shall  at  all  times  be  executed 
under  the  supervision  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  or  his  agents.  No  work  which  shall  create  any 
obstruction  to  public  travel  until  a  permit  therefor  shall 
have  been  granted  by  the  said  commissioner  of  public 
works,  and  the  owner  of  abutting  property  shall  be  lia- 
ble for  all  damages  which  may  arise  by  reason  of  care- 
lessness in  conducting  any  work  upon  the  adjacent  side- 
walk, or  by  reason  of  lack  of  protection  of  the  public 
from  danger  by  proper  signals  of  guards,  either  by  day 
or  night.  All  repair  and  renewal  of  sidewalks  must  be 
in  conformity  with  the  original  plan  of  construction 
made  and  to  the  established  grade,  excepting  where  good 
and  sufficient  reason  therefor  is  shown,  if  deemed  expe- 
dient for  the  public  interest,  a  different  method  of  con- 
struction or  a  temporrry  grade  may  be  authorized  by 
special  permit  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 
Grades  and  lines  necessary  for  the  proper  execution  of 
sidewalk  repairs  and  renewals  as  herein  provided  shall 
"be  marked  upon  the  ground  by  the  city  engineer  or  his 
assistants,  upon  application  therefor  to  the  commissioner 
of  public  works. 

(As  amended  by  amendment  No.  3  of  the  Charter. 
See  ordinance  No.  1061.) 

SEC.  4.  None  of  the  duties  or  privileges  imposed 
or  conferred  by  .this  ordinance  shall  in  any  way  be 
deemed  to  authorize  or  allow  the  construction  of  any 
street,  either  during  or  after  any  work  upon  any  side- 
walk, except  under  permit  therefor.  No  material  re- 
moved from  any  sidewalk  shall  be  placed  upon  any  por- 
tion of  any  adjacent  street,  alley,  place  or  square,  except 
permit  therefor  be  granted.  All  refuse  lumber  and  de- 
bris remaining  after  the  completion  of  any  sidewalk 
repairs  or  renewals  shall  be  removed  from  the  street 
forthwith;  and  any  owner,  lessee  or  tenant  of  any  abut- 
ting property  who  shall  fail  to  remove  any  such  obstruc- 


562  ORDINANCE    NO.    1297. 

tion  from  any  street,  alley,  place  or  square,  within  forty- 
eight  hours  after  being  notified  by  the  commissioner  ,of 
public  works  IPO  do  so,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  main- 
taining a  public  nuisance,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the 
penalties  prescribed  therefor.  The  commissioner  shall 
cause  the  same  to  be  removed  and  shall  charge  the  full 
cost  of  such  removal  to  said  owner,  lessee  or  tenant,  and 
the  said  charge  shall  become  a  lien  upon  said  abutting 
property,  and  shall  be  collected  by  due  process  of  law. 

(As  amended  by  amendment  No.  3  of  the  Charter. 
See  ordinance  No.  1061.) 

SEC.  5.  The  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to 
have  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  of  this  ordinance 
printed  in  circular  form,  and  to  furnish  a  copy  of  the 
same  to  any  freeholder  upon  application  therefor. 

(As  amended  by  amendment  No.  3  of  the  Charter. 
See  ordinance  No.  1061.) 

SEC.  6.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  con- 
strued to  limit  or  prevent  the  exercise  of  the  existing 
powers  of  the  city,  or  the  rights  of  abutting  owners  by 
majority  petition  to  secure  the  construction  or  recon- 
struction of  any  sidewalk  under  the  charter  and  ordi- 
nance provisions  governing  local  improvements;  neither 
shall  anything  in  this  ordinance  be  construed  as  limiting 
the  existing  powers  of  the  city  with  reference  to  mainte- 
nance or  control  of  sidewalks. 

SEC.  7.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  its  passage  and  approval,  if  ap- 
proved, by  the  mayor;  otherwise  it  shall  take  effect  at 
the  time  it  shall  become  a  law  under  the  provisions  of 
the  city  charter. 

Approved  February  17,  1896. 


ORDINANCE  NO.   1297. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  width  of  sidewalks  and  repealing  ordinance 

No.  56,  N.  T. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  All  sidewalks  hereafter  laid,  outside 
of  the  fire  1'mits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall  correspond 
to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  unless  otherwise  or- 
dered by  the  city  council. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    667.  563 

SEC.  2.  The  width  of  sidewalks  hereafter  con- 
structed upon  streets  one  hundred  feet  wide  shall  be 
eight  feet  wide,  with  parking*  of  four  feet  on  each  side; 
upon  streets  eighty  feet  wide  it  shall  be  seven  feet  wide, 
with  parking  of  two  and  one-half  feet  on  each  side;  up- 
on streets  under  eig-hty  feet  wide  it  shall  be  six  and  one- 
half  feet  wide,  and  parking-  in  proportion  therewith, 
measuring-  from  the  line  of  the  block  outward  into  the 
street. 

SEC.  3.  Nothing-  herein  shall  prevent  the  city  coun- 
cil from  adopting-,  permitting-  or  ordering-  any  different 
manner  or  form  of  a  sidewalk  than  that  prescribed  here- 
in to  be  laid  on  any  street,  or  parts  of  a  street,  by  reso- 
lution passed  and  recorded  at  any  reg-ular  or  special 
meeting-  thereof. 

SEC.  4.  The  construction  of  said  sidewalks  shall 
be  made  according-  to  the  plans  and  specifications  on  file 
in  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

SEC.  5.  Ordinance  No.  56,  N.  T.,  entitled,  "An 
ordinauce  to  reg-ulate  the  width  and  mauner  of  building- 
sidewalks,"  passed  and  approved  July  17th,  1882,  is 
hereby  repealed. 

SEC,  6.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  its  passag-e  and  aoproval. 

Approved  July  9,  1898. 


CLASS  X. 
Streets. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  667. 

An  ordinance  providing  the  manner  in  which  streets  may  be  parked  in 
the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  Streets  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  ma}'  be 
parked  in  the  following-  manner,  and  not  otherwise: 

On  hundred  foot  streets  the  parking-  shall  be  nine 
(9)  feet  on  each  side  of  the  sidewalk,  the  sidewalk  shall 
be  eig-ht  (8)  feet  and  the  roadway  forty-eight  (48)  feet  in 
width. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    741. 

On  eighty-foot  streets  the  parking-  shall  be  six  and 
one-half  (65)  feet  on  each  side  of  the  sidewalk,  the  side- 
walk shall  be  seven  (7)  feet  and  the  roadway  forty  (40) 
feet  in  width. 

On  seventy-foot  streets  the  parking  shall  be  five  (5) 
feet  on  each  side  of  the  sidewalk,  the  sidewalk  shall  be 
seven  (7)  feet  and  the  roadway  thirty-six  (36)  feet  in 
width. 

On  sixty-foot  streets  the  parking  shall  be  four  (4) 
feet  on  each  side  of  the  sidewalk,  the  sidewalk  shall  be 
six  (6)  feet  and  the  roadway  thirty-two  (32)  feet  in 
width. 

On  streets  where  there  is  a  street  railroad,  six  feet 
shall  be  added  to  the  width  of  the  roadway. 

SEC.  2-  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  or 
resolutions  in  conflict  herewith,  the  same  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Approved  June  15,  1892. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  741. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  manner  in  which  the  record  of  labor  per- 
formed upon  street  work  in  the  street  and  sewer  departments  shall 
be  kept,  and  prescribing  the  manner  in  which  employes  shall  be  paid. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  each  foreman  or  overseer  of  one 
or  more  bodies  of  employes  of  this  city  in  the  street  and 
sewer  departments  shall  keep  two  time  books  on  which 
it  shall  appear,  on  each  day,  the  names  of  all  employes, 
the  place  or  places  where  work  is  done  and  the  time  en- 
gaged at  each  place;  one  of  said  time  books  shall  be 
delivered  each  day  to  the  superintendent  of  the  street  or 
sewer  department,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  the  entry 
therein  made  shall  be  transferred  daily  to  the  general 
time  or  roll  book  of  that  department. 

SEC.  2.  There  shall  appear  upon  the  general  pay 
roll  of  the  street  and  sewer  departments,  for  each  month 
the  name  of  each  employe,  the  number  of  days  work 
done,  the  name  of  the  place,  street  or  sewer,  where  such 
work  was  done  and  the  amount  due  each  employe. 

SEC.   3.     Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  1306. 

Approved  September  24,  1892, 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1193. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1198. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  assessment  and  collection  of  the  cost  of 
improving'  street  intersections,  forming-  a  part  of  any  local  improve- 
ment which  shall  be  hereafter  made  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  the  law  of  the  state  of  Washington,, 
entitled,  "An  act  providing  for  the  assessment  and  collection  of  the 
cost  of  improving  street  intersections,  forming  a  part  of  any  local 
improvement  in  any  city  of  the  first  class,  upon  the  property  in- 
cluded in  the  district  established  for  the  payment  of  the  cost  of  such 
local  improvement  and  declaring  an  emerg-enoy,"  approved  March 
17,  1897. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  it  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the 
intention,  and  it  is  the  intention  of  the  city  council  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  that  whenever,  hereafter,  any  local 
improvement  of  the  character  herein  described  or  any  of 
them,  is  ordered  made  in  this  city,  the  cost  of  which 
shall  be  payable  in  whole  or  in  part  by  an  assessment 
upon  the  property  abutting-  or  proximate  thereto,  such 
improvement  shall  be  made  under  the  provisions  of  the 
act  of  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  Washing-ton,  enti- 
tled: "An  act  providing  for  the  assessment  and  collec- 
tion of  the  cost  of  improving  street  intersections  form- 
ing a  part  of  an}^  local  improvement  in  any  city  of  the 
first-class,  upon  the  property  included  in  the  district  es- 
tablished for  the  payment  of  the  cost  of  such  local  im- 
provement and'  declaring  an  emergency,"  approved 
March  17,  1897,  being  chapter  110  of  the  session  laws 
of  1897. 

SEC.  2.  Whenever  any  local  improvement  shall 
hereafter  be  ordered  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  the  cost  of 
which  is  payable  in  whole  or  in  part,  by  an  assessment 
upon  the  property  abutting,  or  proximate  thereto,  a  like 
proportion  of  the  cost  of  that  portion  of  said  improve- 
ment, included  within  the  limits  of  any  street  intersec- 
tion space,  or  spaces,  shall  be  included  in  the  amount  of 
total  cost  to  be  assessed  and  levied  upon  and  collected 
from  the  property  which  shall  be  assessed  for  the  ex- 
pense of  such  improvement. 

SEC.  3.  Por  the  purposes  of  this  ordinance  any 
improvement  made  either  upon  or  under  the  surface  of 
any  street,  avenue,  alley,  square,  or  other  public  place, 
the  cost  of  which  is  payable  in  whole  or  in  part  of  an 
assessment  upon  the  property  abutting  or  proximate 
thereto,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  local  improvement. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    790. 

SEC.  4.  Such  improvement  shall  be  initiated,  or- 
dered and  made  and  the  expense  thereof  apportioned  in 
•such  manner  and  proportion  as  shall  be  required  by  the 
charter  provisions  and  ordinances  in  force  at  the  time 
"such  improvement  shall  be  made,  excepting-  only  as 
-qualified  by  the  provisions  of  said  act  of  the  legislature. 

SEC.  5.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances,  in 
:so  far  as  they  ^conflict  with  this  ordinance,  are  hereby 
-repealed. 

-Approved  -June  7,  1 897. 


CLASS    XI. 


Water. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  790. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  purchase  of  the  water  works  and  elec- 
tric light  plant,  and  all  such  water  supplies  riparian  rights,  rights  of 
way,  lands,  lots,  personal  property  and  franchises,  as  are  now  owned 
or  operated  by  the  Tacoma  L^ght  and  Water  Company,  as  part  of 
such  water  and  electric  light  plants,  excepting  their  distributing 
system  in  the  town  of  Puyallup;  and  for  extending  said  water  works 
and  making  additions  thereto  by  the  adoption  of  a  gravity  system 
of  water  works ;  to  declare  the  estimated  cost  of  said  additions  and 
extensions;  to  provide  for  borrowing  money  to  be  used  in  payment 
therefor  by  issuing  the  negotiable  coupon  bonds  of  said  city  for  the 
sum  of  two  million  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars ;  and  to 
provide  for  calling  a  special  election  for  submitting  such  questions 
to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city  for  their  ratification  or  rejection, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  offer  of  the  Tacoma  Light 
and  Water  Company,  to  sell  the  water  works  and  the 
electric  light  plant,  and  all  such  sources  of  water  sup- 
plies, riparian  rights,  and  rights  of  way,  lands,  lots, 
personal  property  and  franchises  as  are  now  owned  or 
operated  by  the  Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company,  ,as 
part  of  such  water  and  electric  light  plants,  excepting 
their  distributing  system  in  the  town  of  Puyallup,  for 
the  sum  of  one  million  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
dollars,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  submitted  to  the 
qualified  voters  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  upon  the  terms 
and  subject  to  the  conditions  hereinafter  particularly 
specified. 

SEC.  2.     If  said  city  shall  become  the  owner  of  said 


ORDINANCE    NO.  790— CON.  567 

water  works  and  electric  light  plant  and  sources  of  sup- 
ply, it  will  extend  said  water  works  by  additions  there- 
to by  a  gravity  system,  so  that  the  same  shall  be  suffi- 
cient to  adequately  supply  the  said  city  and  its  inhabi- 
tants with  pure  fresh  water  sufficient  lor  all  their  neces- 
sary uses,  which  extension  shall  be  substantially  as  fol- 
lows: Thirty-eight-inch  conduit  pipe  from  Patterson 
and  Thomas  spring's  to  the  reservoir  of  the  Tacoma 
Light  and  Water  Company  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  dis- 
tant from  said  Patterson  spring's  about  sixteen  miles, 
and  distant  about  thirteen  miles  from  Thomas  spring's, 
connections  from  reservoir  site  to  station  "B"  of  the  Ta- 
coma Light  and  Water  Company  near  the  intersection  of 
Hood  and  O  streets  in  said  city;  the  erection  of  a  hy- 
draulic pump  at  a  suitable  junction  of  the  waters  of  said 
spring's;  the  estimated  cost  of  which  extensions  is  four 
hundred  thousand  dollars. 

SEC.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  borrowing  money  to  be 
used  in  payment  for  said  water  works,  electric  light 
plant,  and  sources  of  supply,  and  for  the  construction  of 
said  extension  to  said  water  works,  the  city  of  Tacoma 
shall  issue  its  negotiable  coupon  bonds  for  the  sum  of 
two  million  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  pay- 
able to  bearer  twenty  years  from  the  date  thereof,  with 
interest  at  the  rate  of  five  per  centum  per  annum,  paya- 
ble semi-annually;  both  principal  and  interest  shall  be 
payable  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  of  America  of 
the  present  standard  of  weight  and  fineness,  at  such 
banking  house  or  trust  company  in  the  city  of  New  York 
as  shall  be  designated  in  said  bonds. 

SEC  4.  The  mayor  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed,  in  case  of  the  ratification  by  the  qualified  voters 
of  said  city,  at  an  election  for  the  submission  of  said 
proposition  as  hereinafter  provided,  to  issue,  in  the  name 
of  said  city,  signed  by  himself  as  mayor,  attested  by  the 
city  clerk  under  the  seal  of  said  city,  and  countersigned 
by  the  city  controller,  two  thousand  one  hundred  and 
fifty  negotiable  coupon  bonds  of  one  thousand  dollars 
each,  to  be  designated  upon  the  face  thereof  "Water  and 
Light  bonds  of  the  City  of  Tacoma,"  with  interest 
thereon  as  provided  in  the  third  section  hereof;  which 
bonds  shall  be  numbered  respectively  from  one  to  two 
thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty,  and  shall,  when  so 
signed,  attested  and  countersigned,  be  delivered  by  the 


ORDINANCE   NO.    790 — CON. 

mayor  to  the  sinking1  fund  commission  of  said  city  for 
sale  and  negotiation,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  5.  The  said  sinding  fund  commission  shall 
negotiate  the  sale  of  said  bonds  after  having  duly  adver- 
tised the  same  for  sale  at  least  thirty  days  preceding  the 
day  of  sale;  provided,  that  said  bonds  shall  not  be  sold 
for  less  than  par  and  accrued  interest.  Said  sinking 
fund  commission  shall  immediately  upon  receipt  of  the 
moneys  received  for  said  bonds,  pay  all  moneys  so  re- 
ceived into  the  city  treasury. 

SEC.  6.  In  case  of  the  ratification  of  the  said  pro- 
position by  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city  at  the  special 
election  herein  provided  for,  the  said  sinking  fund  com- 
mission is  authorized  and  instructed,  upon  the  execution 
and  delivery  by  the  said  Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Com- 
pany of  a,  good  and  sufficient  deed,  with  covenants  of 
warranty  to  vest  in  said  city  a  perfect  title  to  said  water 
words,  electric  light  plant  and  sources  of  supply,  said 
deed  to  be  approved  by  the  city  council,  to  pay,  out  of 
the  moneys  received  for  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  to  the 
said  Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company  the  sum  of  one 
million  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  the 
same  to  be  accepted  by  said  company  in  full  payment 
therefor. 

SEC.  7.  That  a  special  election  be  held  in  and  for 
said  city  upon  the  eleventh  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1393,  for 
the  purpose  of  submitting  to  the  qualified  voters  thereof 
the  question  whether  said  city  shall  purchase  the  water 
works  and  electric  lig'ht  plant,  and  the  sources  of  sup- 

Ely  owned  by  said  Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company, 
)r  the  sum  of  one  million  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thou- 
sand dollars,  and  construct  additions  and  extensions 
thereto  at  an  estimated  cost  of  four  hundred  thousand 
dollars;  and  whether  said  city  shall  borrow  the  sum  of 
two  million  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  to  be 
used  for  the  payment  therefor,  and  issue  its  negotiable 
coupon  bonds  for  said  sum. 

SEC.  8.  The  form  of  ballot  to  be  used  at  said  elec- 
tion shall  be:  "Shall  the  city  of  Tacoma  purchase  the 
water  works  and  electric  light  plant  and  sources  of  sup- 
ply of  the  Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company  for  the 
sum  of  one  million  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dol- 
lars, and  construct  extensions  to  said  water  works  at  an 
estimated  cost  of  four  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and 


ORDINANCE    NO.    790 — CON. 

borrow  the  sum  of  two  million  one  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars  to  be  used  for  said  purpose,  and  issue 
its  negotiable  coupon  bonds  therefor."  All  persons  in, 
favor  of  said  proposition  shall  vote  as  follows:  ''For 
the  purchase  of  the  water  works,  electric  light  plant 
and  sources  of  supply  of  the  Tacoma  Light  and  Water 
Company,  and  the  construction  of  extensions  to  said 
water  works,  and  the  issue  of  negotiable  coupon  bonds 
of  the  city  therefor."  Those  voting  against  said  propo- 
sition shall  vote  as  follows:  "Against  the  purchase  of 
the  water  works,  electric  light  plant  and  sources  of  sup- 
ply of  the  Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company,  and  con- 
struction of  extensions  to  said  water  works,  and  the 
issuing  of  the  negotiable  coupon  bonds  of  the  city  there- 
for." 

SEC.  9.  Said  election  shall  be  held  at  such  voting 
places  in  the  several  precincts  of  said  city,  and  shall  be 
conducted  by  such  judges  and  inspectors  of  elections  as 
may  be  hereafter  designated  and  appointed,  and  shall  be 
conducted  in  all  respects  as  provided  by  the  charter  of 
said  city  and  the  general  laws  of  the  state  of  Washing- 
ton. The  city  clerk  shall  give  at  least  thirty  days' 
notice  of  the  time  and  place  and  purpose  of  said  election, 
and  of  the  proposition  to  be  submitted  thereat,  together 
with  the  form  of  ballot  to  be  used;  which  notice  shall  be 
published  in  the  city  official  newspaper  for  thirty  days 
next  preceeding  said  election,  and  shall  be  posted  for 
the  like  period  at  all  the  places  designated  therein  for 
holdine  said  election. 

SEC.  10.  This  ordinance  shall,  immediately  after 
its  passage  and  approval  by  the  mayor,  be  published  in 
the  official  newspaper  of  said  city  for  three  days  con- 
secutively and  shall  take  effect  upon  the  expiration  of 
such  publication. 

Approved  March,  6,  1893. 


570  OKDINANCE  NO.  847. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  847. 

An  ordinance  relating  to  the  issuance  of  certain  water  and  light  bonds 
of  the  city  of  Tacoina,  approving  and  ratifying-  the  proceedings  had 
relating  thereto  in  pursuance  of  ordinance  Xo,  790,  prescribing  a 
form  for  such  bonds  and  the  coupons  thereof,  and  authorizing  the 
issuanue  and  delivery  of  said  bonds. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  all  proceedings  had  in  pursuance 
and  by  virtue  of  a  certain  ordinance  numbered  790,  enti- 
tled "An  ordinance  to  provide  tor  the  purchase  of  the 
water  works  and  electric  light  plant,  and  all  such  water 
supplies,  riparian  rights,  rights  of  way,  lands,  lots,  per- 
sonal property  and  franchises,  as  are  now  owned  or 
operated  by  the  Tacoma  lyight  and  Water  Company,  as 
part  of  such  water  and  electric  light  plants,  excepting 
their  distributing  system  in  the  town  of  Puyallup;  and 
for  extending  said  water  works  and  making  additions 
thereto  by  the  adoption  of  a  gravity  system  of  water 
works;  to  declare  the  estimated  cost  of  said  additions 
and  extensions;  to  provide  for  borrowing  money  to 
be  used  in  payment  therefor  by  issuing  the  negotiable 
coupon  bonds  of  the  city  for  the  sum  of  two  million  one 
hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars;  and  to  provide  for 
calling  a  special  election  for  submitting  such  questions 
to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city,  for  their  ratification 
or  rejection,"  and  a  certain  ordinance  numbered  791,  en- 
titled 4'An  ordinance  designating  the  places  of  voting  in 
the  various  election  precincts  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and 
appointing  certain  persons  judges  and  inspectors  in  each 
of  said  precincts  for  a  special  election  to  be  held  on  the 
llth  day  of  April,  1893,  as  provided  for  in  ordinance  No. 
790;"  and  the  official  canvass  of  the  returns  of  the 
special  election  held  on  the  llth  day  of  Aprilr  1893,  be- 
ing to  the  effect  that  more  than  three-fifths  of  the  voters 
of  said  city,  voted  in  favor  of  the  proposition  submitted 
by  said  ordinance  790,  and  the  proceedings  had  by  the 
sinking  fund  commission  in  advertising  the  bonds  pro- 
vided in  said  ordinance,  for  sale  for  a  period  of  thirty 
days,  of  said  bids  to  be  opened  on  June  1,  1893,  and  the 
acceptance  of  the  sinking  fund  commission  of  the  bid  of 
C.  B.  Wright  for  the  sum  of  $1,750,000  and  accrued  in- 
terest to  date  of  delivery  for  1750  of  said  bonds  of  $1000 
each,  and  the  sum  of  $330,000  and  accrued  interest  to 
date  of  delivery  for  330  of  said  bonds  of  $1000  each;  and 


ORDINANCE:  NO.  847— CON.. 

all  other  proceedings  relative  to,  and  proceedings  had 
under  ordinance  No.  790  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  ap- 
proved and  ratified  in  all  respects. 

SEC.  2.  The  sinking  fund  commission  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  and  deliver  2080  of 
the  water  and  light  bonds  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  said 
C.  B.  Wright  upon  the  payment  of  the  sum  of  $2,080,- 
000.00  and  accrued  interest,  from  the  date  of  said  bonds 
to  the  date  of  delivery  of  same. 

SEC.  3.  The  form  of  said  bonds  and  the  coupons, 
thereto  shall  be  substantially  as  follows: 

No. $1000.00 

WATER     AND     LIGHT     BONDS   OF    THE     CITY   OF   TACOMA,    STATE, 
OF    WASHINGTON. 

Know  All  Men  by  These  Presents:  That  the  city 
of  Tacoma,  state  of  Washington,  for  value  received, 
hereby  promises  to  pay  to  the  bearer  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  of  the  present  standard  of  weight  and  fine- 
ness, upon  the  presentation  and  surrender  of  this  obli- 
gation on  tne  1st  day  of  June,  A.  D.  one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  thirteen,  with  interest  from  the  date  hereof 
at  the  rate  of  five  per  cent  per  annum,  payable  semi-an- 
nually  on  the  1st  day  of  June  and  December  in  each 
year  until  such  principal  sum  shall  be  fully  paid,  said 
interest  to  be  paid  upon  the  presentation  and  surrender 
of  the  proper  coupons  hereunto  annexed.  Both  principal 
and  interest  shall  be  payable  at  the  -  -  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  state  of  New  York,  for  the  payment  of 
which  principal  and  interest,  the  faith,  credit  and  pro- 
perty of  the  city  of  Tacoma  is  hereby  irrevocably 
pledged. 

This  bond  is  one  of  a  series  numbered  from  one  to, 
two  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty  inclusive,  amounting 
in  the  aggregate,  when  issued  in  full,  to  two  millions, 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  ($2, 150,000)  dollars,  and  is 
issued  by  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  the  purpose  of  borrow- 
ing money  for  supplying  said  city  with  water  and  light, 
as  authorized  by  section  6,  article  8,  of  the  constitution 
of  the  state  of  Washington  and  the  statutes  of  said  state 
as  follows:  An  act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the 
government  of  cities  having  a  population  of  twenty 
thousand  or  more  inhabitants,  and  declaring  an  emer-. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    847 — CON. 

gency  to  exist,"  approved  March  24th,  A.  D.  1890;  "An 
act  authorizing-  cities  and  towns  to  construct  internal 
improvements  and  to  issue  bonds  to  pay  therefor  and  de- 
claring- an  emerg-ency, ' '  approved  March  26th,  A.  D,  1890, 
as  amended  by  an  act  approved  March  9th,  1891,  and  "an 
act  relating-  to  and  authorizing-  cities  and  towns  to  pur- 
chase, construct  and  maintain  water  works,  systems  of 
sewerag-e,  gas  and  electric  light  plants  and  to  issue  bonds 
to  pay  therefor,  and  declaring-  an  emergency,"  approved 
February  10th,  A.  D.,  1893,  and  as  authorized  by  the 
charter  of  the  said  city,  all  of  the  requirements  of  the 
constitution,  statutes  and  charter  and  ordinances 
of  the  city,  having-  been  in  all  respects  complied 
with,  and  the  question  of  borrowing  the  said 
sum  for  the  purposes  aforesaid  and  issuing-  the 
negotiable  bonds  of  the  city  therefor,  having-  been 
by  ordinance  numbered  790,  entitled,  "An  ordi- 
nance to  provide  for  the  purchase  of  the  water  works 
and  electric  light  plant,  and  all  such  water  supplies,  ri- 
parian rights,  rig-fits  of  way,  lands,  lots,  personal  prop- 
erty and  franchises  as  are  now  owned  or  operated  by  the 
Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company  as  part  of  such 
water  and  electric  light  plants,  excepting-  their  distrib- 
uting system  in  the  town  of  Puyallup,  and  for  extending- 
said  water  works,  and  making-  additions  thereto  by  the 
adoption  of  a  gravity  system  of  water  works;  to  declare 
the  estimated  cost  of  said  additions  and  extensions;  to 
provide  for  borrowing-  money  to  be  used  in  payment 
therefor  by  issuing-  the  negotable  coupon  bonds  of  said 
city  for  the  sum  of  two  million  one  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars;  and  to  provide  for  calling  a  special 
•election  for  submitting-  such  questions  to  the  qualified 
voters  of  said  city  for  their  ratification  or  rejection," 
submitted  to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city  at  a  special 
•election  held  on  the  llth  day  of  April,  1893,  and  ratified 
by  the  vote  of  more  than  three-fifths  of  the  qualified 
voters  voting-  thereat. 

And  it  is  certified  that  the  ag-gregate  amount  of  said 
bonds  which  are  issued  is  less  than  5  per  cent  of  the  val- 
ue of  the  taxable  property  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  said  city  as  shown  by  the  last  assessment  for  city 
purposes.  And  it  is  further  certified  that  the  total  in- 
debtedness of  the  said  city  is  less  than  10  per  cent  of  the 
taxable  property  therein  as  shown  by  said  assessment. 

In  witness  whereof  this  bond  has  been  signed  by  fhe 


ORDINANCE   NO.    847 — CON. 

mayor,  attested  by  the  city  clerk,  and  countersigned  by 
the  city  controller,  they  being-  thereunto  duly  authorized, 
and  the  seal  of  the  city  affixed  thereto  this  1st  da>  of 
June,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  ninety-three. 


573 


Attest:  Mayor, 

City  Clerk. 

Controller. 
No 

INTEREST    COUPON,    WATER    AND    LIGHT    BOND. 

The  city  of  Tacoma,  State  of  Washington,  will  pay 
to  bearer  $25  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, of  the  present  standard  of  weight  and  fineness,  upon 

the  1st  day  of ,  upon  the  surrender  hereof  at 

in  the  city  of  New  York. 

Dated  June  1,  1893. 

Attest:  Mayor, 

City  Clerk. 
Countersigned: 

City  Controller. 

SEC.  4.  The  seal  of  the  city  and  signatures  of  the 
mayor,  controller  and  clerk  to  the  said  coupons  shall  be 
lithographed,  which  lithographic  signatures  shall  be 
adopted  by  and  be  the  signatures  of  said  officers: 

Approved  June  13,  1893. 


574  ORDINANCE    NO.    1030. 

ORDINANCE   NO.  1030. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  a  method  for  collecting  the  receipts  for  water 
and  light  furnished  by  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  customers. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works  to  prepare  and  file  with  the 
treasurer  at  or  before  six  o'clock  on  the  last  day  of  every 
month  all  bills  and  accounts  against  all  persons  and  cor- 
porations to  which  the  city  of  Tacoma  has  previously 
furnished  water  or  light;  the  bills  for  water  shall  be 
separate  from  the  bills  for  light;  and  they  shall  be  made 
out  in  the  usual  form  heretofore  adopted. 

(As  amended  by  amendment  No.  3  of  the  Charter. 
See  ordinance  No,  1061  and  ordinance  No.  1331.) 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  treasurer 
to  collect  all  moneys  due  to  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  water 
and  light  furnished  to  any  person  or  corporation  within 
the  city  of  Tacoma;  and  the  said  treasurer  shall  have 
the  custody  of  the  bills  and  the  books  of  receipts,  which 
shall  be  delivered  to  him  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  for  that  purpose. 

(As  amended  supra.) 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of 
public  works  to  cause  the  water  to  be  shut  off  at  each  of 
the  places  for  which  the  bills  of  the  previous  month  have 
not  been  paid  on  or  before  the  12th  day  of  the  month 
succeeding1  the  month  for  which  said  water  was  so  fur- 
nished; provided,  that  said  water  shall  be  turned  on  at 
any  time  upon  the  payment  of  all  delinquencies  to  the 
city  treasurer,  together  with  an  additional  charge  of  fifty 
cents  ($0.50)  for  disconnecting  and  connecting  or  turning 
on  the  supply,  and  upon  the  presentation  to  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works  of  a  receipt  therefor. 

(As  amended  by  ordinance  No.  1165,  approved  March 
8,  1897.) 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  attorney  to 
bring  suits  for  the  recovery  of  any  sum  due  to  the  city 
upon  delinquent  water  and  light  accounts  whenever  re- 
quested to  do  so  by  the  mayor.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  mayor  to  cause  such  suits  to  be  brought  whenever  in 
his  judgment  the  amounts  can  be  recovered. 

Passed  November  9,  1895. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1058. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1058. 

An  ordinance  fixing,  regulating  and  controlling  the  use  and  price  of  water 
supplied  by  the  city  of  Tacoma  and  repealing  ordinance  No.  887. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  following-  rules  and  regula- 
tions be  and  the  same  are  hereby  established  for  the  fix- 
ing-, regulating-  and  controlling-  the  use  and  price  of  the 
water  supplied  by  the  city  of  Tacoma: 

Rule  1.  Applications  for  the  use  of  water  must  be 
made  on  printed  forms  furnished  at  the  office  of  the 
water  and  light  department.  Said  application  must 
state  fully  and  truly  all  the  purposes  for  which  the 
water  may  be  used  and  must  agree  to  conform  to  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  the  department  as  a  condition 
for  the  use  of  said  water. 

Rule  2.  All  water  rates  shall  be  charged  against 
the  property  wherever  the  water  is  supplied  as  well  as 
against  the  owner  thereof,  and  if  for  any  cause  any  sums 
owing  therefor  become  delinquent  the  water  shall  be  cut 
off.  and  in  no  case  will  it  be  turned  on  to  the  same  prem- 
ises until  all  delinquencies  shall  have  been  paid  in  full. 
No  change  of  ownership  or  occupation  shall  affect  the 
application  of  this  rule. 

Rule  3.  All  accounts  for  water  shall  be  kept  in  the 
name  of  the  owner  of  the  property  when  known  and  not 
in  the  name  of  any  tenant.  Said  property  shall  be  held 
responsible  for  all  water  rents  due  thereon. 

Rule  4.  No  allowance  for  vacancy  shall  be  made 
when  water  is  turned  off  from  occupied  premises  unless 
same  be  turned  off  at  main  at  request  of  owner  or  author- 
ized agent.  The  regular  charge  as  prescribed  in  rule 
No.  28  will  be  enforced,  said  charge  to  be  paid  at  the 
time  water  is  turned  off,  together  with  all  arrears  (if 
any)  and  current  charges. 

Rule  5.  No  person  who  is  supplied  with  water  from 
the  city  mains  shall  be  entitled  to  use  it  for  any  other 
purpose  than  that  stated  in  his  application,  nor  to  add 
any  fixture  or  fixtures,  nor  supply  in  any  way  any  other 
person  or  persons,  family  or  families,  without  first  se- 
curing a  permit  for  the  same  at  the  office  of  the  depart- 
ment. 

Rule  6.  All  bills  for  water,  whether  by  flat  rate  or 
meter,  are  due  and  payable  on  the  first  day  of  each 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1058 — CON. 

month  for  the  month  previous,  at  the  office  of  the  city 
treasurer,  without  any  notice  whatever  to  the  consumer, 
and  if  not  paid  on  or  before  the  12th  day  of  the  month, 
the  water  will  be  turned  off  from  the  premises  and  a 
penalty  of  fifty  cents  will  be  added.  The  water  will  not, 
in  any  instance,  be  turned  on  until  all  the  charges  are 
paid.  When  the  12th,  or  last  day,  for  the  payment  of 
water  rent  falls  due  upon  a  Sunday  or  any  legal  holiday, 
the  consumer  will  be  allowed  the  next  succeeding-  busi- 
ness day  on  which  to  pay  before  the  penalty  for  non- 
payment will  attach. 

(As  amended  b}T  ordinance  No.  1164.  Approved 
March  1,  1897. 

Rule  7.  Should  it  be  desired  to  discontinue  the  use 
of  water  for  any  purpose,  whether  for  closets,  bath  tubs, 
hose  connections  or  other  fixtures,  the  faucet  must  be 
removed;  the  branch  pipe  or  service  supplying  the  fix- 
tures plugged,  and  notice  given  in  writing  at  the  office 
of  the  department  before  any  reduction  will  be  made  in 
the  rate. 

Rule  8.  Should  it  be  desired  to  discontinue  the  use 
of  all  the  water  supplied  to  the  premises  for  a  period  of 
not  less  than  fifteen  days,  notice  in  writing  must  be 
given  and  payment  in  full  of  all  arrearages  (if  any  there 
be).  The  water  will  then  be  turned  off  and  turned  on 
again  on  application,  without  charges;  but  no  remission 
of  charges  will  be  made  for  a  period  of  less  than  fifteen 
days,  or  without  the  notice  prescribed  in  this  section. 

Rule  9.  All  services  must  invariably  come  directly 
from  the  street  main  and  the  stop  cock  placed  within  and 
near  the  curb  line  where  it  may  be  controlled  by  the 
water  department. 

Rule  10.  In  all  cases  where  water  is  to  be  supplied 
to  several  parties  or  tenants  from  one  connection  or  tap, 
the  water  department  contracts  with  one  only  of  the 
several  parties  and  upon  his,  its  or  her  default  to  abide 
by  these  regulations  and  pay  all  rates  due  or  to  become 
due,  the  supply  of  water  will  be  discontinued  and  a  pen- 
alty charged  up  against  the  property  as  provided  for  in 
rule  No.  6,  but  the  commissioner  of  public  works  reserves 
the  right  to  enforce  the  placing  of  seperate  services  for 
separate  houses. 

Rule  11.  Water  for  building  purposes  will  be  fur- 
nished only  by  payment  in  advance,  and  on  the  written 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1058— CON. 

estimate  of  the  manager  or  architect,  of  the  brick,  stone, 
plastering*  or  other  material  for  which  the  water  is  to  be 
used.  For  material  not  stated  in  the  estimate  the  ap- 
plication must  be  renewed. 

Rule  12.  Water  for  sidewalk  sprinklers,  irrigation, 
hose  connections,  closets  or  bath  tubs  will  not  be  fur- 
nished to  consumers  who  do  not  also  pay  for  the  use  of 
water  for  families,  stores  or  other  purposes  to  which  it 
may  be  applied,  and  the  water  will  be  turned  off  from 
the  premises  as  soon  as  such  payments  are  discontinued. 

Rule  13.  The  use  of  hose  for  sprinkling-  and  irri- 
gation purposes  is  prohibited  except  between  the  hours 
of  6  and  8  a.  m.  and  5  and  9  p.  m.,  except  when  meters 
are  used.  For  violation  of  the  above  rule  a  penalty  of 
one  dollar  shall  be  imposed  and  taxed  against  the  person 
supplied  with  the  service  used  therefor,  and  the  water 
shall  be  turned  off  without  notice  until  the  same  is  paid. 
When  water  shall  have  been  shut  off  for  violation  of 
this  rule  it  shall  under  no  consideration  be  turned  on 
again  to  the  same  property  until  such  penalty  is  paid. 

Rule  14.  All  persons  having  connections  for  the 
purpose  of  irrigation  will  be  charged  the  regular  sprink- 
ling rates  between  the  first  of  May  and  the  first  of  Oc- 
tober unless  notice  is  given  in  writing  at  the  office  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  wooks  to  the  effect  that  no 
sprinkling  will  be  done.  In  order  to  have  said  charge 
waived  the  hose  bib  must  be  removed,  the  branch  pipe 
supplying  said  fixture  plug'ged,  as  provided  for  in  rule 
7.  The  placing  in  any  place  where  it  can  be  used  by  the 
public  of  any  faucet  fixture,  or  opening  of  any  kind  other 
than  a  hose  connection,  which  latter  must  be  kept  under 
cover,  by  an  iron  box,  will  not  be  allowed.  The  water 
will  be  turned  off  where  such  opening  is  found. 

Rule  15.  Water  for  street  sprinkling  with  hose 
will  not  be  furnished  to  parties  who  do  not  also  pay  for 
use  of  water  for  stores,  families  or  other  purposes.  A 
charge  of  twenty-five  cents  for  each  25-foot  lot  will  be 
made  for  said  street  sprinkling. 

Rnle  16.  The  water  may  at  any  time  be  shut  off 
from  the  mains,  without  notice,  for  repairs,  extensions 
or  other  necessary  purposes,  and  persons  having  boilers 
supplied  by  direct  pressure  from  the  mains  are  cautioned 
against  danger  of  explosion  or  collapse.  The  city  will 
not  be  responsible  for  tne  safety  of  boilers  on  the  prem- 
ises of  any  water  consumer. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1058 — CON. 

Rule  17.  The  service  pipes  and  connections  from 
the  mains,  to  and  including*  a  stop  cock  to  be  placed  one 
foot  inside  the  street  curb  line  will  be  put  in  and  main- 
tained by  the  city  (except  on  streets  that  are  parked, 
when  stop  cock  will  be  placed  one  foot  inside  the  outer 
line  of  the  sidewalk)  and  kept  within  its  exclusive  con- 
trol, for  which  a  charge  of  eight  dollars  will  be  made, 
to  be  paid  to  the  cit}7  treasurer  before  the  service  pipe 
is  put  in,  except  on  paved  streets,  for  which  a  charge  of 
fifteen  dollars  wrill  be  madt. 

Rule  18.  Consumers  will  at  their  own  expense  put 
in  all  pipes  and  connections  from  the  stop  cock  placed  by 
the  city,  and  all  pipes  must  be  provided  with  stop  and 
waste  cocks,  protected  from  frost,  and  accessible  to  the 
consumer  that  they  may  be  drained  to  prevent  freezing 
and  the  water  shut  off  for  repairs  to  the  service  pipes. 

Rule  19.  In  all  public  buildings,  hotels,  boarding 
houses,  stores,  offices,  etc.,  self-closing-  cocks  must  be 
used  on  all  faucets. 

Rule  20.  Water  will  not  be  furnished  where  there 
are  any  defective  or  leaking  faucets,  closets  or  other  fix- 
tures, and  when  such  may  be  discovered  the  supply  shall 
be  withdrawn. 

Rule  21.  The  water  department  must  have  free 
access  to  stop  cocks  and  water  meter  covers.  All  per- 
sons are  cautioned  against  piling- rubbish  or  building  ma- 
terial of  any  kind  thereon. 

Rule  22.  The  service  pipes  within  and  without  the 
premises  must  be  kept  in  repair  and  protected  from 
freezing-  at  the  expense  of  the  occupant,  who  will  be 
held  responsible  for  all  damages  resulting-  from  leaks  or 
breaks. 

Rule  23.  Water  will  be  cut  off  from  the  premises 
when  occupants  allow  it  to  run  to  waste  and  will  not  be 
turned  on  ag-ain  until  waste  is  stopped  and  a  charge  of 
fifty  cents  paid  for  turning  on  the  water. 

Rule  24.  No  plumber  or  other  person  will  be 
allowed  to  make  connections  with  the  city  mains,  or 
make  alterations  in  any  conduit,  pipe  or  other  fixtures 
connecting  therewith,  or  to  connect  pipes  when  they  have 
been  disconnected,  or  to  turn  water  off  or  on  any  premi- 
ses without  permission  from  the  commissioner  of  public 
works. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1058 — CON. 

Rule  25.  Plumbers  doing  any  work  by  which  water 
may  be  drawn  from  the  city  mains,  must  make  in  writ- 
ing* a  true  and  accurate  report  of  work  done,  and  deliver 
it  to  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
within  twenty-four  hours  of  the  completion  and  must 
describe  the  positions  of  the  service  pipes,  ferrules  and 
stop  cocks  by  reference  to  street  and  lot  corners,  on 
blank  forms  to  be  furnished  by  the  commissioner  of  pub- 
lic works.  Plumbers  violating*  any  of  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  light  and  water  department  may  be 
debarred  from  making*  any  connections  with  the  water 
mains  or  service  pipes  of  the  city  until  he  shall  have 
paid  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  to  the  treasurer  for  such 
violation.  None  but  licensed  plumbers  shall  be  allowed 
to  do  any  work  in  connection  with  the  city  service  where 
water  may  be  drawn  from  the  city  mains. 

Rule  26.  Ag*ents  of  the  lig-ht  and  water  depart- 
ment may  have  free  access  at  proper  hours  of  the  day, 
to  all  parts  of  building's  in  which  water  may  be  delivered 
from  the  city  mains  for  the  purpose  of  inspecting*  the 
condition  of  the  pipes  and  fixtures  and  the  manner  in 
which  the  water  is  used. 

Rule  27.  All  pipes  must  be  laid  not  less  than  twen- 
ty-four inches  below  the  surface  of  the  ground.  No 
pipe  must  be  run  between  the  city  service  cock  and  the 
main,  and  in  case  a  meter  is  set,  no  pipe  must  be  con- 
nected outside  the  meter. 

Rule  28.  Should  the  occupant  of  the  premises  turn 
on  the  water  after  it  has  been  shut  off  at  the  curb 
cock,  it  will  be  turned  on  at  the  main,  and  a  charg*e  of 
two  dollars  made  for  the  expense  of  turning*  it  off  and 
on.  On  paved  streets  a  charge  of  ten  dollars  will  be 
made  for  turning*  it  off  and  on. 

Rule.  29.  Where  a  meter  is  placed  upon  a  service, 
rent  for  the  same  will  be  charged  as  follows,  payable 
semi-annually  in  advance: 

On  one-half  inch  meter,  $2.50  per  year. 

On  three-quarter  inch  meter,  $3.00  per  year. 

On  one  inch  meter,  $4.00  per  year. 

On  one  and  one- half  inch  meter,  $5.00  per  year. 

On  two-inch  meter,  $7.50  per  year. 

On  three-inch  meter,  $10.00  per  year. 

On  four-inch  meter,  $26.50  per  year. 

On  six-inch  meter,  $45.00  per  year. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1058 — CON. 

Rule  30.  The  city  reserves  the  right  in  case  of  a 
shortage  of  water  for  any  cause,  to  make  an  order  for- 
bidding- or  suspending  the  use  of  water  for  irrigation  and 
sprinkling;  and  the  commissioner  of  public  works  may, 
in  his  discretion,  at  any  time,  make  such  order  by  giving 
notice  through  the  city  official  paper,  and  any  person  vio- 
lating such  order  shall  be  subject  to  a  charge  of  ten  dol- 
lars for  each  offense,  and  the  water  shall  be  cut  off  there- 
for. In  no  case  shall  the  water  be  turned  on  for  the  use 
of  such  offender  until  such  fine  has  been  paid;  provided 
always,  the  consumer  shall  have  and  be  allowed  a  just 
and  equitable  rebate  on  the  regular  charge  or  rate  as* 
may  elapse  during  such  suspension. 

SEC.  31.  In  the  event  of  a  meter  getting  out  of 
order,  and  failing  to  register,  the  consumer  shall  be 
charged  at  the  average  daily  consumption  as  shown  by 
the  meter  when  in  order. 

SEC.  32.  No  person  shall  use  water  for  irrigation 
or  sprinkling  during  the  progress  of  any  fire  in  the  city, 
and  all  irrigation  or  sprinkling  shall  be  immediately 
stopped  when  an  alarm  of  fire  is  sounded  in  any  part  of 
the  city,  and  shall  not  be  used  again  until  the  fire  has 
been  extinguished.  For  any  violation  of  this  rule  a  pen- 
alty of  ten  dollars  for  each  offense  shall  be  imposed  and 
taxed  against  the  person  and  premises  supplied  and  the 
water  shall  be  turned  off  therefor.  In  no  case  shall  the 
water  be  turned  on  the  same  premises  until  such  penalty 
has  been  paid. 

MONTHLY    WATER     RATES. 

Rule  33.     Minimum  rate:     No  rate  less  than  $1.00. 

Bakeries — No  rate  less  than  $2.00.  For  each  bar- 
rel of  flour  used  per  day,  fifty  cents. 

Barber  shops — First  chair,  $1.00;  each  additional 
chair,  twenty-five  cents. 

Bath  tubs — Private,  each  tub,  25  cents.  Board- 
ing houses,  public  buildings  and  blocks,  and  barber 
shops,  each  tub  $1.00. 

Blacksmith  shops,  first  fire,  $1.00;  each  additional 
fire,  25  cents. 

Breweries,   by  meter  only. 

Building  purposes,  wetting  each  1<X)0  brick,  June 
1st  to  November  1,  15  cents;  wetting  1000  brick  Novem- 
ber 1st  to  June  1st,  10  cents;  wetting  each  barrel  of  lime 
10  cents;  wetting  each  barrel  of  cement,  10  cents. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1058— CON. 

Butcher  shops  and  fish  markets,  $1.00  to  $3.00, 

Book  binderies,  five  persons  or  less,  $1.00;  each  ad- 
ditional  workman,  10  cents. 

Cisterns  (water  for  filling,)  for  each  1000  gallons,. 
50  cents. 

Boarding*  and  lodging  houses,  in  addition  to  family 
rates,  per  room,  10  cents. 

Laundries,  hotels,  bathing  houses,  restaurants  and 
saloons,  by  meter  only. 

Family  rates,  five  rooms  or  less,  $1.00;  each  ad- 
ditional room,  10  cents. 

FIRE   PROTECTION. 

Pipes  to  be  used  only  in  case  of  fire,  will  be  allowed 
in  buildings  on  the  following  conditions: 

The  fire  pipes  must  be  entirely  disconnected  from 
those  used  for  other  purposes,  and  the  hose  pipes  or 
branches  must  be  arranged  by  means  of  seals,  or  other- 
wise,, so  that  they  can  be  used  only  in  case  of  fire. 

The  connection  from  the  street  main  to  the  curb  of 
the  sidewalk,  including  taps,  branches,  stop  cocks  and 
valves,  will  be  made  by  the  city  at  the  prices  stated 
below,  to  be  paid  by  the  applicant  in  advance: 

The  charge  for  each  pipe  from  the  street  main  will 
be  as  follows,  payable  yearly  in  advance: 

For  a  2-inch  pipe,  $2.50  per  year,  and  $20.00  for  the 
connection. 

For  a  3-inch  pipe,  $3.50  per  year,  and  $30.00  for  the 
connection. 

For  a  4-inch  pipe,  S5.00  per  year,  and  $40.00  for  the 
connection. 

Factories,  by  meter  only. 

Foundries,  by  meter  only. 

Greenhouses,  by  meter  only. 

Gas  companies,  by  meter  only. 

Hospitals;  by  meter  only. 

Hydraulic  elevators,  by  meter,  or  $25.00  per  month* 

Laboratories,  soda  manufacturers,  bottling  estab- 
lishments,  telephone  and  telegraph  offices,  vinegar  fac- 
tories and  packing  houses,  by  meter. 

Lawn  fountains,  by  meter  only. 

All  public  buildings,  by  meter  only. 

Machine  shops,  sash  and  door  factories,  by  meter. 

Lawn  sprinkling,  for  each  25  foot  lot,  25  cents  per 
month  from  Mav  1st  to  October  1st. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1058 — CON. 

METER  RATES. 

From  4,000  to  22,000  gallons  per  month,   25  cents 
Iper  1,000  gallons. 

From  22,000  gallons  to   25,000  gallons    per  month, 
$5.50. 

From  25,000  gallons  to  41,000  gallons  per  month,  22 
'cents  per  1,000  gallons. 

From  41,000  gallons  to  50,000  gallon's  per  month, 
$9.00. 

From  50,000  gallons  to  72,200  gallons  per  month,  18 
•cents  per  1,000  gallons. 

From  72,200  gallons  to  100,000  gallons  per  month, 
$13.00. 

From  100,000  gallons  to  154,000  gallons  per  month, 
13  cents  per  1000  gallons, 

From  151,000  gallons  to  200,000  gallons  per  month, 
$20.00. 

From  200,000  gallons  to  400,000  gallons  per  month, 
10  cents  per  1,000  gallons. 

From  400,000  gallons  to  500,000  gallons  per  month, 
$40.00. 

From  500,000  gallons  to  750,000  gallons  per  month, 
8  cents  per  1,000  gallons. 

From  750,000  gallons  to  1,000,000  gallons  per  month, 
$60.00. 

Over  1,000,000  gallons  per  month,  6  cents  per  1,000 
gallons. 

Minimum  rate:     No  charge  less  than  one  dollar  for 
water  furnished  in  any  one  month  where  a  meter  is  used. 

Photograph   galleries,   by  meter    or  from  $2.00  to 
$500. 

Public  buildings  and  blocks,    by  meter  or  10  cents 
per  room. 

Public  halls  and  theatres,  by  meter  or  from  $1.50  to 
$5.00. 

Printing  offices,  by  meter. 

Coffee  houses  and  lunch  counters,  by  meter  or  $2.50 
to  $5.00. 

Schools,  public,  by  meter. 

Schools,  private,  by  meter  or  from  $1.50  to  $25.00. 

Sewer  works,  settling  earth,  $3.00  per  block. 

'Sidewalk  sprinkling,  25  cents  for  each  25  foot  lot. 

Street  sprinkling,  public,  by  meter  rates. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1058 — CON.  583 

Soda  fountains,  each  fountain  50  cents;  each  jet,  50 
cents;  each  tumbler  washer,  50  cents. 

Stables,  livery  and  transfer  and  boarding-,  by  meter. 
Other  than  above,  one  horse  and  vehicle  or  cow,  50 cents; 
each  additional  horse  or  cow,  25  cents. 

Steam  engines  or  boilers,  by  meter;  or,  each  horse 
power  up  to  ten  (10  hours  each  day)  50  cents;  or,  each 
horse  power,  10  to  20,  40  cents;  each  horse  power  20  to 
30,  30  cents;  each  horse  power  30  to  40,  20  cents.  For 
boiler  or  heating-  purposes,  according-  to  size  of  building-, 
50  cents  to  $2.00. 

Stores,  drug-  stores,  §1.50  to  2.50;  grocery  stores, 
$1.00;  wholesale,  $2.50  to  $4.00;  families  living-  in  same 
buildimg-,  family  rates. 

Urinals,  self-closing-,  25  cents;  other  than  self-clos- 
ing-, 35  cents;  constant  flow,  $1.00. 

Water  closets,  in  private  residences,  25  cents;  public 
closets,  75  cents;  public  pan  or  plung-er,  $1.00. 

Water  motors,  by  meter. 

For  other  uses  or  any  business  not  herein  mentioned, 
by  special  rates,  as  ordered  by  the  commissioner  of  pub- 
lic works  and  approved  by  the  city  council. 

SEC.  2.  There  shall  be  and  there  is  hereby  estab- 
lished a  manufacturers'  meter  rate,  said  rate  to  apply 
only  to  such  establishments  as  are  using-  machinery  for 
the  purpose  of  manufacturing-,  and  employing-  not  less 
than  ten  persons;  said  rate  shall  be  eight  (8)  cents  per 
1000  g-allons,  and  shall  be  supplied  to  the  following- 
establishments: 

Brick  yards,  breweries,  box  factories,  casket  facto- 
ries, electric  lig-ht  stations,  and  power  houses;  furniture 
factories,  flouring-  and  oat  meal  mills;  foundries  and  ma- 
chine shops,  g'as  works,  ice  factories,  laundries,  mattress 
and  match  factories,  naphtha  launch  factories,  planing* 
mills,  packing-  and  slaug-hter  houses,  saw  and  shing-le 
mills,  sash  and  door  factories,  soap  factories,  tanneries, 
woodenware  factories,  woolen  mills  and  warehouses. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  know- 
ing-ly  take  or  use  city  water  from  a  source  which  has  not 
been  previously  contracted  for,  by  him  or  them,  shall 
be  deemed  g-uilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars,  to  be  enforced  as  other  city  penalties. 

SEC.     4.     Ordinance  No.  887  is  hereby  repealed. 


584  ORDINANCE    NO.    1259. 

SEC.  5.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  April  1st,  1895.  [6] 
Approved  March  2,  1896. 


CLASS 

Miscellaneous. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1259. 

An  ordinance  dividing  the  territory  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city  of  Ta.com a  into  two  assessment  districts. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  all  and  singular  the  territory 
and  area  lying1  and  being  within  the  following  described 
limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  shall  be  known  and  desig- 
nated as  assessment  district  No.  1,  to-wit: 

Commencing  on  the  shore  line  of  Commencement 
bay  where  it  is  intersected  by  the  section  line  dividing 
sections  twenty-three  (23)  and  twenty-four  (24)  in  town- 
ship twenty-one  (21)  north,  range  two  (2)  east  W.  M., 
and  running  thence  south  along  said  section  line  to  south- 
west corner  of  section  twenty-five  (25)  in  said  township; 
thence  east  to  the  township  line  between  ranges  two  (2) 
and  three  (3)  east;  thence  south  along  said  township 
line  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section  six  (6)  in  town- 
ship twenty  (20)  north  range  three  (3)  east,  W.  M.; 
thence  east  along  the  section  line  on  the  south  boundary 
of  section  six  (6)  to  the  southeast  corner  of  said  section 
six  (6);  thence  south  along  the  section  line  between  sec- 
tions seven  (7)  and  eight  (8)  to  the  southwest  corner 
of  section  eight  (8);  thence  east  along  the  section  line  on 
the  south  boundary  of  sections  eight  (8),  nine  (9)  and  ten 
(10)  to  the  west  boundary  of  the  Puyallup  Indian  reser- 
vation; thence  northerly  along  the  west  boundary  of  said 
reservation  to  the  north  boundary  of  Pierce  count\T; 
thence  following  said  boundary  northwesterly  to  a  point 
opposite  and  north  of  the  point  of  beginning  on  the  shore 
line  of  Commencement  bay;  thence  south  to  the  point  of 
beginning,  including  sections  twenty-four  (24)  and 
twenty- five  (25)  in  township  twenty-one  (21)  north,  range 


ORDINANCE    NO,    1259 — CON.  585 

two  (2)  east,  W.  M.;  sections  twenty-nine  (29),  thirty 
(30),  thirty-one  (31),  thirty-two  (32),  thirty-three  (33), 
and  thirty-four  (34),  township  twenty -one  (21)  north, 
range  three  (3)  east,  W.  M.,  and  sections  four  (4),  five 
(5),  six  (6),  eight  (8),  nine  (9),  and  fractional  sections 
three  (3)  and  ten  (10),  in  township  twenty  (20)  north, 
range  three  (3)  east,  W.  M. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  and  singular  the  territory  and 
area,  situate,  lying  and  being  within  the  follow- 
ing described  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  be 
known  and  designated  as  assessment  district  number  2: 

Beginning  where  the  south  boundary  of  section  ten 
(10),  township  twenty  (20),  north,  range  three  (3)  east 
of  the  Willamette  meridian,  intersects  the  westerly  boun- 
dary of  the  Puyallup  Indian  reservation  and  running 
thence  southerly  along  the  boundary  line  of  the  Puyal- 
lup Indian  reservation  to  where  the  same  intersects  the 
eastern  boundary  of  section  twenty-two  (22)  in  the  afore- 
said township;  thence  south  along  the  eastern  boundary 
of  section  twenty-two  (22)  in  the  aforesaid  township  to 
the  southeast  corner  of  said  section  twenty-two  (22); 
thence. west  along  the  south  boundary  of  sections  twen- 
ty-two (22),  twenty-one  (21),  twenty  (20)  and  nineteen. 
(19),  all  in  said  township  and  also  along  the  south  boun- 
dary line  of  section  twenty-four  (24),  in  township  twen- 
ty (20),  north,  range  two  (2)  east,  to  the  southwest  cor- 
ner of  said  section  twenty-four  (24),  thence  north  along 
the  western  boundary  of  sections  twenty-four  (24),  thir- 
teen (13)  and  twelve  (12),  in  said  township  twenty  (20) 
north,  range  two  (2)  east,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  sec- 
tion eleven  (11),  in  said  township  twenty  (20)  north, 
range  two  (2)  east;  thence  west  along  the  north  bounda- 
ry of  sections  eleven  (11),  ten  (10)  and  nine  (9)  in  the 
township  last  above  named,  to  the  shore  of  the  Puget 
Sound;  thence  northerly  along  the  shore  of  Puget  Sound 
to  Point  Defiance  in  section  ten  (10),  twenty-one  (21) 
north,  range  two  (2)  east;  thence  in  an  easterly  and 
southeasterly  direction  along  said  shore  line  to  the  north 
boundary  of  section  twenty-three  (23),  township  twenty^ 
one  (21)  north,  range  two  (2)  east;  thence  westerly 
along  the  north  boundary  of  section  twenty-three  (23), 
to  the  northwest  corner  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  said 
section  twenty-three  (23);  thence  along  the  center  line  of 
said  section  twenty-three  (23),  to  the  southwest  corner 


586  ORDINANCE  NO.  320. 

of  the  northeast  quarter  of  said  section  twenty-three 
(23);  thence  east  to  the  southeast  corner  of  the  northeast 
quarter  of  said  said  section  twenty-three  (23) ;  thence  south 
along*  the  western  boundary  of  sections  twenty-four  (24), 
and  twenty-five  (25)  in  the  last  above  named  township, 
to  the  southwest  corner  of  said  last  named  section 
twenty -five  (25);  thence  east  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
said  last  named  section  twenty-five  (25);  thence  south 
along  the  western  boundary  of  section  thirty-one  (31,) 
in  township  twenty-one  (21.)  north,  rang-e  three  (3)  east, 
and  the  western  boundary  of  section  six  (6),  town- 
ship twenty  (20)  north,  rang*e  three  (3)  east,  to  the 
southwest  corner  of  section  six  (6);  thence  east  to  the 
southeast  corner  of  section  six  (6)  last  above  named; 
thence  south  along*  the  western  boundary  of  section 
eig"ht  (8),  in  township  twenty  (20)  north,  rang^e  three 
(3)  east,  to  the  southwest  corner  of  section  eig-ht  (8); 
thence  east  along-  the  south  boundaries  of  sections  eig-ht 
(8),  nine  (9)  and  ten  (10),  in  township  twenty  (20)  north, 
rang^e  three  (3)  east,  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

SEC.  3.  That  in  all  assessments  hereafter  made 
the  property,  both  real  and  personal,  lying1  in  said 
assessment  districts,  shall  be  separately  listed  for  the 
purpose  of  assessment  and  taxation. 

Approved  January  14,   1898. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  320. 

An  ordinance  fixing-  the  number  of  hours  which  shall  constitute  a  day's 
work  on  city  improvements  within  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

The   City   Council  of  the  City  of  Tacoma  does   ordain 

as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  That  from  and  after  the  passag-e  of 
this  ordinance,  and  its  approval  by  the  mayor,  nine  hours 
shall  constitute  a  leg-al  days  work  on  all  city  improve- 
ments when  the  work  is  done  by  the  city. 

Approved  June  5,  1890. 


ORDINANCES    NOS.    1005   AND    U62. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1005. 

An  ordinance  defining  the  limits  within  which  no, saloon  shall  be  licensed, 
by  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  not 
issue  any  license  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating-  liquors  of 
any  kind  within  the  following*  limits,  to-wit: 

Within  the  borders  of  the  Seventh  and  Eighth  wards 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

Also  within  the  area  bordered  by  North  llth  street; 
prolonged  to  the  waters  of  Pug*et  Sound  on  the  north, 
Division  avenue  prolonged  to  the  waters  of  Plight  Sound 
on  the  south;  O  street  on  the  west,  and  the  waters  of 
Pugfet  Sound  from  North  llth  street,  prolonged  to  Di- 
vision avenue,  prolonged,  on  the  east. 

Also  beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northeast  corner 
of  section  17,  township  20  north,  range  3  east;  thence 
west  on  the  northern  boundry  of  sections  17  and  18  to  a 
point  on  the  center  line  of  the  N.  P.  right-of-way;  thence 
southwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  the  N.  P.  right-of- 
way  to  a  point  on  the  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
Puget  Sound  avenue  produced  northerly;  thence  south 
along  the  center  line  of  Puget  Sound  avenue  to  the 
southern  boundary  of  the  city  limits;  thence  east  along" 
the  southern  boundary  of  the  city  limits  to  the  southeast 
corner  of  section  20,  township  20  north,  rang*e  3  east; 
thence  north  along-  fhe  eastern  boundary  of  sections  20 
and  17  to  the  point  of  beginning*. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  are,  in  so  far  as  they  con- 
flict herewith,  repealed. 

Approved  August  2,  1895. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1162. 

An  ordinance  requiring-  the  payment  of  money  to  the  city  of  Tacoma 
by  the  grantees  of  franchises  and  by  persons  to.  be  benefited  by  or- 
dinances. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  grantee  or  grantees  of  any 
franchise  or  privilege  to  construct,  maintain  or  operate 
any  railway  line,  light  plant,  telephone,  telegraph  or 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1290. 

other  enterprise,  in,  upon  or  under  any  street  or  streets, 
or  alleys,  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  before  the  publication 
of  any  ordinance  that  may  hereafter  be  passed  granting 
any  such  franchise  or  privilege,  and  before  the  publica- 
tion of  any  ordinance  that  may  hereafter  be  passed  alter- 
ing", amending1,  enlarging"  or  extending-  any  franchise  or 
privilege  heretofore  granted,  and  that  may  hereafter  be 
granted,  shall  pay  into  the  city  treasury  the  cost  and 
expense  of  publication  of  such  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  or  persons  to  be  benefited  by 
the  passage  of  any  ordinance  other  than  the  granting 
of  a  franchise  and  privileges,  as  in  section  one  (1)  of  this 
ordinance,  before  the  publication  of  such  ordinance,  and 
before  the  publication  of  any  ordinance  that  may  here- 
after be  passed,  altering,  amending,  enlarging  or  ex- 
tending any  ordinance  heretofore  passed,  shall  pay  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  the  cost  and  expense  of 
the  publication  of  such  ordinance. 

SEC.  3.  The  payment  of  the  sums  named  in  sec- 
tions one  (1)  and  two  (2)  shall  be  deemed  a  condition 
precedent  to  the  publication  and  taking  effect  of  any 
such  ordinance,  and  such  ordinance  shall  not  be  published 
until  such  payment  shall  have  been  made. 

Approved  February  13,  1897. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1290. 

An  ordinance  providing-  for  revising,  compiling,  and  preparing-  the  or- 
dinances and  amended  charter  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  be  reprinted 
in  convenient  form  for  use,  fixing  the  compensation  therefor,  and 
designating-  the  manner  in  which  the  same  shall  be  let  for  printing". 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  ordinances  and  amended 
charter  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  be  revised,  compiled, 
prepared  for  printing  and  printed  in  a  convenient  form 
for  use,  under  the  supervision  of  the  committee  of  the 
city  council  on  enrolled  ordinances  and  the  city  attorney. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  work  which  has  already  been 
done  upon  the  revision  and  compilation  of  said  ordinances 
by  H.  C.  Beach,  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  city 
council,  passed  on  the  19th  day  of  April,  1898,  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  accepted,  subject  to  revision  or  cor- 
rection by  the  said  committee  or  the  city  attorney;  and 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1290 — CON.  589 

the  said  H.  C.  Beach  shall  be  and  he  is  entitled  to  com- 
pensation for  his  services  on  said  work,  from  and  after 
the  19th  day  of  April,  1898,  in  the  manner  and  to  the 
extent  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  3.  The  said  H.  C.  Beach  may  continue  upon 
said  work  so  long-  as  he  shall  give  satisfaction  to  said 
committee  of  the  city  council  and  the  city  attorney;  and 
in  case  of  his  failing"  to  give  satisfaction  as  aforesaid,  he 
may  be  discharged  by  said  committee  of  the  council  and 
•said  city  attorney,  and  another  suitable  person  may  be 
then  employed  to  continue  said  work. 

SEC.  4.  The  amount  of  expenditure  for  compiling, 
revising  and  preparing  said  ordinances  for  printing  shall 
be  four  hundred  dollars  ($4-00),  and  the  same  shall  be 
paid  to  the  person  who  has  been  or  may  be  employed  to 
do  said  work,  in  the  manner  following:  that  is  to  say,  in 
installments.  One  installment  for  the  work  done  dur- 
ing the  month  of  April  shall  be  deemed  to  be  due  as  of 
the  1st  day  of  May,  1898,  and  subsequent  installments 
for  the  work  done  during  each  month  shall  become  due 
on  the  first  day  of  the  succeeding  month;  provided  that 
no  payment  or  installment  shall  exceed  the  sum  of  sixty 
dollars  ($60),  and  shall  not  in  any  case  exceed  the  value 
of  the  work  and  services  performed  during  the  preceding 
month  to  be  determined  by  said  committee  and  city  at- 
torney; and  the  compensation  for  said  work  shall  be  paid 
by  warrants  drawn  on  the  general  expense  fund  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma.  Balance  to  be  paid  when  such  work  is 
completed  to  the  satisfaction  of  city  attorney  and  said 
committee. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  work  of  printing  and  binding 
said  ordinances  shall  be  done  by  contract,  to  be  let  to  a 
bidder  therefor,  after  advertisement  and  notice,  in  the 
manner  that  contracts  for  supplies  are  required  to  be  let 
by  the  charter  of  the  city  of  Tacoma;  and  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works  is  hereby  authorized  to  advertise 
and  let  a  contract  for  such  printing. 

Approved  May  27,  1898. 


590  ORDINANCE    NO,    1051. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1051. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  and  authorize  the  issuance  of  warrants 
against  any  incoming'  tax  levy  made  by  the  city  of  Tacoma  as  an, 
assignment  of  not  to  exceed  eighty  per  cent,  of  the  total  of  such 
tax  levy. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  whenever  any  tax  for  any  of  the 
current  running-  expenses  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall 
have  been  actually  levied,  and  there  shall  not  be  funds  in 
the  treasury  sufficient  to  meet  the  current  running  ex- 
penses for  which  such  tax  has  been  levied,  the  controller, 
clerk  and  president  of  the  city  council  are  hereby  author- 
ized and  directed  upon  claims  first  approved  by  the  coun- 
cil, to  draw  warrants  in  payment  of  all  such  claims  for 
current  expenses,  properly  chargeable  against  such  tax 
levy  for  the  period  for  which  such  levy  may  be  lawfully 
used,  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  persons  having  such 
claims  for  supplies,  salaries,  wages  or  other  current  ex- 
penses; provided  that  no  warrant  shall  be  drawn  against 
any  fund  within  the  tax  levy  which  shall,  when  added 
to  all  other  warrants  drawn  against  said  fund,  exceed  80 
per  cent,  of  the  total  thereof. 

SEC.  2.  Such  warrants  shall  be  in  substantially 
the  following  form: 

ASSIGNMENT   OF    TAX    LEVY. 

No $ 

Tacoma,  Wn 189.  .. 

Treasurer  of  City  of  Tacoma: 

Prom  the  taxes  levied  for  the  fiscal  year,    beginning 

on  the ....  day  of 18 ..    and  ending  on   the ....  day 

of 18 ....    and   appropriated    to   the fund, 

when  received  by   you,    pay or  order,   the  sum  of 

dollars,  with  interest  at  seven  per  cent,   per  an- 
num, being  for  necessary  current   running  expenses  of 

the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  charge  the  same  to  the 

fund. 

The  taxes  to  be  collected  for  account  of  this  fund 
are  specially  appropriated,  set  apart  and  pledged  to  the 
payment  of  this  and  all  warrants  drawn  thereon  which 
warrants  are  not  to  be  drawn  against  this  fund  in  excess 
of  80  per  cent  thereof;  warrants  to  be  paid  in  the  order 
of  issue. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    10*1 — CON, 

This  warrant  shall  not  be  construed  to  be  a  debt  or 
obligation  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  payment  is  re- 
stricted to  the  proper  proportion  of  the  revenues  of  the 

tax  levy  for  the   fiscal  year ,  and  the  treasurer  is 

authorized  to  set  aside  and  reserve  such  revenues  when 
collected  for  the  payment  of  warrants  in  the  order  of 
issuance. 


SEC.  3.  Neither  the  warrants  nor  the  interest  there- 
on, issued  as  herein  provided,  shall  be  construed  to  be  a 
debt  or  obligation  of  the  city  of  Tacoma.  They  shall 
be  deemed  to  be  an  assignment  of  so  much  of  the  tax. 
levy  as  was  made  for  the  payment  of  the  character  of 
expenses  paid  by  the  warrant,  and  payment  thereof  is., 
hereby  restricted  to  such  revenues,  and  the  treasurer  is 
hereby  authorized  and  required  to  set  aside  and  reserve 
such  revenues,  when  collected,  or  so  much  thereof  as- 
may  be  necessary  for  the  payment  of  such  warrants  it* 
the  order  of  their  issuance;  provided  that  it  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  the  city  to  issue  warrants  against  any  fund 
embraced  within  said  tax  levy  to  exceed  the  amount  of 
ten  per  cent  of  such  fund  for  the  expenses  of  any  one 
month;  provided  further,  that  nothing  in  this  ordinance 
shall  prevent  the  full  payment  of  interest  on  the  bonded 
indebtedness  when  the  same  becomes  due. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  person  receiv- 
ing a  warrant  as  aforesaid  to  immediately  present  the 
same  to  the  treasurer,  who  shall  thereupon  pay  the 
same  out  of  the  proper  funds;  if  the  treasurer  has  no 
money  on  hand  to  pay  the  same  he  shall  indorse  it  "Not 
paid  for  want  of  funds,"  and  thereafter  until  paid  it 
shall  draw  interest  at  the  rate  of  seven  per  cent  per  an- 
num. 

SEC.  5.  Whenever  the  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma  shall  have  on  hand  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars^ 
belonging  to  the  funds  against  which  any  of  such  war- 
rants are  drawn,  and  the  same  are  not  presented,  it  shall 
be  his  duty  to  make  a  call  by  publication  for  three-  days- 
in  the  paper  doing  the  city  printing,  for  the  presentation 
of  such  warrants  for  payment,  and  from  the  date  of  first 
publication  interest  shall  cease  on  all  of  the  warrants 
called;  provided,  that  he  shall  pay  warrants  in  the  order 
of  their  issuance  at  any  time  when  presented,  without  a 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1051 — CON. 

call;  and,  provided  further,  that  he  may  issue  a  call  at 
any  time  when  in  his  judg-ment  it  should  be  done. 

SEC.  6.  It  is  specially  ordained  that  this  ordinance 
shall  apply  to  the  funds  derived  from  the  revenues  com- 
ing* into  the  treasurer's  possession  from  the  tax  levy  for 
the  fiscal  year  1895-96,  levied  under  the  terms  of  ordi- 
nance No.  1029,  and  that  for  the  payment  of  the  neces- 
sary current  running  expenses  of  the  city  of  Tacoma 
incurred  under  the  terms  of  said  levy,  warrants  shall 
issue  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  7.  That  if  there  shall  be  any  sum  left  over 
from  the  payment  of  the  current  running-  expenses  of  any 
fiscal  year  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  of  the  city 
of  Tacoma  to  cause  its  application,  so  far  as  it  is  neces- 
sary, to  pay  similar  expenses  within  the  purposes  for 
which  collected  in  any  subsequent  year,  always  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  restrictions  contained  in  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  8.  The  controller  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall 
keep  a  list  of  each  and  every  warrant  drawn  by  him 
under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance;  the  list  shall 
show  the  number  of  the  warrant,  the  fund  ag-ainst  which 
H  is  drawn,  the  person  in  whose  favor  it  is  drawn  and 
the  date  thereof;  the  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Tacoma 
shall  keep  a  list  of  every  warrant  presented  to  him  for 
payment;  the  list  shall  show  the  number  of  the  warrant, 
the  amount  thereof,  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom  it 
is  drawn,  the  name  of  the  person  presenting*  it  for  pay- 
ment, and  the  date  of  payment;  if  the  warrant  is  not 
paid  for  want  of  funds  the  treasurer  shall  add  to  the 
statement  the  date  of  its  presentation  and  the  name  of 
the  person  presenting*  it;  neither  the  city  of  Tacoma  nor 
any  of  its  officers  shall  recognize  any  assignment  of  any 
such  warrant  without  the  assignment  has  been  noted  and 
registered  in  the  office  of  the  city  controller,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  controller  to  add  to  the  list 
required  to  be  kept  by  him,  a  statement  showing-  the 
assignment,  if  any,  of  each  warrant  drawn. 

SEC.  9.  No  modification  or  repeal  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  construed  to  be  a  chang-e  or  modification  of  the 
leg^al  status  of  any  warrant  issued  under  it  prior  to  such 
modification  or  repeal.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordi- 
nances of  the  city  of  Tacoma  in  conflict  with  this  ordi- 
nance are,  to  that  extent,  repealed. 

Approved  February  17,  1896. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    821. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  821.  . 

An  ordinance  prescribing  the  form  and  mode  of  execution  of  local  im- 
provement bonds  which  are  to  be  issued  for  street  improvements  in 
pursuance  of  chapter  98  of  the  acts  of  the  legislature  of  the  state  of 
Washington,  approved  March  9th.  1893. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacomcr. 

SECTION  1.  That  all  local  improvement  bonds  here- 
after issued  for  payment  of  street  improvements  ordered 
to  be  paid  for  by  bonds  of  the  improvement  district,  in 
pursuance  and  by  virtue  of  an  act  of  the  legislature  of 
the  state  of  Washington,  entitled,  "An  act  relating1  to* 
the  internal  improvements  in  cities,  authorizing  the  issu- 
ance and  collection  of  bonds  upon  the  property  benefited 
by  local  improvements,  and  declaring  an  emergency,"* 
approved  March  9,  1893,  shall  b.e  substantially  in  the 
following  form: 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 

STATE  OF  WASHINGTON, 

CITY  OF  TACOMA. 

Local  Improvement  Bond  of  District  No 

Total  Amount  of  Issue.. 
Assessed  valuation  of  property  in  District. 
No Bond  No $ 

The  city  of  Tacoma,  a  municipal  corporation  of  the 
first  class,  in  the  state  of  Washington,  hereby   promises, 

to  pay  to or  bearer,  the  sum  of .......... 

dollars  in annual  installments,  as   evidenced 

by  the  installment  coupons  hereto  attached,  due  and  pay- 
able on  the of in  each  and  every  year,  begin- 
ning on  the  day  of ,  A.  D ,  and 

ending    on    the day  of of ......  A.  D , 

logether   with   interest  at  the   rate    of per  centum 

per  annum,  payable  annually  on  the  amount  of  all  unpaid 
installments  from  date  until  maturity;  said  installments 
of  principal  and  interest  thereon  to  be  payable  at  the 
office  of  the  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  upon  pre- 
sentation and  surrender  of  the  coupons  hereto  attached, 
as  they  respectively  mature,  in  lawful  money  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  out  of  the  fund  known  a& 

"Local  Improvement  District  No Fund,"  and  not 

otherwise. 

When   all    of  the    installment    coupons    hereto    at- 


'ORDINANCE   NO.    821 — CON. 

tached  are  paid  and  cancelled  this  bond  shall  be  deemed 
cancelled  and  be  and  become  void  and  of  no  effect. 

This  bond  does  not  evidence  a  debt  against  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  but  is  issued  by  it  under  authority  of  and  in  accord- 
ance with  an  act  of  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington, entitled  "An  act  relating-  to  internal  improve- 
ments in  cities,  authorizing  the  issuance  and  collection  of 
bonds  upon  the  property  benefited  by  local  improvements 
and  declaring  an  emergency,"  approved  March  9th, 
1893.  Section  5  of  said  act  is  as  follows:  "The  holder 
of  any  bond  issued  under  the  authority  of  this  act  shall 
have  no  claim  therefor  against  the  city  by  which  the 
-same  is  issued  in  any  event,  except  from  the  collection  of 
the  special  assessment  made  for  the  improvement  for 
which  such  bond  was  issued,  but  his  remedy,  in  case  of 
no-pa>ment,  shall  be  confined  to  the  enforcement  of  such 
-assessments.  A  copy  of  this  section  shall  be  plainly 
written,  printed  or  engraved  on  the  face  of  each  bond  so 
issued." 

This  bond  is  one  of  a  series  of  bonds  numbered  from 

1  to inclusive;  aggregating  in  amount   the  sum  of 

$ and  known  as  Local  Improvement  Bonds  of  Dis- 
trict Number of  the  City  of  Tacoma,  which  said 

series  of  bonds  has  been  issued  to  pay  for  a  certain  im- 
provement in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  to- wit: 

which  said  improvement  has  been  ordered  by  the  corpo- 
rate authorities  of  said  city,  and  the  expense  and  cost 
thereol  assessed  against  the  abutting,  adjoining,  contig- 
uous and  proximate  property  and  lots  and  parcels  of  land 
payable  in  ....  .  annual  installments,  and  the  corporate 
authorities  of  said  city  have  established  said  property, 
lots  and  parcels  of  land  as  a  Local  Improvement  Dis- 
trict, and  provided  that  the  assessment  payable  in  in- 
.stallments  as  aforesaid  shall  be  a  lien  and  charge 
against  said  Local  Improvement  District,  by  virtue  of  or- 
dinance No approved 

The  holder  of  this  bond  is  entitled  to  receive  the 
amounts  evidenced  by  the  several  installment  coupons 
hereto  attached,  when  the  same  respectively  mature,  out 
of  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  collection  of  said  assess- 
ments, and  if  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall  fail,  neglect  or  re- 
fuse to  pay  this  bond  and  its  annexed  coupons  at  maturity, 
or  promptly  collect  the  assessments  when  due,  the  holder 


ORDINANCE    NO.    821 — CON.  395 

of  this  bond  may  proceed  to  collect  the  said  assessments 
and  foreclose  the  lien  thereof  in  his  own  name  and  right, 
and  recover  the  amount  secured  hereby  with  interest 
thereon  and  an  additional  five  per  centum  and  costs  of 
suit. 

And  it  is  hereby  recited  that  all  the  provisions  of 
the  constitution  and  statutes  of  the  state  of  Washing-ton, 
and  the  charter  and  ordinances  of  said  city  respecting 
the  issuance  of  this  bond  have  been  complied  with. 

In  witness  whereof  the  city  of  Tacoma  has  caused 
this  bond  to  be  signed  by  its  mayor  and  president  of  its 
city  council  and  countersigned  by  its  controller  and  at- 
tested by  its  city  clerk  under  its  corporate  seal  and  the 
installment  coupons  hereto  attached  to  be  signed  by  the 

lithographic  signature  of  its  controller  on  this 

day  of . .  A.  D., city  of  Tacoma;  by 

Mayor. 


President  of  the  City  Council- 

Countersigned 

City  Controller. 
Attest: .;.  ..City  Clerk> 

INSTALLMENT   COUPON. 

No ..Bond,  No Principal,  $ 

Interest,  § 

On  the day  of A.   D., 

The  city  of  Tacoma,  in   the   state  of  Washington,  will 
pay  to  the  bearer  hereof  upon  presentation  and  surrender 

the  sum  of  $ in  lawful  money  at  the  office  of  the 

treasurer   of    said    city    out  of  the  Local  Improvement 

District  No Fund  and   not  otherwise,  being  the 

annual    installment   on  its   Bond  No of 

the  series  known  as  the  Local  Improvement  Bonds  of 

District  No together  with  interest  on  the  unpaid 

installments,  from  the  date  of  the  issuance  of  said  bond 
to  the  date  of  maturit}^  of  this  installment  coupon. 


Controller  of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 

SEC.  2.     Ordinance  No.  848  is  hereby  repealed. 

(As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  1264.  Approved 
February  18,  1898.) 

SEC.  3.  Each  and  every  bond  issued  for  any  such 
improvement  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and  city  con- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1331. 

troller  and  president  of  the  city  council,  sealed  with  the 
corporate  seal  of  the  city  and  attested  by  the  city  clerk, 
and  each  of  such  coupons  shall  bear  tht  signature  of  the 
city  controller.  The  bonds  issued  for  each  local  im- 
provement district  shall  be  in  the  aggregate  for  such 
amount  as  authorized  by  ordinance,  and  each  issue  of 
such  bonds  shall  be  numbered  consecutively  beginning* 
with  number  one.  The  city  controller  shall  keep  in  his 
office  a  register  of  all  such  bonds  in  which  he  shall  enter 
the  local  improvement  district  for  which  the  same  are 
issued,  and  the  date,  amounf  and  number  of  each  bond 
and  the  term  of  payment. 

Approved  March  11,  1893. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1331. 

An  ordinance  to  revise  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Tacotna  heretofore 
passed  so  as  to  make  them  conform  to  the  revised  and  amended 
charter  and  the  acts  of  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  Washington , 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  all  ordinances  heretofore  passed 
by  the  city  of  Tacoma  be  and  they  are  hereby  revised  so 
as  to  make  them  conform  to  the  revised  and  amended 
charter  and  the  acts  of  the  legislature,  as  follows,  that 
is  to  say:  The  following  words  shall  be  substituted  for 
those  now  appearing  in  each  and  all  of  said  ordinances: 
The  word  "engineer"  for  that  of  "surveyor";  the  words 
"commissioner  of  health"  for  the  words  "health  officer"; 
the  "commissioner"  for  the  word  "board"  wherever  the 
same  appears  in  connection  with  "public  works";  the 
words  "commissioner  of  public  works"  for  the  words 
"street  commissioner";  the  words  "commisioner  of  pub- 
lic works"  for  the  words  "street  superintendent";  the 
words  "chief  of  police"  for  the  word  "marshal";  the 
word  "policeman"  for  the  words  "deputy  marshal";  the 
words  "justice  of  the  peace  having  jurisdiction  of  mu- 
nicipal offenses"  for  the  words  "municipal  court,"  or 
"judge  of  municipal  court";  the  word  "state"  for  the 
word  "territory";  the  word  "Tacoma"  for  the  words 
"New  Tacoma";  the  \vords "inspector  of  buildings  and 
licenses"  for  the  words  "building  inspector,"  "inspec- 
tor of  buildings"  and  "license  inspector";  the  words 
"inspector  of  plumbing"  for  the  words  "inspector  of 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1333. 

plumbing-  and  drainage";  the  words  "board  of  health r> 
for  the  words  "health  department";  the  words  "city 
council"  for  the  words  "common  council";  the  words 
"commissioner  of  health"  for  the  words  "assistant 
health  inspector"  and  "assistant  health  inspector  of  the 
department  of  health"  wherever  the  same  occur. 

SEC.  2.  In  the  revision  of  ordinances  for  publica- 
tion now  in  progress  the  appropriate  words  as  herein 
provided  shall  be  substituted  for  those  heretofore  used 
and  now  rendered  obsolete  and  inappropriate  by  the 
amendments  to  the  charter  and  the  acts  of  the  legisla- 
ture. And  words  or  phrases  qualifying-  said  obsolete 
words  may  be  so  far  changed  as  may  be  rendered  neces- 
sary by  the  substitution  herein  provided  for. 

Approved  September  9,  1898. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1333. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  of  certain  officials  and  employes  of  the 
city  of  Tacorna,  and  repealing-  section  3  of  ordinance  No.  1074,  sec- 
tion 4  of  ordinance  No.  1142,  and  section  2  of  ordinance  No.  1254, 
and  repealing  ordinances  No*.  1084,  1111,  1134,  1135,  1138,  1143,  1149, 
1163,  1181,  1234,  1262  and  1287. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Taconia: 

SECTION  1.  That  all  salaries  and  compensation 
hereinafter  named  shall  be  payable  monthly. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  officials 
and  employes  in  the  office  of  the  city  treasurer  shall  be 
as  follows: 

Assistant  city  treasurer $  85.00 

Collecting-  clerk 60.00 

SEC.  3,  That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  officials 
and  employes  in  the  office  of  the  city  controller  shall  be 
as  follows: 

Assistant  city  controller S100.00 

Bookkeeper .- 60.00 

Clerk,  when  authorized  by  the  council 60.00 

SEC.  4.  That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  officials 
and  employes  in  the  leg^al  department  shall  be  as  follows: 

City  attorney ' $200.00 

Assistant  city  attorney \ 100.00 

Stenographer 60.00* 


S98  ORDINANCE    NO.    1333 — CON. 

Second  assistant  city  -attorney,  when  authorixed  by  the 

council .' 100.00 

SEC.  5.  That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  offiials 
and  employes  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  shall  be  as 
follows: 

City  clerk $100.00 

Deputy  clerks,  when  authorized  by  council 60.00 

SEC.  6.  That  the  monthly  salary  of  the  clerk  to 
the  justice  of  peace  shall  be  $60.00. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  salaries  of  officials  and  employes 
in  the  city  engineer's  office  be  as  follows: 

City  engineer,  per  month $  83.33 

Assistant  city  engineer,  when  needed,  per  day. .  .       3.00 

Draughtsman,  when  needed,  per  day 3.00 

Rodman,  when  needed,  per  day 1.75 

SEC.  8.  That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  officials 
and  employes  of  the  fire  department  shall  be  as  follows: 

Chief $100.00 

Assistant  chief 75.00 

Clerk =  ........ 45.00 

Seven  captains,  each 65.00 

Four  engineers,  each 70.00 

Twelve  drivers,  each 60.00 

Six  Lieutenants,  each 60.00 

Four  stokers,  each 60.00 

Tillerman 60.00 

Three  laddermen,  each 55.00 

Four  hosemen,  each 55.00 

Supply  driver 50.00 

Laddermen  and  hosemen,  each,  taken  on  trial,  for 
the  first  three  months,  $45.00  per  month,  after  which,  if 
retained,  to  receive  full  pay. 

Stokers  and  drivers,  each,  taken  on  trial,  for  first 
three  months,  $45.00  per  month,  after  which,  if  retained, 
to  receive  full  pay. 

SEC.  9.  That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  officials 
and  employes  of  the  police  department  be  as  follows: 

Chief $100.00 

Captain 70.00 

Two  detectives,  each 65,00 

Two  jailers,  each 50.00 

Two  drivers,  each 50.00 

Two  sergeants,  each 60.00 

Two  mounted  policemen,  each 60.00 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1333 — CON.  599 

Poundkeeper   41.66 

'atrolmen,  each,   when    authorized    by    the    city 

council 50,00 

SEC.  10.     That  the  persons  employed  by  the  city  of 
^acoma  to  catch  dogs  that  are  not  licensed  shall  receive 
:he  following-  monthly  salaries: 

log-catcher $  50.00 

Lssistant  dog-catcher 20.00 

Provided  that  said  dog-catcher  and  the  assistant 
shall  be  employed  only  during  the  months  of  August, 
~  jptember  and  October  in  each  year. 

SEC.  11.  That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  officials 
and  employes  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works'  office 
shall  be  as  follows: 

Commissioner  of  public  works $125.00 

Clerk 60.00 

SEC.  12.  That  the  monthly  salary  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  health  shall  be  $50.00. 

SEC.  13.  That  the  compensation  of  the  boiler  in- 
spector shall  be  such  as  provided  in  section  4  of  ordi- 
nance No.  938. 

SEC.  14.  That  the  compensation  of  the  market  mas- 
ter shall  be  the  fees  designated  to  be  paid  according  to 
section  2  of  ordinance  No.  845. 

SEC.  15.  That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  city 
hall  employes  shall  be  as  follows: 

Janitor  . .  ." $  50.00 

Night  watchman 50.00 

Engineer,  when  needed 70.00 

SEC.  16.  That  the  salaries  of  teamsters,  carpenters 
and  laborers  in  all  departments  (when  needed)  shall  be: 

Teamsters,  per  day $1.65 

Carpenters,  per  day 2.00 

Laborers,  per  day 1.50 

SEC.  17.  That  the  monthly  salary  of  the  harbor- 
master shall  be  $75.00,  and  out  of  this  amount  he  shall 
secure  offices  on  the  water  front  and  a  boat  for  visiting 
vessels  in  the  harbor,  and  the  city  shall  be  at  no  expense 
for  the  same. 

SEC.   18.     That  the  salaries  of  the  employes  of  the 
water  and  light  department  shall  be  as  follows; 
Foreman  of  lines,    police  and  fire  alarm  system, 

per  month $90.00 

Chief  clerk,  per  month 70.00 


600  ORDINANCE    NO.    1333 — CON. 

Two  clerks,  each,  per  month 55.00 

Water  inspectors,  each,  per  month 50.00 

Light  inspectors,  each,  per  month 55.00 

Engineers,  each,  per  month 80.00 

Firemen,  each,  per  month    60.00 

Machinists,  when  needed,  each,  per  day 3.00 

Blacksmith  and  horse  shoer,  per  day 2.50 

Blacksmith's  helper,  when  needed,  per  day.  ......     2.00 

Carpenter  and  pattern  maker,  per  day 2.50 

Plumber,  per  day 2.50 

Serviceman,  per  day 2.25 

Foreman  of  mains,  per  day 2.50 

Pipe-fitters  and  calkers,  each;  per  day. . 2.00 

Brickmasons,  when  needed,  per  day 3.00 

Dam  tender,  per  month 50.00 

Foreman  ot  flume,  per  month 60.00 

Three  flume  tenders,  when  needed,  each,  per  month  50.00 

Storekeeper,  per  month 55.00 

Linemen,  each,  per  month 65.00 

Trimmers,  each,  per  month 50.00 

Lamp  repairer,  per  month  . .. : 60.00 

SEC.   19.     That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  employes, 
in  the  street  and  sewer  department  shall  be  as  follows: 

Street   foreman $  65.00 

Barn  boss 60.00 

Bridge-tender 50.00 

Dumpman 40.00 

SEC.  20.  That  the  monthly  salaries  of  the  city 
librarian  and  the  assistant  librarians  be  as  follows: 

City  librarian $  60.00 

Two  assistants,  each 35.00 

SEC.  21.  That  the  monthly  salary  of  the  building 
and  license  inspector  shall  be  $65.00. 

SEC.  22.  That  the  monthly  salary  of  the  inspector 
of  plumbing  shall  be  $50.00. 

SEC.  23.  That  nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be 
construed  to  prevent  the  changing  of  salaries  by  ordi- 
nance at  any  time,  and  that  the  right  and  power  is  here- 
by reserved  to  at  any  time  make  changes  in  same,  and 
to  change  the  number  of  officials  or  employes,  salaries 
for  whom  are  fixed  by  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  24.  That 'ordinances  Nos.  1084,  1111,  1134, 
1135,  1138,  1143,  1149,  1163,  1181,  1234,  1262  and  1287, 


OKD1NANCK    XO.     1333 — CON. 

section  2  of  ordinance  No.  1074,  section  4  of  ordinance 
No.  1142,  and  section  2  of  ordinance  No.  1254,  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  September  9,  1898. 


601 


The  following*  ordinances  have  been  passed  by  the 
City  Council  since  the  copy  of  the  revised  ordinances, 
went  to  press.  However,  the  same  arrangement  inta 
parts  and  classifications  has  been  preserved,  and  refer- 
ences to  the  ordinances  will  be  found  in  the  index. 


Unrepealed  Ordinances. 
II. 

Confirming   the  assessment   roll   for  improving  the 
following  streets  and  avenues. 

1341 — Confirming  assessment  roll  for  improvement 
of  Puyallup  avenue  from  East  C  to  East 
G  streets E  674 

XI. 
Miscellaneous. 

Miscellaneous  ordinances  relating  to 

1334 — Ordering  construction  of  dwelling  in  Point 

Defiance  park,  etc .....,.,   E  662 

1336 — Authorizing  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  to  contract  with  A.  H.  Bowman  to 
supply  water  in  South  Tacoma,  etc E  664 

1339 — Authorizing  purchase  of  copper  wire E  672" 

1342 — Authorizing    the   commissioner    of    public 

works  to  purchase  certain  supplies E  678 


604  ORDINANCE    NO.    1346. 


PART  I. 

III 


Buildings. 

(SEE   PAGE   166.) 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1346. 

An  ordinance  declaring-  certain  building-s  and  structures  to  be  nuisan- 
ces, and  providing-  for  the  abatement  of  such  nuisances. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  That  all  building's  in  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma which  are  now  or  shall  hereafter  be,  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  inspector  of  buildings  and  licenses,  so  dam- 
aged from  the  action  of  the  elements  or  decay,  by  fire, 
or  through  improper  construction,  as  to  be  dangerous  to 
the  public  safety,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  nuisances; 
and  the  said  inspector  of  buildings  and  licenses  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  after 
giving  the  notice  hereinafter  provided  for,  to  abate  such 
nuisances,  by  removing,  tearing  down,  or  destroying 
such  buildings. 

SEC.  2.  Before  removing  or  tearing  down  any  such 
building  and  abating  such  nuisance,  the  inspector  of 
buildings  and  licenses  shall  serve  or  cause  to  be  served, 
upon  the  owner  or  agent  of  the  building,  in  case  such 
owner  is  a  resident  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  a  written  no- 
tice to  repair  such  building,  or  to  tear  down  or  remove 
the  same  within  ten  days  from  the  date  of  such  notice; 
which  said  notice  shall  be  served  by  delivering  a  true 
copy  thereof  to  such  owner  or  agent  pernonally  within 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  or  by  leaving  a  true  copy  thereof  at 
the  usual  place  of  residence  of  such  owner  or  agent  with 
some  person  of  suitable  age  and  discretion.  In  case  such 
owner  or  agent  is  a  resident  of  Pierce  county,  but  does 
not  live  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  such 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1349.  605 

notice  may  be  served  by  mailing"  a  true  copy  thereof  to 
such  owner  or  agent  at  his  postoffice  address, 

SEC.  3.  In  every  case  where  the  owner  of  the 
building's  mentioned  in  section  1  of  this  ordinance  shall 
be  absent  from,  or  anon-resident  of  the  county  of  Pierce, 
the  inspector  of  building's  and  licenses  shall  g^ive  such 
owner  a  like  notice  to  repair  the  said  building's,  or  to 
tear  down  or  remove  the  same;  which  said  notice  shall 
be  g"iven  by  publishing",  once  each  week  for  four  con- 
secutive weeks,  in  the  official  newspaper  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  a  notice,  stating*  substantially,  a  description  of 
the  buildings  which,  in  .the  opinion  of  the  inspector  of 
'building's  and  licenses  are  nuisances,  and  of  his  intention 
to  tear  down  or  remove  said  building's,  under  the  powers 
granted  by  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.  In  any  case  of  emergency  where  the  said 
building's  mentioned  in  section  1  hereof  are  in  such  a  con- 
dition as  to  threaten  great  and  immediate  danger  to  the 
safety  of  the  public,  the  inspector  of  building's  and  licen- 
ses shall  have  power,  when  in  his  discretion,  he  finds 
there  is  not  time  to  g*ive  the  notice  hereinbefore  provided 
for,  to  cause  the  immediate  tearing  down  >and  removal  of 
such  building's  without  notice. 

Approved  October  28,  1898. 


CLASS  IV. 
Fire  Department. 

(SEE   PAGE   167.) 

ORDINANCE  NO.  1349. 

An  ordinance  amending  section  1  of  ordinance  No.  1000,  entitled  "An 
ordinance  to  establish  fire  limits  and  to  regulate  the  erection,  alter- 
ation, repair  and  removal  of  buildings  within  the  same,  and  to  pro- 
vide a  penalty." 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  That  section  1  of  ordinance  No.  1000, 
entitled,  "An  ordinance  to  establish  fire  limits  and  to 
regulate  the  erection,  alteration,  repair  and  removal  of 
building's  within  the  same  and  to  provide  a  penalty,  be 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 


606  OKDINANCE    NO,    1349 — CON. 

"SECTION  1.  That  the  fire  limits  In  the  city  of 
Tacoma  are  hereby  established  and  declared  to  be  in  the 
following*  described  boundaries,  to- wit:  Beginning-  at  a 
point  on  the  center  line  of  Railroad  street  665  feet  north 
of  the  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street,  thence  running- 
east  in  South  Seventh  street,  parallel  to  the  center  line 
thereof,  810  feet  to  a  point  620  feet  east  of  the  center 
line  of  Pacific  avenue;  thence  south  along*  a  line  parallel 
to  and  distant  620  feet  from  the  center  line  of  Pacific 
avenue  to  a  point  200  feet  south  from  the  center  line  of 
South  Thirteenth  street  produced;  thence  southwesterly 
to  a  point  at  the  intersection  of  the  north  boundary  of 
South  Fifteenth  street,  produced,  and  the  orig-inal  center 
line  of  A  street;  thence  north  on  the  center  line  of  A 
street  to  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  South 
Fourteenth  street;  thence  west  on  the  center  line  of 
South  Fourteenth  street  to  the  center  line  of  the  alley 
between  Pacific  avenue  and  A  street;  thence  south  on  the 
center  line  of  the  said  alley  to  the  center  line  of  South 
Fifteenth  street;  thence  east  on  the  center  line  of  South 
Fifteenth  street  165  feet;  thence  southwesterly  on  the 
line  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company,  follow- 
ing- approximately  the  center  line  between  the  main 
tracks,  to  a  point  170  feet  distant  east  from  the  center 
line  of  Pacific  avenue  measured  at  rig-ht  ang-les  thereto; 
thence  south  on  a  line  parallel  to  Pacific  avenue  and  170 
feet  distant  from  the  center  thereof,  to  a  point  on 
the  center  line  of  South  Twentieth  street;  thence  south 
on  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Pacific  avenue 
and  A  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
South  Twenty-fourth  street;  thence  east  on  the  center 
line  of  South  Twenty-fourth  street  to  its  intersection 
with  the  center  line  of  A  street;  thence  south 
on  the  center  line  of  A  street  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-fifth  sreet; 
thence  west  on  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-fifth 
street  to  the  intersection  with  tbe  center  line  of  the  alley 
between  Pacific  avenue  and  C  street;  thence  north  on  the 
center  line  of  the  alley  between  Pacific  avenue  and  C 
street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South 
Twenty-third  street;  thence  north  on  the  center  line  of 
Railroad  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
Hood  street;  thence  southwesterly  on  the  center  line  of 
Hood  street  to  the  center  line  of  South  Twenty-first 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1349 — CON.  607 

street;  thence  west  on  the  center  line  of  South  twenty- 
first  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  Jef- 
ferson street;  thence  northeasterly  on  the  center  line  of 
Jefferson  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
the  alley  between  C  and  D  streets;  thence  north  on  the 
center  line  of  the  alley  between  C  and  D  streets  to  its 
intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South  Thirteenth 
street;  thence  west  on  the  center  line  of  South  Thir- 
teenth street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
the  alley  between  D  and  E  streets;  thence  north  on  the 
center  line  of  the  alley  between  D  and  E  streets  to  its 
intersection  with  the  center  line  of  South  Seventh  street; 
thence  easterly  on  the  center  line  of  South  Seventh  street 
to  its  intersection  with  the  centerline  of  Railroad  street; 
thence  south  on  the  center  line  of  Railroad  street  270.71 
feet  to  the  place  of  beginning-. 

Also  beginning-  at  a  point  at  the  intersection  of  the 
center  line  of  Tacoma  avenue  with  the  center  line  of 
South  Ninth  street;  thence  east  on  the  center  line  of 
South  Ninth  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line 
of  the  alley  between  Tacoma  avenue  and  E  street;  thence 
south  on  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Tacoma, 
avenue  and  E  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center 
line  of  South  Fifteenth  street;  thence  west  on  the  center 
line  of  South  Fifteenth  street  to  its  intersection  with 
the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Tacoma  avenue  and 
G  street;  thence  north  on  the  center  line  of  the  alley  be- 
tween Tacoma  avenue  and  G  street  to  its  intersection, 
with  the  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street;  thence  east 
on  the  center  line  of  South  Ninth  street  to  the  place  of 
beginning." 

Approved  November  11,  1898. 

NOTE — For  ordinance  No.  1000  see  page  223.. 


ORDINANCE    NO.     1343. 

CLASS  V. 
Health. 

(See  pag-e  167.) 
ORDINANCE  NO.  1343. 

An  ordinance  to  protect  the  public  health,  to  prevent  the  spread  of  con- 
tagious diseases,  and  prescribing-  rules  and  regulations  for  the  board 
of  health  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  prescribing  a  penalty  for  the  vio- 
lation thereof  and  repealing  ordinances  Nos.  40,  N.  T.,  80,  104,  155, 
211,  384,  1074,  1314  and  1319. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma : 

Commissioner  SECTION  1.     That  there  is  hereby  created  the  office 

of  commissioner  of  health  of  the  city  of  Tacoma. 
qualifications,  SEC.  2.     That  the  commissioner  of  health  shall  be 

a  practicing*  physician  and  surg-eon. 

®oard\af  health  SEC.  3.  There  is  hereby  established  a  board  of 
health,  consisting'  of  the  ma}-or,  president  of  the  city 
council,  commissioner  of  health,  chief  of  police  and 
plumbing'  inspector. 

Contagions  and          SEC.  4.     The  board  of  health  may,   at  any  time  it 
Diseases,  mav  deem  it  necessary,  employ  assistance  to  aid  the  com- 

missioner of  health  in  case  of  any  contagious  or  infec- 
tious disease. 

contag-  SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  physician, 
every  householder,  every  owner  or  occupant  of  any  house, 
store,  hotel,  boarding  house,  stable,  or  any  building",  and 
any  tenant  in  any  building1,  wherein  any  person  has  diph- 
theria, smallpox,  varioloid,  scarlet  fever,  measles,  whoop- 
ing--coug-h,  chicken  pox,  cerebro  spinal  meneg-itis.  typhoid 
fever,  or  any  other  contagious  or  dang-erous  disease  or 
diseases,  to  give  immediate  notice  to  the  commissioner  of 
health  in  person  or  by  writing1,  of  the  existence  of  such 
disease,  particularly  describing*  the  place  where  the  same 
exists.  And  whenever  it  shall  come  to  the  knowledge 
of  the  commissioner  of  health  of  the  existence  of  any  of 
the  foreg'oing-  contagious  diseases,  it  shall  be  his  duty 
forthwith,  when  safe  and  practicable,  if  in  his  judgment 
Kemoval  to*  ^e  necessi^y  of  the  case  requires  it,  to  cause  such  in- 
fest house.  fected  person  to  be  removed  to  the  pest-house,  and  there 
properly  provided  for  and  taken  care  of.  When,  how- 
ever, it  is  unsafe  and  impracticable  to  remove  such  per- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1343 — CON, 

son  to  the  pest-house,  it  shall  be  his  duty,  forthwith,  at 
the  expense  of  the  house  or  place  where  such  infected 
person  or  persons  shall  be,  to  give  notice  of  the  existence  Notice,  how 
of  such  disease  in  such  place  by  placing  a  green  flag  and  siven- 
a  green  card  in  case  of  diphtheria,  with  the  word  "diph- 
theria"  in  large  letters  on  said  card;  and  a  scarlet  flag 
and  a  scarlet  card  in  case  of  scarlet  fever,  with  the  words 
"scarlet  fever"  in  large  letters  on  sai'd  card;  and  a  yel- 
low flag  and  a  yellow  card  in  case  of  smallpox  or  varioloid 
with  the  word  "smallpox,"  in  large  letters  on  said  card; 
and  in  all  other  cases  a  white  flag;  where  they  may  be 
seen  by  persons  passing  on  the  street  near  said  premises. 
Said  flags  shall  be  eighteen  inches  wide  and  twenty-four 
inches  long;  and  said  cards  shall  not  be  less  than  five 
inches  wide  and  fourteen  inches  long;  and  both  said  flags 
and  said  cards  shall  remain  until  such  person  shall  have 
so  far  recovered  that  no  danger  of  infection  shall  remain; 
and  neither  said  cards  nor  flags  shall  be  removed  except 
by  order  of  the  board  of  health.  There  shall  also  be 
printed  on  all  of  said  cards  the  following  words:  "This 
card  shall  not  be  removed  except  by  order  of  the  board 
of  health." 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  person  or  per- 
sons  owning,  running,  operating,  or  having*  charge  of 
any  hospital,  private  or  public,  to  report  immediately 
any  death  that  may  occur  in  said  hospital,  the  cause  of 
death  and  any  other  information  about  such  diseased 
person  as  the  board  of  health  may  deem  requisite  and 
necessary..  Such  report  shall  be  made  to  the  commis- 
sioner of  health,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  investigate 
the  matter;  and  upon  the  request  of  any  person,  he  may 
call  together  the  board  of  health  to  investigate  fully  the 
cause  of  death,  and  in  such  case  the  city  clerk  shall 
make  a  record  of  all  the  proceedings  therein. 

SEC.  7.  The  board  of  health  shall  have  power  to  -Quarantine., 
order  the  quarantine  of  any  house,  and  establish  any 
pest  house  or  hospital;  and  shall  have  the  power  to  di- 
rect the  commissioner  of  health  to  provide  medical  at- 
tendance, medicines  and  nursing  to  any  person  sick  with 
any  contagious  disease  in  any  private  residence  or  pub- 
lic house,  when,  in  the  opinion  of  such  board  of  health, 
the  public  will  be  thereby  better  protected  than  by  re- 
moving" such  sick  person  to  the  hospital. 

SEC..   8.     The   commissioner  of  health  shall,  when-  Vaccination, 


610  ORDINANCE   NO.    1343 — CON. 

ever  in  his  opinion  it  becomes  necessary  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  smallpox,  order  any  person  or  persons  to  be 
vaccinated;  and  any  person  or  persons  refusing*  or  neglect- 
ing* for  three  days  to  comply  with  such  order,  having*  it  in 
their  power  to  comply,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor. Persons  unable  to  pay  the  expense  shall  be 
vaccinated  under  the  supervision  of  the  commissioner  of 
health,  at  the  expense  of  the  city.  And  for  the  purpose 
of  carrying  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
the  commissioner  of  health  shall  be  authorized  to  enter 
any  house  or  building-  of  any  kind  within  the  city  limits 
and  search  the  same. 

Examine  small  $EC  9  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  cause  all 
cases  of  Asiatic  cholera  or  smallpox  brought  to  his  no- 
tice to  be  examined,  and  shall  report  the  results  of  such 
examination  to  the  board  of  health,  and  shall  see  that  all 
persons  violating-  this  ordinance  for  the  preservation  of 
public  health  are  duly  prosecuted. 

laundry  sewer          SEC.   10.     No  person  shall  keep  or  maintain  within 

connection.  the  dty  of  Tacoma  any  public  laundry  or  wash  house 
where  clothes  or  other  articles  are  washed  for  hire,  unless 
such  public  laundry  or  wash  house  is  connected  with  the 
city  sewer,  or  with  any  other  underground  sewer  or  out- 
let to  tide  water,  by  a  g-ood  and  sufficient  underground 
drain. 

Fictitious  food.  $EC.  11.  No  compound,  for  food  or  drink,  shall  be 
offered  for  sale  or  sold  under  a.ny  fictitious  name,  label 
or  brand. 

1  °f  SEC>   12'     It:  sha11  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioner 

of  health  to  inspect,  when  called  upon  to  do  so  by  any 
person,  or  when  in  his  or  the  opinion  of  the  board  of 
health,  or  any  of  its  members,  it  seems  necessary,  all 
provisions,  meat,  fish,  fruit,  vegetables,  bread,  flour, 
pork,  whisky,  beer,  wine,  milk,  and  water,  and  all 
liquors,  and  any  and  all  things  offered  for  sale  in  the 
city  to  be  used  as  food  or  drink. 

Condemned  SEC.  13.     Said  commissioner  of    health  shall    have 

articles  to  be  the  right  to  enter,  for  the  purpose  of  making  such  exam- 
ination and  inspection,  any  place  or  building1  where  any 
of  the  articles  enumerated  in  section  12  of  this  ordi- 
nance are  kept  for  sale;  and  no  person  shall  be  permit- 
ted to  sell  or  dispose  of  anything  pronounced  by  said 
officer  as  unfit  to  be  used  for  food;  and  all  such  articles 
or  thing's  shall  be  seized  and  destroyed  by  said  officer. 


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SEC.  14.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  Report  deatki, 
every  practicing:  physician  in  the  city  to  report  in  writing 
to  the  commissioner  of  health  the  death  of  any  of  his  or 
her  patients  who  may  have  died  in  said  city  of  contagious 
©r  infectious  diseases,  within  twenty-four  hours  there- 
after, and  to  state  in  such  report  the  specific  name  and 
type  of  such  disease. 

SEC.   15,     Every  physician,  midwife  and  other  Per~ 
son  who  may  professionally  assist  or  advise  at  any  birth, 
shall,  within  one  week,  make  a  report  of  such   birth  to 
the  commissioner  of  health,  and   therein  enter  the  time 
and  place,  ward  and  street,  of  such  birth,    and  the  sex 
and  color  of  the  child  born,  and  the  name  and  residence 
of  each  of  the  parents,  so  far  as  the  foregoing"  facts  can 
be  ascertained.     And  every  physician  or  professional  ad- 
viser who  has  attended  any  person  at  a  last  illness,   or 
has  been  present  by  request  at  the  death  of  any  person, 
shall,  within  thirty-six  hours,  make  a  report  to  the  com- 
missioner of  health  of  such    death,     stating    the    cause 
thereof  and  specifying  the  date,   hour  and  place  of  such 
•death.     Proper  blanks  for  the  above  shall  be  furnished  ^P^  of 
by  the  commissioner  of  health,     And  at  the  end  of  each 
month,  when  the  commissioner  of  health  makes   his  re-Reporiof 
port  to  the  city  council,  he  shall  transmit  therewith  all  commissioner 
reports  of  births  and  deaths  to  the  city  clerk,   who  shall of  health, 
keep  a  record  of  the  same. 

SEC.  16.  That  no  person  shall  within  the  city, 
without  a  permit  from  the  commissioner  of  health,  carry 
-or  remove  from  one  building  to  another,  or  from  any  ves-  disease, 
sel  to  the  shore,  any  person  sick  of  any  contagious  dis- 
ease; nor  shall  any  person,  by  any  exposure  of  any  indi- 
vidual sick  of  any  contagious  disease,  or  of  the  body  of 
such  peason,  or  by  any  negligent  act  connected  there- 
with, or  in  respect  of  the  care  or  custody  thereof,  or  by 
a.  needless  exposure  of  himself  cause  or  contribute  to  or 
promote  the  spread  of  disease  from  any  such  person  or 
from  any  dead  body. 

SEC.   17.     No  person,  master,  captain  or  conductor Quarantia^ 
in  charge  of  any  boat,  vessel,  railroad  car  or  public  con- 
veyance, shall  knowingly  bring  into  this  city  any  person 
or  persons  diseased  of  cholera,  smallpox,  ship  fever,  or  - 
contagious    or  communicable  disease    whatsoever.     No 
vessel,  boat,  railroad  car,  or  public  conveyance,  at  any 
time  covered  by  proclamation  of  quarantine,  shall   pass 


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by  any  quarantine  station  or  place  without  stopping,  nor 
shall  leave  the  same  without  special  permit  from  the 
commissioner  of  health;  and  no  person  stopping1  in 
said  quarantine,  or  received  therein,  shall  leave  the  same 
without  first  obtaining  permisaion  from  the  commission- 
er of  health  or  attending*  physicians;  nor  shall  any  per- 
son aid  or  abet  any  master,  conductor  or  person  in  charge 
of  any  boat,  vessel,  railroad  car  or  pnblic  conveyance,  in 
violating,  neglecting  or  evading  any  provision  or  require- 
ment of  this  ordinance;  nor  shall  any  person  interfere 
with,  resist,  neglect  or  refuse  to  obey  the  orders  of  any 
physician,  health  officer,  police  officer,  or  other  person  in 
authority  at  any  quarantine  station  or  place  of  quaran- 
tine; nor  commit  any  breach  of  peace,  nor  do  any  act  cal- 
culated in  any  way  to  defeat  or  interfere  with  the  provis- 
ions or  requirements  of  this  section,  or  of  any  regula- 
tions of  the  said  commissioner,  physician  or  officer  in 
charge  of  any  quarantine. 

School  SEC.   18.     That  no  person    from    any    house    where 

attendance.  any  person  is  sick  or  afflicted  with  any  of  the  diseases 
named  or  provided  for  in  section  5  of  this  ordinance, 
shall  attend  any  school  in  this  city  until  the  recovery  or 
death  of  said  sick  person;  and  said  person  must  be  pro- 
vided with  a  certificate  from  the  attending  physician  of 
the  commissioner  of  health,  certifying  to  their  non-con- 
tagiousness, which  statement  must  be  presented  to  the. 
principal  or  teacher  of  said  school  before  said  person 
will  allowed  to  return. 

Duty  of  SEC.   19.     It  shall    be   the    duty    of   all    physicians^ 

physicians, etc.  upon  discovery  of  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease, 
to  instruct  the  parents  or  guardians  of  any  child  or 
minor  who  may  be  residing  at  the  infected  premises,  of 
the  provisions  of  the  above  section,  and  at  once  report 
such  cases  to  the  commissioner  of  health.  And  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  any  principal  or  teacher  of  any  school  in 
this  city,  to  report  at  once  in  writing  any  violation  of 
the  above  section. 

Notificationof  SEC.   20.     That  the  commissioner,   manager,   princi- 

sick  from  pa]?  or  other  proper  head  officer  of  each  and  every  pub- 

lic or  private  institution  in  the  city,  keepers,  lessees, 
tenants,  and  owners  of  hotels,  boarding  houses,  lodging 
houses,  shall,  within  six  hours  after  the  facts  shall  come 
to  his  or  her  or  their  knowledge,  notify  the  commissioner 
of  health  in  writing  of  the  fact  of  any  person  lately  from 


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any  steamboat  or  vessel  being1  taken  sick  at  any  such 
house;  and  shall  in  such  notice  state  where  such  sick 
person  may  be  found,  from  what  vessel  and  when  he 
came,  to  the  best  of  the  knowledge  of  the  persou  or  per- 
sons giving1  such  notice. 

SEC.  21.  That  no  principal  or  teacher  of  any  Vaccination, 
school  shall  admit  any  child  or  minor  who  shall  not  have 
been  vaccinated  within  seven  years  next  preceding  the 
admission,  or  application  for  admission;  nor  shall  any 
principal  or  teacher  retain  in  or  permit  to  attend  any 
school  any  such  child  or  minor  who  shall  not  have  been  so 
vaccinated. 

SEC.   22.     The  evidence  of  such  vaccination  shall  be  Evidence  of. 
a  certificate  signed  by  the  commissioner  of  health  or  any 
physician  duly  licensed  by  the  state  board  of  examiners. 

SEC.  23.  The  commissioner  of  health  is  hereby  em-  Yisit  schools, 
powered  to  visit  any  and  all  public  and  private  schools 
in  the  city,  and  to  make,  or  cause  to  be  made,  an  exam- 
ination of.  the  children  and  minors  in  attendance  therein, 
as  often  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  secure  compliance 
with  the  provisions  hereof. 

SEC.  24.  Any  principal  or  teacher  of  any  school  Penalty, 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  section  21  of 
this  ordinance,  or  shall  in  any  way  prevent,  or  attempt 
to  prevent,  the  commissioner  of  health  from  exercising 
the  power  conferred  upon  him  by  section  23  of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall,  upon  conviction,  be  liable  to  the  penalty 
hereinafter  described. 

SEC.  25.  That  upon  the  death  or  convalescence  of  Disinfection* 
any  person  or  persons  affected  or  sick  with  any  disease  et 
named  or  provided  for  in  section  5  of  this  ordinance,  the 
commissioner  of  health  shall  at  once  cause  the  room  or 
rooms  used  by,  and  those  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of, 
said  person  or  persons,  together  with  the  contents  of 
said  room  or  rooms,  to  be  thoroughly  disinfected,  cleaned, 
fumigated,  or  whatever  in  his  discretion  may  be  deemed 
necessary  in  order  to  prevent  a  further  spread  of  the 
disease,  even  in  extreme  cases  to  destroying  said  con- 
tents of  said  room.  All  this  to  be  done  at  the  expense  of 
the  owner,  when  he  or  she  is  able,  and  when  he  or  she  is 
not,  then  at  the  expense  of  the  city. 

SEC.   26.     That  no  person  or  persons  who  have  been  Convalescents. 
affected  or  sick  with  any  of  the  diseases  named  and   pro- 
vided for  in  section  5  of  this  ordinance,  or  who  have  beea 


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Burial  of  dead 


Time'of  burial 


Certificate  of 
death. 


Permit  for 
burial,  etc. 


quarantined  or  isolated  in  any  place  within  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  city,  shall  be  allowed  to  leave  such  place 
without  the  permission  of  the  commissioner  of  health. 

SEC.  27.  Upon  the  death  of  any  person  affected  or 
sick  with  any  disease  named  or  provided  for  in  section  5 
of  this  ordinance,  the  following1  regulations  must  be  ob- 
served: The  remains  of  said  person  must  be  thoroughly 
disinfected  and  exposed  to  the  view  of  no  one  except 
those  absolutely  necessary  in  preparing*  the  body  for 
burial,  and  be  placed  in  a  hearse,  (but  no  other  vehicle), 
which  must  not  be  accompanied  by  more  than  two  vehi- 
cles, and  shall  be  taken  directly  from  the  place  of  death 
to  the  place  of  burial  within  twenty-four  hours. 

SEC.  28.  The  burial  of  any  person  who  may  die  of 
any  of  the  diseases  named  or  provided  for  in  section  5  of 
this  ordinance  must  take  place  within  twenty-four  hours 
after  such  death,  and,  when  practicable,  should  take 
place  in  the  night. 

SEC.  29.  That  whenever  any  person  shall  die  withia 
the  city  of  Tacoma  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  physician 
attending  such  person  during  his  or  her  last  sickness,  or 
of  the  coroner  when  the  case  comes  under  his  official  no- 
tice, to  furnish  and  deliver  to  the  undertaker,  or  other 
person  superintending  the  burial  of  said  deceased  per- 
son, a  certificate  in  writing  duly  signed,  setting  forth  as 
far  as  the  same  may  be  ascertained,  the  name,  age,  color, 
sex,  nativity  (giving  state  or  country),  occupation,  whether 
married  or  single,  cause,  date,  and  place  of  death,  (giving 
street  and  number),  and  duration  of  sickness  of  said  de- 
ceased. And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  undertaker  or 
other  person  in  charge  of  the  burial  of  said  deceased 
person  to  forward  said  certificate,  with  a  report  of  the 
place  of  burial,  to  the  commissioner  of  health,  within 
twenty-four  hours  after  such  death.  Provided  that  in 
case  of  death  from  any  infectious  or  contagious  disease, 
said  certificate  shall  be  so  made  and  forwarded  within 
twelve  hours  thereafter. 

SEC.  30.  That  no  interment  or  disinterment  of  the 
dead  body  of  any  human  being,  or  disposition  thereof  in 
any  tomb,  vault  or  cemetery,  shall  be  made  without  a 
permit  therefor  granted  by  the  commissioner  of  health 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma.  And  no  sexton,  undertaker  or 
other  person  shall  bury,  or  cause  to  be  buried,  the  body 
of  any  deceased  person,  except  in  such  grounds  as  are 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1343 — CON.  6t 

now  known  and  used  as  burial  grounds,  or  such  as  shall 
hereafter  be  by  law  designated  and  authorized  to  be  used 
.as  such. 

SEC.  31.  That  no  dead  body  or  part  of  the  dead  Permit  for 
lx)dy  of  any  human  being-  shall  be  in  any  manner  carried tratlsltofdead 
-or  conveyed  from,  in,  to  or  throug-h  the  city  of  Tacyoma 
by  any  person,  or  by  means  of  any  boat,  vessel,  car,  stage 
•or  other  vehicle,  or  by  any  public  or  private  conveyance, 
without  a  permit  therefor  first  granted  by  the  commis- 
sioner of  health  of  said  city;  provided  that  the  same 
effect  ma}7  be  given  by  the  said  commissioner  of  health 
to  a  burial  or  transit  permit  issued  by  the  proper  author- 
ity of  any  other  place  or  jurisdiction  when  the  death  of 
the  person  named  in  the  permit  shall  have  occurred  with- 
in such  place  or  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  32.  That  whenever  a  permit  for  burial  is  ap-  investigation 
plied  for  in  case  of  death  without  the  attendance  of  a of  death, 
physician,  or  if  it  be  impossible  to  obtain  a  physician's 
certificate,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of 
health  to  iiivestig-ate  the  cause  and  circumstances  of  such 
death,  to  make  and  sign  the  certificate  required  by  sec- 
tion 20  of  this  ordinance;  and  if  not  satisfied  as  to  the 
cause  and  circumstances  of  such  death,  he  shall  refer 
the  case  to  the  coroner.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  cor- 
oner within  three  days  after  the  taking-  of  any  inquest 
to  file  a  written  statement  with  the  said  commissioner  of 
health,  properly  signed  and  attested,  stating-,  so  far  as 
he  is  able,  where  and  upon  the  body  of  whom  such  in- 
quest was  held,  and  the  cause  and  date  and  place  of  the 
death  of  such  person. 

SEC.    33.     It    is    hereby     declared     unlawful     for  Funeral, 
any  person  to  take  the  remains  of  anyone   dead  of  any 
of  the  diseases  named  in  section  5  of  this  ordinance,  into 
any  church  or  public  building-  for  the  purpose  of  holding- 
funeral  services  over  the  remains  of  such  person. 

SEC.   34.      That  no  person  shall  suffer  or  permit  any  Cesspools,  etc. 
cellar  vault,  private  drain,  cesspool,  privy,  or  sewer  upon 
any  premises  belong-ing-  to  or  occupied  by  him  or  her, 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  to  become  nause- 
ous, offensive  or  injurious  to  the  public  health. 

SEC.  35.  No  distiller,  tanner,  brewer,  soap  boiler, 
tallow  chandler,  meat  packer,  dyer,  livery  stable  keeper, 
housekeeper,  or  other  person,  shall  discharg-e  out  of,  or 
permit  to  flow  from  his  or  their  premises,  any  foul  or 
nauseous  liquors,  slops,  or  substances  whatever  into  any 


16  ORDINANCE   NO,    1343 — CON. 

private  ground,    street,    lane,    or  public   ground  within 
said  city. 

)ead  animals,  SEC.  36.  No  person  shall  deposit  or  leave,  or  cause 
to  be  left,  or  placed,  or  deposited  in  any  part  of  said 
city,  any  dead  animal,  or  any  animal  or  vegetable  excre- 
mentative,  or  other  substance,  which  is  offensive,  or 
which  by  process  of  decomposition  may  become  offen- 
sive, 

SKC'  37'  If  an?  Person  within  the  limits  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma  shall  permit  or  suffer  on  his,  her,  or 
their  premises,  or  on  premises  on  which  he,  she,  or  they 
may  be  the  occupant  or  occupants,  any  nuisance,  either 
by  exercising-  any  unwholesome  or  offensive  trade,  call- 
ing1, or  business,  or  by  having-  or  suffering-  or  permitting* 
any  building-,  out-houses,  sewer,  sink,  or  any  putrid  or 
unsound  beef,  pork,  fish,  hides,  skins,  or  any  carcass,  or 
any  unwholesome  substance,  or  anything-  whatever,  to 
be  or  remain  on  premises  of  which  he,  she  or  they  shall 
be  the  owner  or  owners,  occupant  or  occupants,  until  by 
offensive  and  ill  stenches,  or  otherwise,  they,  or  any  of 
them,  shall  become  offensive,  hurtful,  or  dang-erous  to 
the  neig-hborhood,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  health  to  g-ive  notice  to  such  person  or  persons 
to  remove  such  nuisances  forthwith;  and  if  the  owner  or 
owners,  occupant  or  occupants,  of  premises  on  which 
such  nuisance  shall  be  situated,  shall  neg-lect  or  refuse  to 
remove  the  same  for  the  space  of  twenty-four  hours  after 
such  notice  shall  have  been  g-iven,  he,  she,  or  they,  upon 
conviction  thereof  before  any  justice  of  the  peace  having- 
jurisdiction  of  municipal  offenses,  shall  be  liable  to  the 
penalty  hereinafter  prescribed,  tog-ether  with  the  ex- 
pense of  removing-  such  nuisance  and  the  cost  of  prose- 
cution. 

ibatementof  SEC.   38.     If  any  person    or    persons    shall,     after 

uisancc.  ,  •  *•  •  -\  * 

notice  as  aforesaid,  permit  any  such  nuisance  to  remain, 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  commissioner  of  health  to  re- 
move and  abate  such  nuisance,  either  by  removing-  the 
putrefaction  or  by  draining-  the  premises,  or  by  filling* 
them  up  forthwith  under  the  direction  of  the  said  com- 
missioner of  health;  and  the  person  or  persons  permit- 
ting- the  same  to  remain  as  aforesaid,  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof,  be  liable  to  the  penalty  hereinafter  prescribed. 
Jhief  of  police.  SEC>  39  jt  sha]]  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  po]ice 

to  cause  to  be  executed  all  orders  of  the  commissioner  of 


ORDINANCE    NO,     1343 — CON.  617 

health,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  preservation  of  the 
health  of  the  city,  or  whenever  requested  to  do  so  by  the 
commissioner  of  health. 

SEC.  40.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  policeman  of  Policemen, 
the  city  of  Tacoma  to  report  promptly  at  the  office  of  the 
commissioner  of  health  any  violation  of  the  rules  of  the 
board  of  health  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  that  may  become 
known  to  him  while  on  duty;  and  he  is  authorized  to 
cause  its  abatement. 

SEC.  41.     It  shall  constitute  and  is  hereby  declared  a  Privy  a 
nuisance  for  any  person  to  erect  or  maintain  a  privy  as  near  n 
as  thirty  feet  to  any  street,  dwelling,  shop,  or  well,  unless 
the  same  be  furnished  with  a  substantial  vault   six  feet 
deep  and  made  water  tight,  so  that  the  contents  cannot 
escape  therefrom  and  sufficiently  enclosed.     All  privies 
not  so  constructed  are   hereby  declared    nuisances,  and 
may  be  summarily  abated  by  the  board  of  health. 

SEC.  42.  In  all  cases  where  a  nuisance  shall  be 
found  in  any  building  or  upon  any  ground  or  other  prem- 
ises within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  city,  twenty-four 
hours  notice  may  be  given  in  writing,  signed  by  the  com- 
missioner of  health,  to  the  owner  or  occupant  of  such 
building  or  other  premises,  where  he  is  known  and  can 
be  found,  to  remove  such  nuisance;  and  in  case  of  neg- 
lect or  refusal  to  abate  the  same  in  accordance  with  such 
notice,  he  shall  be  chargeable  with  the  expenses  which 
may  be  incurred  in  the  removal  thereof,  to  be  collected 
by  suit  or  otherwise,  in  addition  to  the  fine  or  penalty 
hereinafter  mentioned. 

SEC.  43.  That  no  pile  or  deposit  of  manure,  offal,  garbage,  etc. 
or  garbage,  or  accumulation  of  any  offensive  or  nauseous 
substance,  shall  be  made  within  the  limits  of  the  city; 
nor  shall  any  person  or  corporation  unload,  discharge,  or 
put  upon  or  along  the  line  of  any  railroad,  street,  alley 
or  highway,  or  public  place,  within  said  city,  any 
manure,  offal,  garbage  or  other  offensive  or  nauseous  sub- 
stance; nor  shall  cars  or  flats  loaded  with  or  having  upon 
them  any  such  substance  or  substances  be  allowed  to  re- 
main or  stand  on  or  along  any  railroad,  street  or  high- 
way within  the  limits  of  said  city,  within  three  hundred 
yards  of  any  inhabited  dwelling.  All  manure  vaults  at- 
tached to  stables,  or  all  deposits  of  manure  therewith 
connected,  shall  be  so  cared  for  by  owners  of  such  sta- 
bles as  in  no  case  to  become  a  nuisance. 


618 


ORDINANCE  NO.   1343 — CON. 


Dumping 
manure,  etc. 


Garbage 
receptacles. 


Common  law. 


Nuisances. 


Privy  vaults. 


2are  of 
markets. 


SEC.  44.  That  no  manure,  garbage,  offal,  or  any 
vegetable  or  animal  matter  or  nauseous  substance  detri- 
mental to  health  shall  be  dumped  or  deposited  at  any 
place  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  except  by 
special  permit  from  the  board  of  health. 

SEC.  45.  Every  tenement  or  lodging  house  shall 
have  the  proper  and  suitable  conveniences  or  receptacles 
for  receiving  garbage  and  other  refuse  matter.  No  tene- 
ment or  lodging  house,  nor  any  portion  thereof,  shall  be 
used  as  a  place  of  storage  of  any  article  dangerous  or 
detrimental  to  health. 

SEC.  46.  In  all  cases  where  no  provision  is  herein 
made  defining  what  are  nuisances,  and  how  the  same 
may  be  removed,  abated  or  prevented,  in  addition  to  what 
may  be  declared  such  herein,  those  offenses  which  are 
known  to  the  common  law  of  the  land  and  the  statutes 
of  the  state  of  Washington  as  nuisances,  may,  in  case 
the  same  exist  within  the  city  limits,  or  within  one  mile 
thereof,  be  treated  as  such,  and  proceeded  against  as  in 
this  ordinance  provided,  or  in  accordance  with  any  other 
law  which  shall  give  the  officer  trying  the  same  jurisdic- 
tion. 

SEC.  47.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  owners 
of  property  to  keep  all  privy  vaults  on  property  owned 
by  them  clean,  and  to  clean  them  promptly  whenever  no- 
tified to  do  so  by  the  commissioner  of  health;  and  any 
expense  incurred  in  cleaning  vaults  shall  be  paid  by  the 
owner  of  the  property,  or  his  agent;  and  all  disputes  be- 
tween owners  and  tenants  shall  be  adjusted  between 
themselves,  the  city  looking  to  the  owner  for  any  ex- 
penses incurred  by  reason  of  such  cleaning. 

SEC.  48.  That  every  person  being  the  owner,  les- 
see, or  occupant  of  any  room,  stall,  or  place  where  any 
meat,  fish  or  vegetables,  designed  or  held  for  human 
food,  shall  be  stored  or  kept,  or  held,  or  offered  for  sale,, 
shall  put  and  keep  such  place  and  its  appurtenances  in  a 
cleanly  and  wholesome  condition;  and  every  person  hav- 
ing charge  of,  or  interested  or  engaged  (whether  as 
principal  or  agent)  in  the  care  of  or  sale  of  any  meat, 
fish,  birds,  fowls,  or  vegetables,  or  other  articles  of  food 
whatever,  whether  in  its  natural  state  or  manufactured, 
shall  put  and  preserve  the  same  in  a  cleanly  and  whole- 
some condition,  and  shall  not  allow  the  same,  or  any  part 
thereof,  to  be  poisoned,  infected,  or  become  unsafe  or 
unwholesome. 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1343 — CON.  619 

SEC.  49.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  Unsound  food, 
knowing"  of  any  fish,  meat  or  fowl,  bird  or  vegetable,  or 
other  substance  being*  bought,  sold,  or  offered  for  sale, 
as  food  for  human  being's,  or  being*  in  market,  public  or 
private,  in  said  city,  not  being*  sound,  healthy  or  whole- 
some for  food,  to  report  forthwith  such  fact,  and  the  par- 
ticulars thereof,  to  the  board  of  health,  or  to  one  of  its 
officers. 

SEC.  50.  That  no  animal  shall  be  killed  for  human 
food  in  an  overheated,  feverish  or  diseased  condition. 
All  diseased  cattle  or  hog's  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  shall 
at  once  be  reported  to  the  commissioner  of  health  by  the 
owner  or  custodian  thereof. 

SEC,  51.  Whenever  the  attention  of  the  commis-  inspection  of 
sioner  is  called  to  the  water  from  any  well  or  cistern  or  water- 
spring*  or  other  source  of  supply  in  the  city  of  Tacoma, 
which,  after  a  careful  examination  by  said  commissioner 
of  health,  or  by  qualified  examiners,  is  found  to  be  im- 
pure, contaminated,  and  unfit  for  drink,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health  to  serve,  or  cause  to 
be  served,  on  the  owner  of  the  property  a  notice  in  writ- 
ing that  such  water  shall  be  no  long*er  used  for  drinking 
purposes.  And  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  board 
of  health  to  order  the  closure,  filling-  up,  or  destruction 
of  any  well  or  cistern,  or  other  source  of  supply,  whose 
waters,  after  a  careful  examination,  are  found  to  be  im- 
pure. And  when  such  steps  are  taken  by  said  board  of 
health,  any  tenant,  owner,  agent,  or  any  other  individual 
who  resists,  opposes,  or  attempts  in  any  way  to  interfere 
with  said  work  of  the  board  of  health,  or  resists  any 
properly  authorized  officer  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty, 
shall  be  subject  to  the  penalties  hereinafter  stated. 

SEC.  52.     That  whenever  the'commissioner  of  health  Quarantine  of 
ascertains  that  there  are  on  board  any  vessel  any  infec-  vessels* 
tious  or  contagious  diseases  liable  to  be  communicated  to 
the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  he  shall   order  a 
quarantine  of  said  vessel,  and  shall  cause  the  same  and 
all  passengers  thereon  to  be  quarantined  until  it  is   safe 
for  them  to  land;  and  he  shall  take  such  other  steps  in 
that  regard  as  will  effectually  prevent  any  contagious  or 
infectious   disease  from    reaching    the   city   of  Tacoma 
through  such  sources. 

SEC.  53.     The  board  of  health  shall  be  empowered,  Compulsory 
whenever  in  their  opinion  it  shall  appear  proper   and vaccinatlon* 


620 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1343 — CON. 


Removal  of 
g-arbage,  etc. 


Service  of 
notice. 


Penalty. 


conducive  to  public  health,  to  cause  all  people  arriving* 
at  the  city,  by  any  vessel  from  foreign  ports,  to  be 
vaccinated,  who  are  unable  to  prove  they  have  been 
vaccinated  within  the  last  five  years;  and  for  the  pur- 
pose of  carrying*  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  section 
no  boat  or  vessel  from  any  foreign  port  shall  be  allowed 
to  land  until  first  receiving*  a  permit  from  the  commis- 
sioner of  health,  and  any  captain  of  any  such  vessel 
shall,  upon  conviction  of  violating1  this  section  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  exceeding-  three  hundred  dollars.  Pro- 
vided, however,  this  section  shall  apply  only  in  case  the 
board  of  health  determine  the  necessity  of  causing-  such 
vaccination  to  be  made;  in  which  case  proper  notice  shall 
be  given  by  due  publication  of  such  intention  in  the  paper 
doing-  the  city  printing-. 

SEC.  54.  Any  person  who  shall  remove,  transfer, 
or  transport,  throug-h  any  of  the  public  streets  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma,  any  swill  or  garbage,  except  it  be  in  a 
tightly  covered  box  or  apparatus,  or  in  such  manner  as 
will  prevent  the  contents  thereof  from  being  deposited 
in  the  public  streets,  except  in  case  of  accident,  or  from 
being  exposed  in  the  open  air  during  its  transportation, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  con- 
viction thereof  shall  be  fined  as  provided  in  section  56  of 
this  ordinance. 

SEC.  55.  Any  notice  provided  for  in  this  ordinance 
to  be  given  or  served  by  the  commissioner  of  health  may 
be  given  or  served  by  his  deputy  in  like  manner,  and 
with  the  same  force  and  effect  as  if  the  same  were  signed 
by  the  said  commissioner  of  health. 

SEC.  56.  That  any  person  who  violates,  disobeys, 
omits,  neglects  or  refuses  to  comply  with,  or  who  resists 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  who  refuses 
or  neglects  to  obey  any  of  the  rules,  orders  or  sanitary 
regulations  of  the  board  of  health,  or  who  omits,  neg- 
lects or  refuses  to  comply  with  any  order  or  special  reg- 
ulation of  said  board,  or  resists  any  properly  authorized 
officer  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  shall,  upon  arrest 
and  conviction  before  any  justice  of  the  peace  having 
jurisdiction  of  municipal  offenses,  be  subject  to  a  fine 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  nor  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  each  offense,  together  with  the  costs  of 
prosecution. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1348. 

SEC.  57.  That  ordinances  Nos.  40  N.  T,,  80,  104, 
155,  211,  384,  1074,  1314  and  1319  be,  and  the  same  are, 
each  and  all  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  October  21,  1898. 

NOTE — Ordinances  Nos.  384  and  1319,  mentioned  on 
page  167,  were  withdrawn  from  press  and  this  ordinance 
takes  their  places. 


CZ.ASS    VI. 
Licenses. 

(See  pag-e  168.) 
ORDINANCE  NO.  1348. 

An  ordinance  amending  section  1  of  ordinance  No.  1203,  entitled, "  An  ordi- 
nance amending  section  2  of  ordinance  No.  1077.  of  the  city  of  Ta- 
coma,  entitled,  'An  ordinance  to  license  theatrical  shows,  circuses, 
menageries  and  other  exhibitions  and  places  of  amusement.'  " 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Taconia: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  1  of  ordinance  No.  1203, 
entitled,  "An  ordinance  amending*  section  2  of  ordinance 
No.  1077,  entitled,  'An  ordinance  to  license  theatrical 
shows,  circuses,  menageries  and  other  exhibitions  and 
places  of  amusement,'"  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"SECTION  1.  That  section  2  of  ordinance  No.  1077 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  entitled,  'An  ordinance  to  license 
theatrical  shows,  circuses,  menag-eries  and  other  exhibi- 
tions and  places  of  amusement,'  shall  be  amended  to 
read  as  follows:" 

SEC.  2.  That  a  license  for  any  such  exhibition,  per- 
formance or  show  shall  be  issued  by  the  city  clerk  upon 
the  order  ot  the  mayor,  when  the  applicant  shall  present 
to  the  city  clerk  the  city  treasurer's  receipt  for  the  fee 
required  by  this  ordinance  for  the  character  of  show,  ex- 
hibition or  performance  for  which  such  license  is  sought, 
which  fees  are  as  follows: 

For  every  circus  or  menagerie,  or  both  combined, 
the  admission  to  all  of  which  is  twenty-five  cents  or  less, 
seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  per  day. 


622  ORDINANCE    NO,    1348 — CON. 

For  every  circus  or  menagerie,  or  both  combined,, 
the  admission  to  all  of  which  is  more  than  twenty-five 
cents  and  not  to  exceed  fifty  cents,  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  dollars  ($125)  per  day. 

For  every  circus  or  menagerie,  or  both  combined, 
where  the  admission  exceeds  fifty  cents,  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  ($250)  per  day. 

Provided,  however,  if  more  than  one-fourth  (£)  of 
the  seats  in  the  said  show  or  performance  are  reserved, 
and  a  higher  price  charged  for  the  same,  then  the  above 
fee  is  to  be  doubled. 

For  conducting  in  any  public  building  or  other  place, 
temporarily  used  for  exhibitions,  the  exhibitions  of 
natural  or  artificial  curiosities,  freaks  or  attractions,  five 
dollars  ($5)  per  day. 

For  theatrical  performances,  concerts,  lectures,  or 
other  entertainments  to  which  an  entrance  fee  is  charged, 
not  wholly  conducted  by  a  local  society  or  association, 
and  not  conducted  upon  premises  licensed  under  this  or- 
dinance, and  not  exempt  by  section  1,  three  dollars  ($3) 
for  each  performance. 

For  maintaining  any  public  building  solely  for  the- 
atrical performances  or  other  public  exhibitions  where 
liquors  are  not  sold  on  the  premises,  one  hundred  dollars 
($100)  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  in  advance. 

For  carrying  on  any  place  wholly  devoted  to  the 
place  of  a  museum,  menagerie  or  exhibition  of  natural 
or  artificial  curiosities  where  an  admission  fee  is  charged, 
fifty  dollars  ($50)  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  in 
advance. 

For  any  theater,  playhouse  or  other  place  operated 
in  connection  or  conjunction  with  any  place  licensed  to 
sell  liquors,  and  in  which  singing,  dancing,  music  or  ex- 
hibitions of  skill  or  athletic  performances  are  carried  on, 
and  which  are  usually  denominated  "variety  theaters," 
five  hundred  dollars  ($500)  per  annum,  payable  semi- 
annually  in  advance. 

For  concert  halls,  where  musical  entertainments  are 
given,  and  where  liquors  are  not  sold  or  drank,  five  dol- 
lars ($5)  per  day,  or  fifty  dollars  ($50)  per  month,  or  five 
hundred  dollars  ($500)  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually 
in  advance. 

For  saloons  containing  mechanical  musical  instru- 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1351.  62i 

ment,  two  and  one-half  dollars  ($2.50)  per  day  or  twenty- 
five  dollars  ($25)  per  month,  payable  in  advance. 

For  all  other  traveling  exhibitions  not  herein  speci- 
fied, the  sum  of  five  dollars  ($5)  per  day  or  fifty  dollars 
($50)  per  month,  payable  in  advance. 

For  all  other  games  and  exhibitions  not  hereinbefore 
enumerated,  five  dollars  ($5)  per  day,  payable  in  advance. 

For  all  merry-go-rounds,  riding  galleries  and  other 
amusements  not  otherwise  provided  for  herein,  one  dol- 
lar ($1)  per  day,  payable  in  advance. 

For  all  shooting  galleries,  one  dollar  ($1)  per  day, 
payable  in  advance,  or  fifteen  dollars  ($15)  for  three 
months,  payable  in  advance. 

Approved  November  4,  1898. 

NOTE— See  ordinance  No.  1077,  page  277;  also  class 
VI.,  Licenses,  No.  19,  page  168. 


ORDINANCE  NO.   1351. 

An  ordinance  licensing-  and  regulating-  the  business  of  auctioneers  and 
prescribing-  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma : 

SECTION  1.  No  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  or 
other  thing  whatever  shall  be  sold  at  auction  or  exposed 
for  sale  in  any  street,  alley  or  public  place  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  unless  permission  in  writing  be  first  obtained 
from  the  chief  of  police,  who  is  hereby  authorized  to 
grant  a  permit  to  make  such  sale  when  in  his  opinion 
such  permission  shall  not  interfere  with  the  free  travel 
of  any  street,  avenue,  alley  or  public  place,  and  will  not 
in  any  respect  be  injurious  to  the  city  or  inhabitants, 
thereof. 

SEC.  2.  All  sales  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise 
or  other  personal  property,  at  public  auction  within  the 
city,  except  such  as  are  made  under  and  by  virtue  of 
legal  process,  shall  be  made  by  a  person,  his  co-partners 
or  clerk,  who  shall  have  first  obtained  a  license  for  such 
purpose  ?s  herein  provided. 

SEC.  3.  No  bellman  or  crier  or  drum  and  fife  or 
other  instrument  of  music,  nor  any  show,  signal  nor 
means  of  attracting  attention  of  passers-by,  other  than 


624  ORDINANCE    NO.    1351 — CON. 

a  sig-n  of  flag's,  shall  be  employed  or  suffered  or  permit- 
to  be  used  at  or  near  any  place  of  sale,  or  at  or  near  any 
auction  room,  or  near  any  auction  whatsoever. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person  may  become  an  auctioneer  and 
licensed  to  sell  real  and  personal  property  at  public  auc- 
tion, at  a  place  to  be  named  in  said  license,  upon  paying- 
to  the  city  treasurer  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars 
($100),  and  executing-  to  the  city  a  bond,  with  two  sure- 
ties, to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of 
one  thousand  dollars  ($1000),  conditioned  for  the  due  ob- 
servance of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  council. 

SEC.  5.  Every  person  who  may  wish  to  obta.n  a 
license  as  above  mentioned,  shall  apply  in  writing-  for 
the  same  to  the  city  clerk,  setting-  forth  therein  his  pro- 
posed place  of  business  and  the  names  of  his  sureties; 
and  in  no  case  shall  such  license  be  transferable  or  the 
place  of  business  changed  without  the  consent  of  the 
city  council. 

SEC.  6.  All  licenses  to  auctioneers  shall  be  made 
to  expire  one  year  from  the  date  of  the  issue  thereof, 
and  shall  be  subject  to  revocation  by  the  mayor,  when- 
ever it  shall  appear  to  his  satisfaction  that  the  party  so 
licensed  shall  have  violated  any  provisions  of  any  ordi- 
nances of  the  city  relating-  to  auctions  or  auction  sales, 
or  any  condition  of  the  bond  aforesaid. 

SEC.  7.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  attempt 
to  sell  at  public  auction  in  this  city  any  g-oods,  chattels 
or  personal  property  whatever,  except  under  and  by 
virtue  of  leg-al  process,  without  first  having-  obtained 
the  license  therefore  as  above  required,  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  for  each  offense  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars 
($100.) 

SEC.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  auctioneer 
who  shall  offer  for  sale  any  watch,  plate  or  jewelry  of 
any  kind,  to  announce  to  the  persons  present,  in  a  loud 
voice,  whether  the  same  be  gx>ld,  stating-  quality  thereof 
as  to  karat,  g-old  plate,  silver,  silver  plate,  or  base  metal, 
before  proceeding-  to  sell  the  same.  Every  auctioneer 
who  shall  offer  for  sale  any  watch,  plate  or  jewelry 
without  first  making-  such  annoucement  shall,  on  convic- 
tion thereof,  pay  a  fine  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars 
($50)  or  less  than  five  dollars  ($5)  for  each  offense. 

SEC.  9.  The  purchaser  at  an  auction  sale  of  any 
watch,  plate,  or  jewelry  shall  have  the  rig-ht  to  return 


ORDINANCE   NO.    1351 — CON. 

it  to  the  auctioneer  at  any  time  within  five  days  from  the 
day  of  sale,  if  the  watch,  plate  or  jewelry  be  not  of  the 
quality  represented  to  him;  and  the  auctioneer  shall  re- 
turn to  the  purchaser  the  price  of  the  article.  Should 
he  refuse  to  do  so  he  shall  forfeit  his  license  and  be  liable 
to  a  fine  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50)  nor  less 
than  five  dollars  ($5).  And  it  is  hereby  provided  that 
if  it  shall  be  made  to  appear  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
mayor  that  the  place  of  sale  or  place  of  business  of  any 
such  auctioneer  shall  have  been  closed  at  any  time  dur- 
ing- said  five  days  for  the  purpose  of  avoiding-  an  offer  to 
return  any  such  article  sold,  the  mayor  shall  revoke  the 
license  of  such  auctioneer. 

SEC.  10.  Any  auctioneer  who  shall  exhibit  and  offer 
for  sale  at  auction  any  article  and  induce  its  purchase  by 
any  bidder,  and  who  shall  afterwards  substitute  any  ar- 
ticle in  lieu  of  that  offered  to  and  purchased  by  the  bid- 
der, shall  forfeit  his  license  and  be  liable  to  a  fine  of 
fifty  dollars  ($50). 

SEC.  11.  Any  auctioneer  or  person  being-  present 
when  any  watch,  plate  or  jewelry  is  offered  for  sale,  who 
shall  with  intent  to  induce  any  person  to  purchase  the 
same  or  any  part  thereof,  make  any  false  representations 
or  statements  as  to  the  ownership,  or  the  character  or 
quality  of  the  article  or  articles  so  offered  for  sale,  or  as 
to  the  poverty  or  circumstances  of  the  owner,  or  pre- 
tended owner  of  said  article  or  articles,  shall,  on  convic- 
tion thereof,  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  fifty  dollars  ($50); 
and  if  such  false  representation  is  made  by  such  auc- 
tioneer, or  by  any  other  person  with  such  auctioneer's 
knowledg-e  or  consent  or  connivance,  the  license  of  such 
auctioneer  shall  be  forfeited. 

SEC.  12.  Every  auctioneer,  at  the  time  of  receiving- 
his  license,  shall  file  with  the  city  clerk  a  statement  in 
writing-,  sig-ned  by  him,  designating-  the  co-partners  and 
the  clerks  mentioned  in  section  2  of  this  ordinance,  and 
upon  any  chang-e  of  any  such  co-partners  or  clerks,  shall 
file  a  like  writing-  setting-  forth  such  chang-e;  and  if  any 
auctioneer  shall  permit  any  other  person  than  such  co- 
partner or  clerks  to  sell  any  article  at  auction  at  the 
place  designated  in  such  license  he  shall  forfeit  his 
license,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  fift}^  dol- 
lars ($50)  for  each  offense. 

SEC.   13.     All  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall 


626  ORDINANCE   NO.    1351 — CON. 

apply  to  such  co-partner  and  clerks  while  acting-  as  auc- 
tioneer, and  such  co-partners  and  clerks  so  acting  as  auc- 
tioneer shall  be  subject  to  all  penalties  herein  imposed 
upon  auctioneers  for  like  offenses  or  violation  of  this  or- 
dinance. 

SEC.  14.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  auctioneer  be- 
fore the  time  limited  in  his  license  shall  have  expired  his 
co-partner  or  co-partners,  if  he  has  any,  or  his  personal 
representative,  may  continue  to  act  under  the  license  for 
the  unexpired  time. 

SEC.  15.  No  auctioneer  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale 
at  public  auction  any  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  or 
other  personal  property  in  any  place,  house,  store  or 
other  building  other  than  in  the  place,  house,  store  or 
building  where  he  is  authorized  to  sell  by  his  said  license, 
without  a  special  permit  from  the  chief  of  police,  and 
which  permit  shall  only  be  granted  where  such  proposed 
auction  sale  shall  be  held  in  private  house  or  residence. 

SEC.  16.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  pro- 
vision or  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  where  no  other 
penalty  is  imposed,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and 
every  offense. 

SEC.  17.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
relating  to  the  subject  of  this  ordinance  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Approved  November  26,  1898. 

NOTE — See  ordinance  No.  666,  on  page  249. 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1347. 

CZ.ASS  VII. 
Morals  and  Good  Order. 

(See  page  163.) 
ORDINANCE  NO.  1347. 

An  ordinance  making-  it  unlawful  for  any  child  to  be  on  the  streets  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma  after  certain  hours,  and  prescribing  a  penalty. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma  : 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  child  un- 
der fifteen  years  of  age,  unless  accompanied  by  a  pa- 
rent, guardian  or  other  person  having  the  legal  custody 
of  such  child,  to  be  on  any  of  the  streets,  alleys,  public 
squares,  parks  or  sidewalks  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  after 
eight  o'clock  p.  m.  during  the  months  of  September,  Oc- 
tober, November,  December,  January,  February,  March 
and  April,  and  after  nine  o'clock  p,  m.  during  the 
months  of  May,  June,  July  and  August,  unless  such  child 
is  there  necessarily  by  reason  of  its  employment,  or  by 
virtue  of  a  special  written  permit,  dated  on  the  date 
when  such  child  is  so  found  there  and  signed  by  such 
parent,  guardian  or  other  person  having  the  legal  custo- 
dy of  such  child.  No  such  permit  to  be  of  force  unless 
in  possession  of  such  child  when  so  found  on  said  streets, 
alley,  public  squares  or  sidewalks  after  the  hours  afore- 
said. 

SEC.  2.  Any  child  convicted  before  a  justice  of  the 
peace  having  jurisdiction  of  municipal  offenses  of  a  vio- 
lation of  section  1  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  an}7 
sum  not  less  than  one  dollar  ($1)  nor  more  than  five  dol- 
lars ($5),  and  shall  stand  committed  until  such  fine,  to- 
gether with  costs,  has  been  paid  at  the  rate  of  one  day  for 
every  dollar  of  such  fine  and  costs  so  imposed.  Provided, 
however,  that  any  child  so  arrested  or  convicted  shall 
not  be  confined  or  in  any  way  associated  with  the  regu- 
lar prisoners  or  criminals. 

Approved  November  4,  1898. 


£>2&  OEDINANCES    NOS.    1345    AND    1337. 


PART  II. 

CZ.ASS  I. 
City  Officers,  Employes,  Limits,  Etc. 

See  page  333. 
ORDINANCE  NO.  1345. 

An  ordinance  creating   the   position   of   janitor    at   the   Mason   library 
branch  of  the  Tacoma  city  library,  and  fixing  his  salary. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  be  and  is  hereby  created 
the  position  of  janitor  at  the  Mason  Library  Branch  of 
the  Tacoma  City  Library,  and  such  janitor  shall  receive 
in  full  compensation  for  his  services  the  sum  of  ten  (10) 
dollars  per  month,  beginning  October  8th,  1898. 

Approved  October  28,  1898. 

CLASS  XII. 
Miscellaneous,. 

See  pag-e  340. 
ORDINANCE  NO.  1337. 

An  ordinance  levying-  the  annual  tax  for  the  payment  of  the  interest 
upon  the  bonded  indebtedness,  and  for  general  municipal  purposes 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  the  fiscal  year  1899,  and  appropriating  the 
same  to  certain  funds. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  of  Tacoma: 

SECTION  1.  That  taxes  at  the  following-  rates  be 
and  they  are  hereby  levied,  and  for  the  following-  spe- 
cific purposes,  upon  all  of  the  property  subject  to  taxa- 
tion in  that  portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  known  as 
"Assessment  District  .No.  1"  as  the  same  is  defined  and 
described  in  ordinance  No.  1259,  entitled,  "An  ordinance 


ORDINANCE   NO.     1337 — CON. 

dividing*  the  territory  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma  into  two  assessment  districts, "  approved 
January  14,  1898. 

(a)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and  fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,    in  said 
District  No.  1  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,   a  tax  of  six  and 
one-third  (6%)  mills  upon  each  and  every  dollar  in  value 
thereof  as  shown  by  the  assessment  roll  made  up  by  the 
count}7  assessor,  the  same  to  be  for  the  Interest  Fund  of 
the  city  of  Tacoma,  and   to  be  used  in  the   payment  of 
interest  upon  the  bonded  indebtedness  of  said  city. 

(b)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and  fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,   in  said 
District  No.  1  of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  a  tax  of  two  mills, 
upon  each  and  every  dollar  in  value  thereof  as  shown  by 
the  assessment  roll  made  up  by  the  county  assessor,  the 
same  to  be  for  the  Salary  Fund  of  said  city  of  Tacoma, 
and  to  be  used  in  the  payment  of  salaries  from  said  city 
to  its  officers  and  employes. 

(c)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and   fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,   in  said 
District  No.  1  of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  a  tax  of  one  and 
one-third  (IK)  mills,  upon  each  and  every  dollar  in  value 
thereof,  as  shown  by  the  assessment  roll  made  up  by  the 
county  assessor,  the  same  to  be  for  the  General  Expense 
Fund  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  to  be  used  to  maintain 
the  different  departments  of  said  city. 

(d)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and  fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,   in   said 
District  No.  1  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  a  tax  of  one-sixth 
(1-6)  of  a  mill,  upon  each  and  every  dollar  in  value  there- 
of,   as  shown   by  the  assessment  roll  made   up    by   the 
county  assessor,  the  same  to   be   for  the   Park   Fund  of 
said  city  of  Tacoma,  and  to  be  used  for  the  maintenance 
of  public  parks  therein. 

(e)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and  fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,   in   said 
District  No.  1  of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  a  tax  of  one-sixth 
(1-6)  of  one   mill,    upon  each  and  every  dollar    in   value 
thereof,  as  shown  by  the  assessment    roll  made    up  by 
the  county  assessor,  the  same  to  be  for  the  Library  Fund 
of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  and  to  be  used  in  the  mainten- 
ance of  public  libraries  in  said  city. 

(f)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and  fixed  upon  all 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1337 — CON. 

of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,  in  said 
District  No.  1  of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  a  tax  of  two  (2) 
mills  upon  each  and  every  dollar  in  value  thereof  as  shown 
by  the  assessment  roll  made  up  by  the  county  assessor, 
the  same  to  be  for  the  General  Fund  of  said  city  of  Ta- 
coma, and  to  be  used  in  paying  any  general  indebtedness 
of  said  city  when  authorized  by  the  city  council. 

SEC.  2.  That  taxes  at  the  following-  rates  be  and 
they  are  hereby  levied  and  for  the  following  specific  pur- 
poses, upon  all  of  the  property  subject  to  taxation  in 
that  portion  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  known  as  "Assess- 
ment District  No.  2,"  as  the  same  is  defined  and  de- 
scribed in  ordinance  No.  1259,  entitled,  "An  ordinance 
dividing  the  territory  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city  of  Tacoma  into  two  assessment  districts,  "  approved 
January  14,  1898. 

(a)  That  there  is  hereby  levied   and  fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real   and  personal,  in  &aid 
District  No.  2  in  the  city  of  Tacoma,  a  tax  of  four  and 
seventy-three  and  one-third  one-hundredths    (4.73^)  of  a 
mill    upon    each    and  ever}    dollar  in    value    thereof  as 
shown  by  the  assessment  roll  made  up  by  the  county  as- 
sessor, the  same  to  be  for  the  Interest  Fund  of  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  and  to  be  used  in  the  payment  of  interest  upon 
the  bonded  indebtedness  of  said  city. 

(b)  That  there  is  hereby  levied   and  fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,  in  said 
District  No.  2  of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  a  tax  of  two  (2) 
mills  upon   each   and   every  dollar   in   value  thereof,  as 
shown  by  the  assessment  roll  made  up  by  the  county  as- 
sessor, the  same  to  be  for  the  Salary  Fund  of  said  city  of 
Tacoma,  and  to  be  used  in  the  payment  of  salaries  from 
said  city  to  its  officers  and  employes. 

(c)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and  fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,  in  said 
District  No.  2  of  said  city  of  Tacoma  a  tax  of  one  and 
one-third  (1J)  mills  upon  each  and  every  dollar  in  value 
thereof  as  shown  by  the  assessment  roll  made  up  by  the 
county  assessor,  the  same  to  be  for  the  General  Expense 
Fund  of  the  city  of  Tacoma,  and  to  be  used  to  maintain 
the  different  departments  of  said  city. 

(d)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and  fixed  upon 
all  of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,  in 
said  District  No.  2  in  the  city  of  Tacoma  a  tax  of  one- 


ORDINANCE    NO.    1337 — CON  631 

sixth  (1-6)  of  a  mill  upon  each  and  ever}T  dollar  in  value 
thereof  as  shown  by  the  assessment  roll  made  up  by  the 
county  assessor,  the  same  to  be  for  the  Park  Fund  of  said 
city  of  Tacoma,  and  to  be  used  for  the  maintenance  of 
public  parks  therein. 

(e)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and  fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,  in  said 
District  No.  2  in  said  city  of  Tacoma  a  tax   of  one-sixth 
(1-6)  of  one   mill   upon   each  and   every  dollar   in   value 
thereof,   as  shown  upon  the  assessment  roll  made  up  by 
the  county  assessor,  the  same  to  be  for  the  Library  Fund 
of  said  city  of  Tacoma,  and  to  be  used  in   the  mainte- 
nance of  public  libraries  in  said  city. 

(f)  That  there  is  hereby  levied  and   fixed  upon  all 
of  the  taxable  property,  both  real  and  personal,  in  said 
District  No.  2  in  said  city   of  Tacoma  a  tax  of  two  (2) 
mills  upon   each  and  every  dollar  in  value   thereof,  as 
shown  by  the  assessment  roll  made  up  by  the  county  as- 
sessor, the  same  to  be  for  the  General  Fund  of  said  city 
of  Tacoma,  and  to  be  used  in  paying-  any  general  indebt- 
edness of  said  city  when  authorized  by  the  city  council. 

SEC.  3.  Said  taxes  herein  provided  for  are  levied 
for  the  purpose  of  raising1  sufficient  revenue  to  carry  on 
the  different  departments  of  the  municipal  government 
of  the  city  of  Tacoma  for  the  fiscal  year  beginning-  Jan- 
uary 1,  1899,  and  ending-  on  December  31,  1899,  and  are 
hereby  levied  upon  all  of  the  real  and  personal  property 
as  shown  by  the  assessment  in  the  county  of  Pierce,  as 
finally  fixed  by  the  county  and  state  board  of  equaliza- 
tion, and  as  extended  on  the  books  of  the  county  assessor 
showing-  the  property  within  said  city  subject  to  taxation 
for  municipal  purposes,  and  upon  the  amount  of  said 
real  and  personal  property  as  certified  to  by  the  county 
assessor,  which  certificate  was  received  by  the  city  con- 
troller on  the  29th  day  of  September,  1898;  and  under 
and  by  virtue  of  an  act  of  the  legislative  assembly  of  the 
state  of  Washing-ton,  entitled,  "An  act  providing-  for 
the  assessment  and  collection  of  taxes  in  the  cities  of  the 
first  class,  and  specifying-  the  duties  of  certain  county 
officers  in  reg-ard  thereto,  and  declaring*  an  emergency," 
which  said  act  was  approved  March  9,  1893;  and  the  act 
of  the  legislative  assembly  of  the  state  of  Washington, 
entitled,  "An  act  for  the  assessment  and  collection  of 
taxes  in  the  state  of  Washing-ton,"  approved  March  15, 
1897.  Approved  October  7,  1898. 

X^BR* 

f  or  THK 

(UNIVERSITY 


I,  Henry  C.  Beach,  hereby  certify  that  I  was  duly 
employed,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  Ordi- 
nance No.  1290,  to  revise,  compile  and  prepare  the  ordi- 
nances and  amended  charter  of  the  city  of  Tacoma  to  be 
reprinted  in  convenient  form  for  use;  that  I  have  person- 
ally compared  all  the  laws,  charter  and  ordinances  pub- 
lished herein,  and  that  the  same  are  true  and  correct 
copies  of  the  statutes  as  found  in  the  official  publication 
thereof,  and  of  the  records  found  in  the  office  of  the  city 
clerk  of  Tacoma. 

Witness  my  hand  this  3rd  day  of  December,  A.  D. 
1898. 

HENRY  C.  BEACH. 


The  following;  corrections  are  to  be  noted: 

On  page  15  in  "1897"  councilman,  "C.  T.  Owen"  should 
be  "C.  F.  Owen." 

On  page  37,  on  line  8,  "First  Ward"  the  word  ''along" 
should  follow  "westerly"  and  it  should  be 
omitted  after  "boundary"  on  line  9. 

On  page  40,  on  line  8,  "Eighth  Ward"  the  figures 
"(39)"  should  be  "(36)." 

On  page  41,  Sec.  6,  line  2,  the  figures  "1262"  should  be 
"1272." 

On  page  53  subdivision  "Eighth"  on  line  5,  the  word 
"upon"  should  follow  "improvements." 

On  page  53  subdivision  "Ninth,"  online  17,  the  word  "a" 
shonld  be  inserted  between  "contain"  and 
"provision;"  and  on  line  27  the  word  "and," 
after  "persons,"  should  be  "or." 

On  page  53  subdivision  "Tenth,"  on  line  3,  the  word 
"for"  should  be  inserted  after  "and." 

On  page  168,  "No.  14"  and  on  page  335  "No.  18"  and  on 
page  271  "Ordinance  No.  1320"  should  be 
disregarded,  as  Ordinance  No.  1350,  on  page 
538,  repeals  it. 

On  page  185  the  figures  "278,"  at  the  top  of  the  page, 
should  be  "1182." 

On  pages  272  and  273  the  figures  "1220,"  at  the  top  of 
the  page,  should  be  "1320." 

On  page  283  the  figures  "1320,"  at  the  top  of  the  page, 
and  at  the  heading'  of  the  Ordinance,  should 
be  "228." 

On  page  356  Ordinance  No.  397  was  approved  "March 
6,  1891." 


634  ERRATA. 

On  pag-e  363  the  figures  "1244"  at  the  top  of  the  page 
and  at  the  heading-  of  the  Ordinance  should  be 
"1246." 

On  pag-e. 456  the  fig-ures  "236, "on  the  top  of  the  pag-e, 
should  be  "263." 

On  pag-es  538  and  547  in  the  title  and  repealing-  section  of 
Ordinance  No.  1350,  Ordinance  "No.  72" 
should  be  "72  [N.  T.]" 

On  pag-e  595  the  fig-ures  "1058,"  on  the  top  of  the  page, 
should  be  "821." 


NOTE — Since  g-oing-  to  press  Ordinance  No.  1352, 
amending-  sections  2,  3  and  7  of  Ordinance  No.  1333,  and 
Ordinance  No.  1353  amending-  sections  18  and  28  of 
Ordinance  No.  999,  have  been  passed  by  the  council. 


INDEX  TO  ENABLING  ACT. 


f\ 

Page 

Abatement  of  nuisances  29 

Amendments  to  Charter,  Provide  for 30 

Anchorage,  Regulate,  control  and  prohibit 

Appointment  of  persons  to  take  Census 

Appropriate  money  for  public  library 27 

Private  property    26 

Water  works 27 

Areas,   Cleaning  of 29 

Authentication  of  Charter 25 


B 


Ballot,  Form  of,  at  election  for  proposed  amendments 23 

Form  of,  at  election  for  proposed  Charter 23 

Bonds,  May  issue,  to  pay  for  borrowed  money 25 

To  fund  indebtedness  25 

Borrow  money    25 

Bridges,  Construct,  repair  and  regulate  use  of 27 

Buildings,  Construction  of  stone,  brick  and  other 28 

Erection  and  maintenance  of 28 

Exits  from,  Require  suitable 29 

Offensive  or  dangerous  to  health,  Regulate 28 

Burial  of  dead   .  28 


G 


Canals,  Construct  and  maintain 28 

Cargoes,   Regulate  landing  of 28 

Cemeteries,  Establish,  regulate  and  remove 28 

Census,  Appointment  of  persons  to  take 22 

Certificate  of  result  of 22 

Manner  of  taking    22 

Oath  of  persons  appointed  to  take 22 

Provide  for  taking   22 

Population  of  cities  determined  by 22 

Return  of  persons  appointed  to  take 22 

Change  of  grade  of  streets 26 

Charter,  Attestation  of,  How  made 25 

Authentication   of    25 

Canvass  returns  of  election  for  proposed 25,  31 

Certificate  of  Mayor  to 24 

Election  for  proposed,  How  held 23 

of  fifteen  freeholders  to  frame 22 

Form  of  ballot  at  election  for  proposed 23 

Form  of  ballot  at  election  for  proposed  amendments  to.  23 

Goes  into  effect  when 25,  31 

Judicial  effect  of  record  and  attestation 25 

Notice  of  election  for  proposed 23 


660  INDEX    TO    ENABLING    ACT. 

Charter:  Page. 

Provide  for  amendments  to 30 

Publication  of  proposed    23 

Record  of,  and  amendments 25 

Submission  of  proposed,  to  City  Council 23 

to  electors  '. 23 

When  City  can   frame 22 

City,    Powers  of 25,  31 

Commerce,  Construct  wharves,  docks,  etc.,  for 28 

Compensation  of  elective  officers,  Who  shall  fix 30 

Contagious  disease,  Removal  of  persons  afflicted  with 29 

Construction  of  statutes  as  to  Enabling  Act 31 

Corporate  limitation  28 


D 


Damages  for  change  of  grade 26 

Dead,  Regulate  burial  of 28 

Debts,  Provide  for  paying 25 

Disorderly  conduct,  Regulate  punishment  for 30 

Persons,  Regulate  punishment  of 30 

Dockage,  Fix  rates  for,  and  provide  for  collection  of 29 

Docks,  Construct  and  maintain 28 


Election,  Canvass  returns  of,  for  Charter  a.nd  amendments. . .  23,  31 

First,  under  proposed  Charter 30 

Form  of  ballot  at,  for  Charter,  etc 23 

Notice  of  23 

Of  fifteen  freeholders  to  frame  Charter 22 

Of  officers  under  first  Charter 31 

Special  and  general,  Provide  for 

Submission  of  proposed  Charter,  etc.,  at 23 

Elective  officers    30 

Electric  light  plants,  Erecting,  purchasing,  etc 27 

Electricity,  Regulate  use  of,  on  streets 26 

Emergency  clause    31 

Enumerators  of  census,  Appointment,  oath,  etc.,  of 22 

Canvass  return  of   22 

File  return  of  

Explosives,  Regulate  transportation,  storage,  etc 28 

Exit  from  public  buildings 29 


F 


Finances,  and  property,  Control  of 25 

Fire  limits,  Establish   

Works,   Regulate  use  of 28 

Fires,  Prevention  and  extinguishment  of 

Food,  Inspection,  measuring  and  weighing 

Freeholders,  Election  of  fifteen,  to  frame  Charter 

Duty  of,  when  chosen 23 

Funding  indebtedness,  Issue  bonds  for 25 


G 


Gas  works,  etc.,  Erect,  purchase  or  acquire 

Grade,  Change  of,  How  made 26 

Establishment  of    .  26 


INDEX   TO    ENABLING    ACT.  661 


Page. 

Harbor  areas,  Extend  streets  along  or  across  ................  30 

Fees,  Impose  and  regulate  ............................  29 

Health,   Preserve   public    ...................................  28,  30 

Hospitals,  Erect,  establish  and  maintain  ....................  27 

1 

Improve  streets,  avenues,  etc  ...............................  26 

Improvements,  Expense  of  ................................  27 

Local  ..............................................  26,  27 

Indebtedness,  Issue  bonds  for  funding  ......................  25 

Limit  of    ............................................  25 

Inspection  of  food,  etc  ......................................  .  27 


d 


Jails,  Erection  and  regulation  of  ..........  ......  .'  ...........  27 

L 

Landing  of  cargoes  within  City  limits  ...........  .  ..........  28 

Lands,  City  may  purchase  and  sell  ..........................  25 

Lay  out,  improve,  etc.,  streets,  alleys,  etc  ...................  26 

Legislative  power,  in  whom  vested  .........................  30 

Levying  taxes   .............................................  25 

Libraries,  Appropriate  money.  for  support  of  public  .........  27 

Establish  and  maintain  public  ........................  27 

Make  regulations  for  use  of  public  .....  ...............  27 

Licenses,   Granting    ........................................  29 

Limit  of    .............................................  29 

Light,  Furnish  inhabitants  with  ............................  27 

Purchase,  erect,  etc.,  works  for  making  ...............  27 

Lighting  streets  and  public  places,  Provide  for  ..............  27 

Limit  of  indebtedness    ............................  ........  25 

License  ............................................  29 

Corporate  jurisdiction    .........................  ......  28 

Liquors,  License  and  regulate  sale  of  .......................  29 

Limits  within  which  to  grant  license  to  sell  ...........  29 

Revocation  of  license  to  sell  ..........................  29 

Local   improvements.    To   make  .............................  26 

Special   assessment  for    ..............................  26,  27 

M 

Markets,  Establish  and  regulate    ...........................  27 

Measures,  Enforce  keeping  legal  ............................  27 

Mendicants,  Restrain  and  punish    ..........................  30 

Morality,  Regulate  and  preserve  public  ....................  30 


N 


Nuisances,  Provide  for  abatement  of 29 

Punishment  for  maintaining   29 

To  declare  what  are   29 


O 


Occupations  affecting  health  and  good  order,  Restrain 30 


INDEX   TO   ENABLING    ACT. 

Occupations:  Page. 

Regulate  construction  of  buildings  for  offensive 28 

Offensive  business,  Regulate  carrying  on 28 

Officers,  Election  of,  under  first  Charter 

Ordinances,  Punish  violation  of 30 

P 

Parks,  Annual  tax  for  maintenance  of 26 

City  may  purchase  land  for 26 

Establish  and  lay  out 26 

Improvement  of  land  for 26 

Regulate  use  of   26 

Partition  fences,  Construction  and  maintenance  of 28 

Party  walls,  Construction  and  maintenance  of 28 

Pest  houses,  Establish  and  maintain 27 

Ponds  on  private  property,  Drain  and  fill  up 29 

Population  of  cities  determined  by  census 22 

Prisoners,  Working  of  27 

Property  of  City,  Control  of 25 

Prostitutes,  Restrain  and  punish 30 

Purchase  land  for  cemeteries 28 

Property  for  corporate  purposes 25 


Q 


Qualifying  of  officers  elected  under  first  Charter  .............  31 

Quarantine,  Make  necessary  regulations  for  .................  29 


Railroads,  Construction  and  operation  of  ...................  26 

Protection  of  persons  and  property  from  injury  by.  ...  26 

Regulate  operation  of  street  ..........................  26 

Reform  schools,  Establish  and  maintain  ....................  27 

Regulate  use  of  streets,  alleys,  etc  ..........................  26 

Regulations  for  preservation  of  public  health,  Make  .........  29 


Sale  of  property  for  corporate  purposes 25 

Streams,  Prevent  the  defilement  of 29 

Streets,  Change  grade  of 26 

Damages  for  change  of  grade  of 26 

Establish,  lay  out  and  grade 26 

Extension  of,  over  tide  lands 30 

Regulate  use  of 26 

Use  of  electricity  on 26 

Vacate 26 

T 

Taxes,  Annual,  for  maintenance  of  parks 26 

Annual,  for  maintenance  of  public  library 27 

Levy  of,  for  general  purposes 25 

Tide  lands,  Extension  of  streets  across 39 

Tugs,  License  of    2S 

Tunnels,  City  may  build   27 


Use  of  electricity  on  streets 


INDEX   TO    ENABLING    ACT.  663 

Pag-e. 


U 


V 


Vacate  streets,  alleys,  etc  ..................................  26 

Vagrants,  Restrain  and  punish  ............................. 

Vaults,  Provide  for  cleaning  ...............................  29 

Viaducts,  City  may  build  ..................................  27 

Violation  of  ordinances,  Punish  ............................  30 


W 


Water,  Supply  inhabitants  with  ............................ 

Water-courses,  Provide  for  cleaning  ........................ 

Water  rates,  Regulate   .....................................  27 

Water-ways,  Control  of    .........  .......................... 

Water-  works,  Erect,  purchase  or  appropriate  ................ 

Weighing  and  inspection  of  food  ...........................  27 

Weights  and  measures,  Enforce  keeping  legal  ...............  27 

Wharf  boats,  City  may  license  ..............................  29 

Wharfage  and  dockage,  Fix  rates  for,  and  collect  ............  29 

Wharves,  Construct  and  maintain  ..........................  28 

Improvements  of   ...................................  26 

Work-houses,  Erect  and  maintain  ..........................  27 

Working  of  prisoners  ......................................  27 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


f\ 

Pag-e. 

Abatement  of  nuisances   56 

Actions  begun  under  old  Charter 102 

Additions  to  City,  Laying  out  and  platting  of 103 

Additional  new  territory  to  be  attached  to  adjoining  Ward . .  40 

Advertising,   Regulate    58 

Amendments  to  Charter,  How  submitted 104 

Requisites  of  tickets  at  election  for 104 

Votes  necessary  to  carry 105 

Anchorage,  Control,  regulate  and  prohibit 

Animals  running  at  large,  Regulate  and  prevent 57 

Appeal     from     improvement     assessment     roll,     Time     and 

requisites   of    79 

Appointive  officers  by  Mayor 41,  59 

Appointive  office  filled  by  Mayor,  When 

Appointments  without  confirmation   41 

Appraisers  for  damages  by  change  of  grade  of  streets,  etc.  .  .  92 

Appropriations  for  more  than  $1,000,  How  made 51 

For  Public  Library    54 

Of  money  shall  be  by  ordinance '51 

Appropriation  of  private  property 52,  94,  98 

Appeal  in  cases  on 97 

Assessment  of  benefits  by  viewers  on   land   not  to  be 

taken  on    95 

By  ordinance   98 

By  resolution  of  Council 94 

City  liable  for  costs  up  to  time  of  reconsideration 96 

Collection  of  assessments  on 96 

Compromise  of  proceedings  on 97 

Costs  of  proceedings  for,  When  City  liable  for 96 

Costs  up  to  time  of  reconsideration  of  resolution  for.  , .  96 

Damages  by  proceedings  for 96 

Decreased   damages  on    98 

Duty  of  viewers  on 95 

Liability    for    payment    in    excess    of    viewers'    assess- 
ment on   98 

Notice  of  application  for  viewers  on 94 

Notice  served,  How  and  upon  whom 94 

Notice  to  viewers  of  meeting  by  City  Clerk 94 

Oath  of  viewers  on 95 

Payment  of  viewers'  assessment  on 96,  98 

Proceedings  in  Superior  Court  for 94,  96 

Publication  of  reconsideration  of  resolution  for 96 

Reconsideration  of  resolution  for 95 

Report  of  viewers  on 95 

Right  of  entry  on  land  sought  to  be  taken  by 96,  98 

Viewers  on,  Appointment  of 94 

Viewers  to  make  necessary  surveys,  maps,  etc.,  on 97 

Viewers,  Compensation  of,  on 97 

Waiver  of  appeal  on  question  of  damages  on 98 

Waiver  of  trial  on  question  of  damages  on 98 

Appropriation  of  railroad  by  City 53,  98 

Water  and  gas  works,  electric  plants,  etc 54,  98 

Arrests,    Record    of 61 

Assessments  of  general  taxes.  See  County  Assessor,  Article  X  69 


INDEX    TO    CHARTER. 


Assessments,  Levy  of,  presumed  regular  .................... 

Special,  collected  by  City  Treasurer  ...................  40 

Assessments  for  improvements    ............................  78 

Appeal  of  parties  aggrieved  by,  Hearing  of  ............  79 

Appeal  from,  When  and  how  taken  ...................  79 

Appeals  from,  Hearing  of  ............................  79 

Are  liens  on  property  assessed  ........................ 

Certificates  of  redemption  for  ........................ 

Certificates  of  sale  for  ................................  82 

City  may  buy  at  sale  for  delinquent  ................... 

City  Clerk  to  issue  warrant  for  sale  of  land  for  ........  80 

City  Clerk  to  publish  notice  that  Roll  for,  is  on  file  .....  79 

City  Controller  custodian  of  certificates  of  sale  for  ----  82 

Deed  for  property  purchased  for  ......................  83 

Default  of  bidder  at  sale  for  ..........................  82 

Demand  for,  unnecessary    ............................  80 

Lien  of  purchaser  at  sale  for  ..........................  82 

Moneys  received  from  sale  for,  must  be  kept  separate.  .  83 
Notice  of  sale  for,  to  be  published  ....................             81,  83 

Notice  that,  are  payable  at  office  of  Treasurer  .........  80 

Payment  of,  before  sale  ..............................  84 

Place  of  sale  of  property  for  delinquent  ...............  81 

Proceedings  begun  under  old  Charter  for  collection  of.  .  102 

Redemption  from  sale  for  ............................ 

Resale  of  property  for  ...............................  82 

Return  to  Controller  of  Assessment  Roll  for  ...........  80 

Sale  for  un  paid    .....................................  80 

Separate  fund,  Receipts  for,  shall  be  kept  in  a  .........  83 

Time  and  method  of  sales  for  ........................  81 

Time  for  payment  of  .................................  79 

Treasurer  ia  collector  of  ..................  «  ...........  80 

Treasurer  make  return  of  assessment  roll  for,  to  Con- 

troller ..........................................  82 

Treasurer  may  sell  certificates  of  sale  for  .............  82 

Warrant  for  collection  of  .............................  80 

Warrant  for  collection  of,  deemed  an  execution  ........  81 

Where  sales  for,  shall  take  place  ......................  81 

Assessment  roll  of  County  is  assessment  roll  of  City  ........  69,  72 

Assessment  and  collection  of  taxes  ..........................         69  to  73 

Assignment  of  warrants  to  be  registered  ....................  68 

Award  of  contract  on  bids  ..................................  86 


B 


Ballots,  Envelope  containing,  how  destroyed,  endorsed  and 

opened    45,  46 

Requisite  of,  at  election  for  Charter  amendments 104 

Banners,  etc.,  across  the  streets,  etc.,  Regulate  stretching. . .  58 

Bells  on  streets.  Ringing 58 

Bids,  Form  and  requisites  of 80,  84,  85 

Board,    City   Council    may   create   any    new    office,    commis- 
sion or   49 

of  Equalization,  Appointment  of. 

Compensation  of 72 

of  Health,   Appoint  inspector 90 

Composition  of 90 

May  order  quarantine   91 

Powers  of   90,  91 

Powers  of  inspector  of     . . , », 91 


666  INDEX    TO    CHAKTEK. 

Board  of  Health:  Pag-e. 

Report  to  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 91 

of  Park,  Commissioners,  Appointive 41,  92 

Fund  of   93 

Number  of  members  92 

Powers  of  92 

Report  to  City  Council 92 

Rules  and  regulations,  Shall  make 92 

Term  of  office   92 

Board  of  Public  Works  abolished 73 

Boats,  tugs,  and  wharf  boats,  License  of 56 

Bond  of  contractor  to  be  filed  with  Commissioner  of  Public 

Works    87 

Bonds,  Approval  of,  by  Mayor 59 

Approval  of,  by  City  Council 47 

Cancelling,  when  paid   64 

City  may  issue 52,  65 

Negotiable,  Manner  of  issuing 65 

of  officers,  How  approved  and  where  filed 47 

of  contractor    87 

of  Sinking  Fund  Commission,  By  whom  kept 64 

Record  of  payment  of 64 

Sale  of,  How  made 65 

Borrow  money,   City   may 52,  64 

Boundaries   of  Wards    36 

Bridges,   City  may   construct,    keep    in   repair   and   regulate 

use  of 54 

Buildings,  Construction  of  stone,  brick  and  other 55 

Erection  and  maintenance  of 55 

Exits  from,  Require  suitable 56 

In  streets  prohibited    51 

Offensive  or  dangerous  to  health 55 

Burial  of  dead,  Regulate  the 55 


G 


Canals,  Construct  and  maintain '  55 

Canvass  of  election  returns 44,  45 

of  votes  for  members  of  the  Council 45 

Cargoes,  Regulate  landing  of 55 

Cemeteries,  Establish,  regulate  and  remove 55 

Census,  Manner  of  taking 58 

Certificates  of  election,  Issuance  of 

Prima  facie  evidence  of  facts  therein  stated 46 

Change  of  grade  of  streets,  avenues,  etc 53,  91 

Charter,  Actions  begun  under  old 102 

Submission  to  voters  of  amendments  to 104 

Votes  necessary  to  carry  amendments  to 105 

Charters,  Former,  repealed    100 

Validating  all  acts  of  City  under  former 101 

Vesting  all  property,  etc.,  held  under  former,  in  City. . .  101 

Chinese,  or  Coolies,  Employment  of,  prohibited Ill 

City  may  borrow  money 52,  64 

Liability  of,  for  costs  in  appropriating  private  prop- 
erty     96 

May  buy  real  estate  at  improvement  assessment  sales. .  82 

May  condemn  water  and  gas  works,  electric  plants,  etc.  54,  98 

May  sell  property  belonging  to  it 100 

Payment    of    damages    by,    in    appropriating    private 

property    96,  98 


INDEX    TO    CHAKTKK.  667 

City:  Pag-e. 

Orders,  No  money  to  be  invested  in 

Payment  of  to  County  Treasurer  for  collecting  City 

taxes  73 

Right  of  entry  of,  on  property  sought  to  be  appropri- 
ated    96, 98 

City  Assessor  (see  County  Assessor) 69 

Attorney,  Appointed  by  the  Mayor 41 

Assistants  of   60 

Draw  contracts  for  Commissioner  of  Public  Works .  86 

Duties  of  60 

Oath  of  46 

Records  of  60 

Salary  of  :  103 

Clerk,   Certify  copy  of  ordinance  making  annual  tax 

levy   70 

Custody  of  ballots  until  canvassed  in 45 

Duties  on  canvass  of  returns  of  election 45 

Elected   by  Council    41 

Give  notice  to  viewers  on  appropriation  of  private 

property    94 

Issue  warrant  to  Treasurer  to  collect  assessments 

for  improvements 80 

Issue  warrant  to   Treasurer  for   sale  of  land  for 

assessment   improvements    80 

Oath  of    46 

Publish  names  of  nominees 42 

Publish  notice  of  election r 42 

Publish  notice  that  improvement  assessment  roll 

is  on  file  in  his  office 79 

Receive  returns  of  municipal  election 44 

Receive  and  file  report  of  viewers  on  appropriation 

of  private  property  with  Treasurer 96 

Turn  over  improvement  assessment  roll  to  Treas- 
urer    80 

Controller,  All  claims  against  the  City  to  be  filed  with.  69 

Appoint  assistants  and  deputies 67 

Audit  and  adjust  all  claims  against  City 67 

Bond  of   67 

Bond  of,  to  be  filed  with  the  Mayor 47 

Bonds  of  other  officers  to  be  filed  with 47 

Certificates  of  work,  Shall  countersign  all 68 

Contracts,  Shall  keep  book  of 68 

Contracts,.  Shall   countersign  all 68 

Custodian  of  certificates  of  purchase  by  City 82 

Designate  funds  from  which  moneys  are  to  be  paid.  68 

Draw  all  orders  or  warrants  on  Treasurer 62 

Duties  of   67,  69 

Elected   by  the  people 41 

Keep  journal  of  Sinking  Fund  Commission 64 

Keep  list  of  warrants  drawn 68 

Keep  records  and  books  of  account 68 

May  be  heard  before  Council 69 

Member  of  Sinking  Fund  Commission 63 

Oath  of  46,  67 

Oath  of  filed  with  City  Clerk 46 

Oath  of  other  officers  filed  with 46 

Receive  improvement  assessment  roll 80 

Report  annually  to  Council  financial  condition  of 

City  69 


668  INDEX    TO   CHARTER. 

Controller:  Page* 
Report  annually  to  Council  estimates  of  expenses 

for  the  current  year 69 

Registry  of  assignments  to  be  kept  by 68 

Salary  of   102 

Sell  certificates  of  purchase  within  three  years. ...  82 

Council,  Appoint  members  on  Board  of  Equalization ...  72 

Appoint  Inspector  and  Judges  of  election 43 

Approve  appointments  by   Chief  of  Fire   Depart- 
ment     62 

Approve  appointments  by  Chief  of  Police  Depart- 
ment     60 

Approve  bond  of  County  Treasurer 71 

Approve  bonds  of  officers 47 

Appropriate  money  by  ordinance   51 

Appropriate  private  property  by  ordinance 98 

Appropriate  private  property  by  resolution 94 

Appropriate  water  and  gas  works,  electric  plants, 

etc 98 

Call  yeas  and  nays 49 

Canvass  returns  of  election  45 

Canvass  votes  of  members  45 

Certificates     of     sale     for     improvement     assess- 
ments, Sell    82 

Committees  of,  Appointed  by  the  President  of 49 

Compel  attendance  of  members 49 

Compel  attendance  of  witnesses 49 

Compensation  of  members  on  Board   of  Equaliza- 
tion      72 

Compromise    damages     for     improvement     assess- 
ments before  judgment   97 

Consent  of,  necessary  for  Mayor  to  fill  appointive 

office    58 

Controller  to  be  heard  before 69 

Create  new  offices,  boards  and  commissions 49 

Damages  for  change  of  grade  of  streets,  etc 91 

Define  limits  of  streets  on  tide  lands 100 

Dispose  of  vacated  streets,  lands,  etc 99 

Drinking  fountains  erected  on  streets,  permit 51 

Electric  plants,  Appropriated  by 98 

Elects  City  Clerk 41 

Encourage  planting  of  trees 104 

Establish  rules   49 

Expel  any  member    49 

Extra  sessions  of.  Mayor  may  call •. 44,  59 

Failure  of.  to  canvass  election  returns 44 

Fill  vacancies  in  elective  offices 47 

Fill  vacancy  in  Sinking  Fund  Commission 64 

Final  judge  of  election  of  its  own  members 46 

Fix  amount  of  bond  of  County  Treasurer 71 

Fix  rate  of  levy  for  taxes  on  certificate  of  valua- 
tion by  County  Assessor   70 

Fix  salaries  of  deputies  to  City  Engineer 

Gas  works,    Appropriated    by 98 

Health  regulations  enforced  by  ordinance 91 

Hear  appeals  from  assessments  for  improvements. .  79 

Improvements  of  streets.  Order 76 

Issue  certificates  of  election   44 

Journal  of  proceedings  of,  to  be  kept 49 

Lease  only  rights  of  ferriage 104 


INDEX   TO   CHARTER. 

Council:  Page. 

Let  public  printing 51 

Levy  annual  taxes  52,  70 

Members  of,  Number  of 41 

Meetings  of,  Are  public 50 

Meetings  of,  First  after  election  49s 

Meetings  of,  Regular   5O 

Meetings  of,  Special   45 

Organization  of 4& 

Order  improvement  of  streets  7<> 

Order  sale  of  certificates  of  sale  for  improvement 

assessments   82 

President  of,  Appoints  committees  49> 

Elected   by    4& 

How   removed    49 

Member  of  Board  of  Health 90 

Member  of  Sinking  Fund  Commission 63 

Rights  and  duties  of 48- 

President  pro  tern,   of , 49 

Provide  assistants  for  City  Attorney 6O 

Provide  for  current  expenses   63 

Provide  time  for  paying  assessments  for  improve- 
ments   79 

Punish  members  for  contempt,  non-attendance,  etc.  49 

Quorum    4& 

Railroads,  Appropriate,  purchase,  etc 98 

Real  estate  of  City,  How  sold  by 10O 

Reconsideration  of  resolution  to  appropriate  prop- 
erty    95, 

Re-district  City  into  Wards : 40 

Removal  of  buildings  in  appropriation  of  private 

property 98 

Removal  of  incompetent  officers 4$ 

Removal  or  suspension  of  firemen 61 

Removal  or  suspension  of  policemen 60 

Sewers,  Damages  for  construction  of 89 

Sewers,  Order  construction  of 89 

Streets  on  tide  lands,  Define  limits  of 10O 

Streets  to  contain  no  buildings 51 

Tide  lands  not  to  be  sold  except  for  wharves 100 

Vacancies  in  elective  offices,  How  filled  by 47 

Water  works,  Appropriated  by 98: 

Wharves,  How  can  be  leased  by 100 

Wharves,  Tide  lands  not  to  be  sold  except  for 100 

Powers  of,  by  ordinance  and  not  otherwise,  viz 52: 

Abate  nuisances  affecting  health 5& 

Advertising,  Regulate  58 

Anchorage,  Regulate  and  prohibit 55- 

Animals  running  at  large,  Prevent 57 

Appropriate  private  property   52 

Appropriate  money  for  support  of  City  library.  54 

Appropriate  railroads   53 

Appropriate    water    and    gas    works,    electric 

plants,  etc 54,  98- 

Areas,  Provide  for  cleaning 5&  - 

Banners,  flags,  etc.,  across  streets 58 

Bonds,  Issue  521  k 

Borrow  money  52 

Buildings,     Regulate     construction     of     stone, 

brick,  etc 55> 


INDEX    TO    CHARTKR. 

Council,  Powers  of:  Page. 
Buildings,     Regulate    erection    and     mainten- 
ance of 

Burial  of  the  dead,  Regulate 

Canals,  Construct  and  maintain 55 

Canals,  Provide  for  cleaning 

Cargoes,  Regulate  landing  of 

Cemeteries,  Establish,  regulate  and  remove 

Census,  Provide  for  taking 58 

Change  of  streets,  avenues,  etc 53 

Condemn    private    property,    water    and    gas 

works,  etc 52 

Construct  bridges,  viaducts  and  tunnels 54 

Control  finances  and  property  of  the  City. 

Control  waterways  and  wharves 55 

Create  new  offices  when  necessary 57 

Debts,  Provide  for  payment  of  corporate 

Disorderly  conduct,  Punish 57 

Disorderly  persons,  Punish  57 

Dispose  of  City  property 

Dockage,  Fix  rates  of 55 

Docks,  Construct  and  maintain 

Dogs,  License,  regulate  keeping,  etc 57 

Elections,  Provide  for  general  and  special 52 

Electric   light   plants,   Erect,    purchase  or   ac- 
quire    54 

Elecricity,    Authorize    or   prohibit    use   of,    on 

streets  52 

Enforce  keeping  legal  weights  and  measures. . .  54 
Explosives,  Regulate  transportation  and  stor- 
age of 55 

Extend  streets  over  tide  lands 57 

Ferries,  Construct  and  maintain 

•  !                       Fire  limits,  Establish 55 

Fires,  Provide  for  prevention  and  extinguish- 
ment of 55 

Fireworks,  Regulate  use  of 

Fix  price  of  water  and  light 58 

Food,    Inspection,    weighing,    etc.,    of,   Provide 

for 54 

Franchises,    G rant 57 

Franchises,  Limit  of  57 

Franchises,  Not  exclusive 57 

Gas  works,  Erect,  purchase  and  appropriate...  54 

Grades  of  streets,  avenues,  etc.,  Establish 52 

.     Hacks,  Establish  stands  for 

.     Hacks,  Regulate  charges  of 58 

Health  regulations,  to  make .  56 

Hospitals,  Control,  regulate  and  maintain 54 

Improve  streets,  wharves,  parks,  etc 52 

Improvements  at  expense  of  those  benefited ...  54 

.     Inspection  of  food,  etc.,  Provide  for 54 

Issue  bonds 58 

Jails,  Erect,  control,  regulate  and  maintain 54 

Lay  out,  etc.,  streets,  avenues,  etc 92 

Levees,  Construct  and  maintain 5& 

Levy    special    assessment    for    local    improve- 

ments   53 

Levy  taxes   52 

;.                       Libraries,  Establish  and  maintain  public .  54 


INDEX   TO   CHARTER.  671 

Council,  Powers  of:  Page. 

Licenses  for  any  lawful  purposes,  Grant 

Light  streets  and  public  places 

Limit  of  licenses 

Limit  of  levy  of  taxes 52 

Limit  of  punishment  for  violating  ordinances. .  57 
Liquor,    License,    regulate    and    restrain    sell- 
ing of  56 

Liquor,  Limits  within  to  sell,  Provide 56 

Local  improvements,  Provide  for  making 53 

Markets,  Establish  and  regulate 54 

Name  streets  58 

Nuisances,  Abate  and  prevent 

Number  houses  58 

Offensive      occupations,      Regulate      manage- 
ment of 65,  56 

Offices,  Create  necessary  and  fix  compensation. 

Opium  smoking,  Suppress 

Parades,  Regulate 58 

Parks,  Acquire  by  purchase  or  otherwise  and 

improve    53 

Paving  between  rails  of  railroad  tracks,  Pro- 
vide for   53 

Pest  houses,  Establish,  control  and  regulate...  54 
Ponds,    Drainage    and    filling    up    on    private 

property 56 

Powers  of,  General    52 

Price  of  water  and  light,  Fix 58 

Prisoners,  Provide  for  working. 54 

Prostitutes,  Punish 57 

Public  criers,  Suppress  and  regulate 58 

Public  morality,  health, .etc.,  Preserve  by  regu- 
lations      57 

Purchase  land  for  corporate  purposes 52 

Quarantine   regulations,    Make 56 

Railroads,     Authorize    or     prohibit    construc- 
tion of 53 

Reform  schools,  Establish  and  maintain 54 

Ringing  of  bells,  Regulate  and  suppress 58 

Salaries,  Establish  and  regulate 57 

Selling  of  liquor,  License  and  regulate 56 

Slips,  Construct  and  maintain   55 

Streams,  Prevent  pollution  of 56 

Streets  over  tide  lands,  Extend 57 

'Tugs,  Regulate,  license,  etc 56 

Vacate  streets,  avenues,  etc 52 

Vagrants,  Punish   57 

Vaults,  Provide  for  cleaning  of 56 

Violation    of    ordinances,     Limit    of    punish- 
ment for 57 

Water  and  light,  Fix  price  of 58 

Water  and  light,  Regulate  supply  and  use  of..  58 

Water  and  light,  Supply  inhabitants  with 54 

Water    courses    and    ways,    Improve,    change 

channels,   etc 65,  56 

Water  supply,  Prevent  pollution  of 56 

Water   works,    Erecting,    purchasing    and    ac- 
quiring     54 

Weighing,  etc.,  food    54 

Weights  and  measures,  To  compel  use  of  legal.  54 


672  INDKX   TO    CHARTER. 

Council,  Powers  of:  Page, 

Wharf  boats,  etc.,  Regulate,  license,  etc 56 

Wharfage,  Fix  rates  of 55 

Wharves,    Construct,    maintain    and    regulate 

use  of  55 

Work  houses,  Establish  and  maintain 54 

Engineer,     Appointed     by     Commissioner     of     Public 

Works 75 

Charges  of,  for  work  other  than  for  City 

Deputies  of,  and  their  compensation 

Duties  of  75 

Pile  receipts  with  Controller 76 

Make  map  of  completed  sewers 89 

Make  official  map  of  plats  in  the  City 103 

Make  plans  of  contemplated  sewers 89 

Powers  of 75 

Receipts  of,  to  be  turned  over  to  the  Treasurer 76 

Receipts  of  Treasurer  to,  in  duplicate,  and  one  to 

be  filed  with  Controller 76 

Physician,  Abolished  by  amendment  to  Charter 41 

Treasurer,  Appoint  assistants  and  deputies 66 

Bond  of 65 

Books  of,  to  be  investigated  by  Finance  Committee.  49 

Collector  of  assessments  for  improvements 80 

.    .           Collector  of  special  assessments 71 

Credit  taxes  collected  to  separate  funds 66 

Delinquent  taxes  not  levied  as  now  provided  to  be 

collected  by  41 

Deposit  no  funds  with  banks,  etc 66 

Duties  of  65,66 

Elected  by  the  people 41 

Enter  on  assessment  roll  all  redemptions. 84 

Execute  deed  for  property  sold   for  improvement 

assessments    83 

Keep  all  bonds  purchased  for  Sinking  Fund 64 

Keep  funds  in  his  possession 66 

Keep  list  of  all  warrants  presented,  by  whom,  etc. .  66 

Keep  Park  Fund    93 

Keep  receipts  from  sale  for  improvement  assess- 
ments      83 

Keep  separate  account  with  each  fund 66 

Keep  surplus  from   sale  for  improvement  assess- 
ments for  owner  82 

Loan  no  funds  of  the  City 66 

Make  return  of  assessment  roll  to  Controller  as  to 

sales  and  sums  paid 82 

Member  of  Sinking  Fund  Commission 63 

Oath  of 46 

Pay  on  orders  63 

Publish  notice  that  assessments  for  improvements 

are  due 80 

Publish    notice    of   sale   for    improvement   assess- 
ments      81 

Redemption    from    sale    for    improvement    assess- 
ments             82  to  84 

Report  annually  to  Council  in  detail 65 

Report  monthly  to  Council  funds  on  hand,  etc 65 

Return  improvement  assessment  roll  to  Controller.  80 

Salary  of  102 

Sell   certificates  of   sale   for   improvement   assess- 


INDEX   TO    CHARTER. 

Treasurer:  Page. 

ments  after  three  years 

Term  of  office  

Terms  of  office,  Number  of 

Warrants  if  not  paid,  How  endorsed 

Claims  against  the  City  to  be  filed  with  the  Controller 69 

Clerk  hire  to  be  paid  County  Treasurer  for  collecting  City 

taxes   

Clerks  of  election,  Appointment  and  duties  of 43 

Oath  of 44 

Collection  of  general  taxes  (see  County  Treasurer) 69 

Commission,  City  Council  may  create  any  new  office,  Board  or 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  Powers  and  duties 73 

Appoint  City  Engineer 75 

Appoint  employes  in  his  office 74 

Appointed  by  the  Mayor 73 

Award  of  contract  by 86 

Bids  for  work   85 

Bond  of  73 

Bond   of  contractor  with 87 

Certificates  of  work  of,  to  be  countersigned 68 

Certificates  of  work  of,  when  completed 88 

Charge  of  streets,  water  front,  sewers,  wharves,  etc. ...  74 

City  attorney  to  draw  contracts  for 86 

Clerk  of,  shall  cause  publication  of  notices •  73 

Contracts  by,  How  drawn  and  executed 86 

Contracts  exceeding  $500,  How  made  by 84 

Contracts,  Re-letting  by 88 

Contracts  with,  Void  when 86 

Construct  sewers,  etc.,  on  land  fronting  the  Bay 89 

Create  sewerage  districts   90 

Custodian  of  City  property 73,  74 

Deposit  with,  by  contractor  in  lieu  of  bonds 87 

Devote  all  his  time  to  duties  of  the  office 88 

Duties  of   73,  74 

Duty  when  street  is  ordered  improved 77 

Failure  of  contractor  with t 88 

Forfeiture  to,  of  bidder's  check  for  failure  to  perform 

work   86 

Formulate  general  system  of  sewerage  and  drainage. . .  88 

Grant  permits  according  to  ordinances 74 

Invite  sealed  proposals  for  improvements 80 

Invite  sealed  proposals  for  materials  and  supplies 84 

Make  out  assessment  roll  of  improvements 78 

No  interest  in  any  contract  or  work 88 

Oath  of    46,  73 

Powers  and  duties  of 73 

Proposals,  Form  and  requisites  of 85 

Proposals,  Opening  of 85 

Proposals,  Rejection  of 86 

Publish  notice  for  proposals  for  work  and  materials. ..  84 

Publish  notice  of  proposed  street  improvement 77 

Remonstrance  against  day's  work  or  contract 84 

Salaries  of  employees    74 

Superintend  location  and  construction  of  sewers 89 

Term  of  office  of 73 

Work  done  by  the  day  or  contract 84 

Condemnation  of  private  property  for  sewers 90 

Condemnation  of  private  property  generally  (See  Appropria- 


674  INDEX   TO   CHARTER. 

Page. 

tion  of  Private  Property) • 

Contagious  diseases,  Removal  of  persons  afflicted  with 

Contested  election,  Proceedings  on 

Contract,  Award  of,  on  sealed  proposals  or  bids 

or  day's  work  on  all  public  work 

Contractor,  Bond  of   

Failure  to  perform  work 87,  8£ 

Contracts  for  materials  exceeding  $500  shall  be  in  writing. . . 

to  be  countersigned  by  Controller. . : 

Corporate  name,  powers  and  seal 

Limits • 

Corporation  is  a  separate  road  district 

Councilmen  may  call  special  meeting  of  Council 

Number  of,  elected  in  1892 

Salary  of 

Term  of,  elected  in  1892 , 

Term  of,  elected  after  1892 

County  Assessor,  Assessment  roll  of,  shall  be  roll  of  the  City.  70 

Certify  to  City  Controller  summary  of   valuation 

of  City  property  69 

Certify  to  City  Controller  list  of  persons  liable  to 

poll  tax   

City  taxes  arranged  by,  as  State  and  County  taxes . 

Duty  of,  as  to  assessment  of  City  property 69 

Segregation  of  taxation  in  different  districts  of  the 

City  must  appear  in  summary  certified  by 70 

Auditor,  City  Clerk  to  certify  copy  ordinance  making 

annual  levy  to  ...» 70 

Extend  City  taxes  on  general  assessment  roll 70,  71 

Extension  of  City  taxes  to  be  certified  by,  to  County 

Treasurer 70 

Record  copy  of  ordinance  making  levy  in  each  book 

containing  City  taxes  71 

Treasurer,  Bond  of,  to  City 71 

Bond  of,  to  be  filed  with  City  Clerk 71 

Collect  taxes  as  certified  by  County  Auditor 70 

Collection  of  taxes  by,  to  be  certified  to  City  Con- 
troller     71 

Delinquent    City    taxes    to    be    collected    by,    as 

State,  etc 71 

Delinquent   assessments    for    local    improvements, 
special   essessments,   etc.,   to   be   collected   by, 

When 72 

Enter    all    delinquent    assessments    for    improve- 
ments, etc.,  on  general  County  roll 72 

Ex-officio    City    Treasurer    for    collection    of    City 

taxes 71 

Power  of,  to  collect  City  taxes,  same  as  State  and 

County 70 

Statement  to  City  Controller  weekly  of  collections.  71 

Weekly  payments  to  City  Treasurer  of  collections. .  71 

D 

Damages  for  change  of  grade 53 

Day's  work  or  conti  act  on  all  public  work 84 

Dead,  Burial  of  the 55 

Debts  and  expenses,  Provide  for  paying 52 

Deed  of  sale  for  improvement  assessments 83 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

Page. 

Depositories  for  monies  abolished 

Delinquent  assessments  for  improvements 79,  80,  81 

Delinquent  taxes,  collection  of 71,  72 

Discount  on  City  taxes  same  as  on  State  and  County 71 

Disease,  Removal  of  persons  afflicted  with  contagious 56 

Disorderly  conduct,  Regulate  punishment  for 57 

Persons,  Regulate  punishment  of 57 

Docks,  Construct  and  maintain 55 

Dogs,  License  and  regulate  keeping 57 

Drainage,  Devise  system  of  sewerage  and 88 

Election,  Canvass  returns  of 44,  45 

Certificates  of,  issued  by  City  Council 44 

City  Council  provide  for  questions  and  officers  to  be 

voted  for  at 52 

Clerks  of,  How  appointed 

Contested,   Proceedings  on 46 

Inspector  and  Judges  of,  How  appointed 43 

Matters  pertaining  to,   outside   of  general    laws,   How 

regulated    46 

Notice  of,  Publication   of 42 

Oaths  of  clerks,  inspectors  and  judges  of 43,  44 

Returns  of  Municipal,  delivered  to  City  Clerk 44 

Special  and  general,  When  held 46,  52,  99 

Tie  vote  in,  Proceedings  when  there  is  a 44 

Time  within  which  to  hold 44 

When  held  annually    42 

When  held  for  amendments  to  Charter 104 

When     held     for     condemnation     of     water     and     gas 

works,  etc • 98 

When  held  for  increase  of  indebtedness 64 

E 

Elections,  City  Council  provide  for  general  and  special 52 

Electors  appoint  Board  of  Judges,  When 43 

Qualifications  of 42 

Electric  light  plants.  Erecting,  purchasing  or  appropriating. .  54,  98 

Wires  placed  underground   110 

Wires,  Prohibit  stringing   110 

Electricity,  Franchises  for  use  of 110 

Regulate  use  of,  on  streets 52 

Eligibility  to  office   41 

Enumeration  of  inhabitants   58 

Envelope  containing  ballots,  How  opened,  endorsed  and  de- 
stroyed     45 

Equalization,  Board  of 72 

of  assessments  for  taxes 72 

Explosives,  Regulate  transportation,  storage,  etc 55 


F 


Ferriage,  Rights  of,  can  only  be  leased 104 

Finance  Committee,  Appointment  of 49 

Duties  of 49 

Examine  transactions  of  all  officers 49 

Examine  Treasurer's  books  at  least  yearly 49 

Report  proceedings  to  City  Council 49 

Finances,  Council  has  control  of 52 


676  INDEX    TO   CHARTER. 

Page. 

Fines  imposed  under  old  Charter 

Fire  Department  61 

Chief  of,  appointive    

Appoints   officers   of 61 

Appoints  and  suspends  members  of 61 

Approval  of  appointments  of 61 

Controls  fire  apparatus  and  members 62 

Expels  members  of,  by  consent  of  Council 61 

Powers  of 62 

Report  monthly  to  City  Council 62 

Salary  of 103 

Fire  limits,  Establish   55 

Fires,  Prevention  and  extinguishment  of 55 

Fireworks,  Regulate  use  of 55 

Fiscal  year  34, 103 

Flags,  etc.,  across  streets 58 

Food,  Inspection,  measuring  and  weighing 54,  90,  91 

Forfeiture,  declared  under  old  Charter 102 

No  power  to  relieve  from,  or  remit 86- 

of  check  on  bid  for  work 86 

Fountains,  Drinking,  may  be  allowed  on  streets 51 

Franchises,  Conditions  of  grant  for  railroads 53 

Donation   of 57 

Fix  rates  for  use  of , 110 

For  power,  heat,  electricity,  etc 110 

For  water  and  light  prohibited,  except Ill 

How  granted   51 

No,  without  compensation    Ill 

No  railroad,  over  bridges  across  Commencement  Bay. .  110 

Not  assignable  without  consent  of  Council 110 

Not  exclusive 57, 110 

On  portion  of  streets  already  occupied 110 

Unused,  to  be  repealed 102 

Fund,  Interest  (See  Interest  Fund) 63 

Payment  of  money  from  specific 51 

Park    93 

Redemption 83 

Sinking   (See  Sinking  Fund) 

Separate,  Receipts  for  assessments  for  improvements, 

etc.,  in 83 

Funds  by  special  taxation,  or  vote  of  the  people,  How  used. . .  66 

Diversion  of,  When  and  how  made 66 

Funding  indebtedness,  Issue  bonds  for 52 


O 


Gas  works,  Appropriating,  erecting  or  purchasing 54,  98 

General  powers  of  City  Council 57 

Fund,  Receipts  from  City  Engineer  to  be  placed  in 76 

Grades,  Appraisers  for  damages  for  change  of 92 

Change  of,  How  made 53,  91 

Damages  for  change  of 53,  91 

Establishment  of 52,  91 

Objection  to  appraisement  for  change  of 92 

Guaranty  companies  may  give  bonds 47 

•H 

Hacks,  Establish  stands  for 58 


INDKX   TO   CHARTER, 

Hacks:  Pa§re. 

Posting  charges   in 

Regulate  charges  of 58 

Harbor  fees,  Collection  and  imposition  of 55 

Master,  appointive  

Powers  and  duties  of 93 

Harbor  and  tide  lands 100 

Health,  Abate  nuisances  affecting 56 

Buildings  and  occupations  offensive  to 55 

Board  of 90 

Officer  abolished  by  amendment  to  Charter 41 

Regulation  of  business  deleterious  to 55 

Regulations  regarding,  How  enforced 91 

Heat,  Franchises  for  furnishing 110 

Hospitals,  Erection  and  maintenance  of 54 

Houses,  Numbering  of 58 


Improvement  assessment  roll,  Appeal  from 79 

Improvements  begun  under  old  Charter 102 

Bids  for 80 

Expense  of 54 

Limit  of  cost  of 84 

Local,   Assessment   for. . 53 

of  streets,   etc 76 

Manner  of  making    84 

Increase  indebtedness   64 

Injuries,    Claims   for 102 

Inspection  of  food,  vegetables,  liquors,  etc 54,  90,  91 

Inspection  of  weights  and  measures 54 

Inspector  of  Board  of  Health 90 

of  Election    43 

of  Election  is  chairman  of  the  board 44 

of  Election  to  deliver  returns  to  City  Clerk 44 

of  Election,  Oath  of 43 

of  Plumbing  and  Drainage  abolished  by  amendment  to 

Charter    41 

Interest  Fund,  Loaning  money  of,  prohibited 63 

Surplus  moneys  of,  to  be  invested 63 

Investment  of  funds  by  Sinking  Fund  Commission 63 

Issuance  of  bonds,  Manner  of 65 

d 

Jails,  etc.,  Erection  and  regulation  of 54 

Journal  of  City  Council 49 

Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  64 

Judges  of  Election,  Appointment  of 43 

of  Election,  Oath  of 43 

b 

Landing  of  cargoes  within  City  limits 55 

Lands,  City  may  purchase  and  sell ..'...  52 

Laying  out  and  platting  additions  to  City 103 

Legislative  power,  in  whom  vested 4g 

Levy  of  assessments  presumed  regular '  194 

taxes  presumed  regular  . . . .  104 


INDEX   TO    CHARTEK. 

Levy:  Page. 

taxes  (Article  X,  2)  ...................................  70-52 

Library,  Annual  tax  for  public  ..............................  109 

Appropriation  annually  for  public  .................... 

Establishment  and  maintenance  of  public  ............. 

Use  of  public  ........................................ 

Licenses,  Amount  of  and  how  granted  ...................... 

Limit  of  .............................................  56 

Light,  Franchises  f»r  furnishing,  prohibited,  except  .........  Ill 

Furnish  inhabitants  with,  City  may  ...................  54 

Regulate  price  of,  City  may  ..........................  54,  58 

Works  may  be  erected  or  acquired  by  City  ............  54,  98 

Lighting  streets  and  public  places  .......................... 

Lien  of  purchaser  at  improvement  assessment  sales  ......... 

La  ens  upon  property  presumed  regular  ......................  104 

Limit  of  indebtedness  to  be  incurred  ........................  64 

Limits  of  streets  on  tide  flats,  Define  ........................  100 

Liquors,  License,  regulate  and  restrain  selling  of  ............ 

Limits  within  which  licenses  shall  be  granted  to  sell.  .  .  56 

Revoke  licenses  to  sell,  City  may  .....................  56 

Local  improvements,  To  make  .............................. 

Improvements,  Special  assessment  for  ................  53,54 


M 


Majority   of   votes   cast   necessary   to   carry   amendments    to 

Charter    ........................................  105 

Markets,  Establish  and  regulate  ............................  54 

Materials  furnished  to  City  by  contract,  Bids  for  ............ 

Mayor,  Appoint  all  officers,  other  than  elective  ..............  59 

Approve  all  official  and  other  bonds  ...................  59 

Call  extra  sessions  of  City  Council  ....................  44,  59 

Chief  executive  of  City  ...............................  58 

Duties  of  ............................................  58 

Enforce  all  contracts,  etc.,  with  the  City  ..............  59 

Fill  any  appointive  office  with  consent  of  Council  ......  58 

Fill  any  vacancy  in  an  appointive  office  ...............  47 

Member  of  Board  of  Health  ..........................  90 

Member  of  Sinking  Fund  Commission  .................  63 

Salary  of  ............................................  102 

Shall  not  vote  in  meetings  of  City  Council  .............  58 

Sign  complaints,  etc  ...................................  59 

Sign  warrants    .......................................  63 

Vacancy  in  office  of,  How  filled  .......................  47 

Measures,  Enforce  keeping  legal  ............................  54 

Members  of  Council,  Compel  attendance  of  ..................  48 

Mendicants,  Restrain  and  punish  .  .  ;  ........................  57 

Morality,  Regulate  and  preserve  public  ......................  57 


N 


Name   of   City  ..............................................  33 

Naming   streets,    etc  ........................................  58 

New  territory,  Attaching,  to  adjoining  Ward  ...............  40 

Notice  before  giving  deed  of  sale  for  improvement  assess- 

ments   ..........................................  83 

Notice  of  sale  for  improvement  assessments  by  Treasurer...  81 

Nuisances,  Abatement  and  prevention  of  ....................  66 

Punishment  for  maintaining  .........................  56 


INDEX    TO    CHARTEK. 

Page. 

Numbering   houses    58 

Noises  on  streets,  Regulating  and  suppressing 58 

O 

Oath  of  office  of  Clerks  of  Election 43,  44 

of  office  of  Inspector  of  Election 

of  office  of  Judges  of  Election , 48 

of  office  of  other  officers  of  the  City 46 

Obstruction  of  streets  51 

Occupations,  Regulate  carrying  on  of  offensive ,  56 

Regulate  construction  of  buildings  for  offensive 55 

Offensive  business,  Regulate  carrying  on 55 

Office,  When  becomes  vacant ; . .  47 

Offices  abolished  by  amendment "...  42 

City  Council  may  create  new,  board  or  commission. ...  •-  49 

Creation  of  necessary,  not  provided  for 57 

Officers  of  the  City 41 

Appointed   by   the  Mayor 41,  59 

Bonds  of 46 

Approval  of,  by  Council 47 

By  guaranty  companies 47 

Effect  of  irregularity  of 47 

Time  within  which  to  file 46 

Voluntary,  Effect  of 47 

Elected  in  1892,  Terms  of 42 

Other  than  those  mentioned  in 41 

Assistant  City  Attorney 60 

City  Engineer    75 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works 73 

Health    Inspector    99 

Shall  not  be  interested  in  contract  with  City 48 

Shall  riot  become  security 48 

Under  former  Charter    101 

Official  newspaper 51 

Opium  smoking,   Suppression   of 57 

Orders,  No  City  money  to  be  invested  in  City  orders 109 

Ordinances,  Amendment  of 50 

Appropriation  of  private  property  by 98 

Contents  of  amendatory    50 

Exemptions  and  suspensions  from  effects  of 50 

For  money  to  be  appropriated  by 51 

For  payment  of  more  than  $1,000,  must  be  by 51 

Granting  franchises  by,  How  passed 51 

How  passed  and  requisites  of 50 

Objections  to 50 

Prior  to  Charter  of  1890  ratified 101 

Publication  and   record  of 51 

Vacating  streets,  etc.,  How  passed 51 

Violation  of,  Punishment  for 57 

When  effective    51 

P 

Parades,   Regulation   of 58 

Park  Commissioners,  Appointive  41,  92 

Duties  and  powers  of '  92 

Exercise  control  over  parks 92 

File  receipts  with  Controller 93 


480  INDEX    TO    CHAKTEK. 

Park:  Page* 

Report  condition  of  parks 92 

Receive  donations  of  money,  etc.,  for  parks 93 

Rules  in  regard  to  parks,  Make 93 

Park  Fund   93 

Tax,  Provision  for 109 

Parks,  Annual  tax  for  maintenance  of 53 

City  may  purchase  land  for  public 53 

Establish  and  lay  out  public 52 

Improvement  of  land  for  public 

Regulate  use  of  public 52 

Partition  fences,  Construction  and  maintenance  of 

Party  walls,  Construction  and  maintenance  of 55 

-    Pest  houses,  Establish  and  maintain 54 

Physician,  City,  Abolished  by  amendment  to  Charter 41 

Platting  and  laying  out  additions  to  City 103 

Police  Department,  Chief  of.  Appointive 41 

Appoint   officers    61 

Appoint  policemen   60 

Appointment  of  members  by,  to  be  confirmed 60 

Attend  Court  and  meetings  of  Council 61 

Keep  records  of  arrest 61 

Member  of  Board  of  Health 90 

Powers  and  duties  of 60 

Report  monthly  to  Council 61 

Salary  of 103 

Policemen,  Appointed  by  Chief  of  Police  with  approval  of 

Council 60 

Deputies  of  Chief  of  Police 61 

Powers  and  duties  of 61 

Ponds  on   private  property,   Provide   for  drainage  and   fill- 
ing in  56 

Presumption  of  regularity  of  proceedings 104 

Printing,  Public,  let  annually  by  City  Council 51 

Prisoners,  Working  of  City 54 

Private  property,    Appropriation    of    (See   Appropriation   of 

Private  Property) 

Privileges,  Ordinances  granting,  How  passed 51 

Property  of  City,  Control  and  disposal  of 54 

Prostitutes,  Restrain  and  punish 

Public  criers,  Suppression  of,  on  streets 58 

Work  by  day  or  contract 84 

Publication  and  record  of  ordinances 51 

Purchase  of  land  for  cemeteries 55 

Property  for  corporate  purposes 52 


Q 


Quarantine,  Ma-ke  necessary  regulations  for 54 

May  be  ordered  by  Board  of  Health 91 

Quorum  of  City  Council 48 


Railroads,  Construction  and  operation  of 53 

No  tracks  of,  on  bridges  across  Commencement  Bay. . .  110 

No  franchise  for  street,  without  compensation 110 

Paving  between  tracks  of 53 

Protection  of  persons  and  property  from  injury  by 53 


INDEX   TO    CHARTER. 

Railroads:  Page. 

Purchase  of  and  acquiring,  by  the  City  ................  53,  98 

Trackage  to  be  charged  for,  over  bridges  .............. 

Real  estate  belonging  to  the  City,  Lease  and  sale  of  ..........  100 

Purchase  of,  for  use  of  City  .......................... 

Sale  of,  for  improvement  assessments  .................  80,  81 

Record  of  arrests  ....................  •  ...................... 

Record  and  publication  of  ordinances  .......................  51 

Redemption,  Certificate  of,  for  sale  for  improvement  assess- 

ments   .................................  .........  83 

From  sale  for  improvement  assessments  ..............  83,  84 

Re-districting  City  into  Wards  .............................  40 

Reform  schools,  Establishing  and  maintaining  ..............  54 

Registration  of  voters   .....................................  42 

Regulations  for  preservation  of  public  health,  Make  .........  56 

Remonstrance  against  street  improvements  .................  77 

Removal  from  office,  Proceedings  on  ........................  48 

Removal   of   buildings,    Direct,    in   appropriation   of   private 

property   .......................................  98 

Repealing  former  Charters    ................................  100 

Re-sale  for  improvement  assessments  .......................  82 

Returns  of  election,  Canvass  of  ............................  44 

Revenue  to  City  from  railroads  .............................  53 

Road  district,  City  of  Tacoma  a  separate  ....................  34 


Salary  list  ................................................  102 

Salaries,  Regulation  of  ...................................  .  57 

Sale  of  lands  for  improvement  assessments  ..................  81,  82" 

Sale  of  property  for  corporate  purposes  .....................  52r 

Seal,  Corporate   ...........................................  3$ 

Security  for  contract,  Officers  not  to  be  ....................  .  4& 

Sewerage  districts  may  be  created  by  Commissioner  of  Public 

Works  ............  .  .............................  90- 

and  drainage,  General  system  of  .....................  88- 

and  drainage,  Condemnation  proceedings  for  ..........  90 

Sewers,  Assessment  for  construction  of  .....................  90 

City  Council  may  order  construction  of  ...............  89 

Condemnation  of  private  property  for  ................  90 

Construction  of,  by  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  ____  89 

Damages  for  construction  of  ..........................  89 

Expense  of  construction  of  trunk  .....................  90> 

Plans  for  construction  of,  to  be  drawn  by  City  Engi- 

neer ............................................  89 

Repair  of  trunk   .....................................  90 

Superintendent  of,  Abolished  by  amendment  to  Char- 

ter .............................................  41 

Sinking  Fund,  Loaning  money  of,  prohibited  ................  63 

Commission,  Who  compose   ..........................  63 

Disposition  of  paid  bonds  by  .....................  64 

Duties  of   .......................................  63 

Investments  by  ..................................  63 

Journal  of,  Kept  by  Controller  ....................  64 

Quorum  of  ......................................  63 

Record  of  bonds  paid  by  .........................  64 

Redemption  of  bonds  by  .......................  ]  .  63 

I                  Vacancies  in,  How  filled  .......................  64 


681 


INDEX    TO    CHARTER. 


Special  assessments,  Collected  by  City  Treasurer 

Taxes  for  local  improvements,  Collected  by  City  Treas- 
urer   

Streams,  Prevent  the  defilement  of — 

Streets,  Change  grade  of 

Damages  for  change  of  grade  of 

Establish,  lay  out,  grade,  etc 

Extension  of,  over  tide  lands 

On  tide  lands,  Define  limits  of 

Remonstrance  against  improvement  of 

Superintendent  of,  Abolished  by  amendment  to  Char- 
ter    41 

Use  of  electricity  upon 52 

Vacation  of,  begun  under  old  Charter 52, 102 

Street  improvements,  Application  for 76 

Begun  under  old  Charter 102 

City  Council  may  order 76 

Cost  of,  How  assessed 78 

Damages  for  change  of  grade  in .' 91 

Expense  of,   How  charged 77 

Limit  of  cost  for 77 

Proceedings  for 77 

Remonstrance  against  77 

Requisites  of  application   for 76 

Sales  of  property  for 80,  81 

Supplies  furnished  to  City  by  contract,  Bids  for 84 

Sureties  on  bond  of  contractor 87 


T 


Tax,  Park,  Provision  for 109 

Taxes,  Annual,  for  maintenance  of  parks 53, 109 

Annual,  for  maintenance  of  public  library 54, 109 

Assessment  and  collection  of  general 69 

Books  of  Treasurer  show  separate  accounts  of 66 

Delinquent  taxes  not  levied  as  now  .provided,  Collected 

by  City  Treasurer 41 

Equalization  of  assessments  for 42 

Levy  of,  presumed  regular 104 

Levy  of  annual  and  special 52,  70 

Levied  under  old  Charter 102 

Limit  of  levy  for 52 

of  the  City  collected  by  County  Treasurer 71 

Special,  collected  by  City  Treasurer 40 

Terms  of  first  officers  under  new  Charter 

of  succeeding  officers 41 

Tide  lands,  Extension  of  streets  across 57, 100 

Treasury,  Money  drawn  from,  only  by  ordinance 51 

Trees,  Encouraging  planting  of 104 

Tugs,  License  of 56 

Tunnels,  City  may  build 54 


U 


Use  of  electricity  upon  streets 52 


Vl 


V-shaped  property,  Assessment  of 78 


INDEX    TO    CIIARTKK.  681 

Page, 

Vacancy  in  office,  When  and  how  filled 47 

Vacated  streets  disposed  of 99 

Vacating  streets,  etc.,  Ordinance  for,  How  passed 51,  54 

Vacation  of  streets,  Petition  and  notice  for 99 

Vacation  of  streets  under  old  Charter 102 

Vagrants,  To  restrain  and  punish 57 

Validating  all  acts  of  City  under  old  Charter 101 

Vaults,  Provide  for  cleaning 56 

Vesting  of  all  property,  etc.,  under  old  Charter  in  the  City. . .  101 

Veto,  Ordinances  how  passed  over 50 

Power  50 

Viaducts,  City  may  build 54 

Viewers,  Appointment  of,  on  appropriation  of  private  prop- 
erty     94 

Compensation  of,  on  appropriation  of  private  property.  97 

Duty  of,  on  appropriation  of  private  property 95 

Notice  to,  on  appropriation  of  private  property 94 

Oath  of,  on  appropriation  of  private  property 95 

Report  of,  to  be  filed  with  City  Clerk  on  appropria- 
tion of  private  property 95 

Surveys  by,  on  appropriation  of  private  property 97 

Violation  of  ordinances,  Punishment  for 57 

Voluntary  bonds,  Effect  of 47 

Vote,  Tie,  Proceedings  when  there  is  a 44 

Voters,  Assent  of,  necessary  to  incur  indebtedness 64 

Registration  of 42 

Qualifications  of 42 

Votes  necessary  to  carry  amendments  to  Charter 105 

W 

Wards,  Boundaries  of,  in  City 36 

Re-districting  of  City  into 40 

Warrants,  against  depleted  funds,  How  issued 63 

Against  depleted  funds,  Interest  on 63 

Assignment  of,  to  be  registered  with  Controller 68 

Drawn   by  Controller    63 

List  of,  Kept  by  Controller 68 

List  of,  Kept  by  Treasurer 66 

No  City  money  to  be  invested  in  City 109 

On  what  funds  to  be  drawn 63 

Signed   by  the  Mayor 63 

Water  courses,  Provide  for  cleaning  and  purification  of 56 

Franchises  for  furnishing,  prohibited,  except Ill 

Front  property,   Lease   of 100 

Rates  established    103 

Regulated  by  City   54,  58 

Supply,  Prevent  pollution  of 56 

Ways,  Control  of 55 

Works,  Erecting,  purchasing  or  appropriating 54,  98 

Weights  and  measures,  Enforce  keeping  legal 54 

Wharf  boats,  City  may  license 56 

Wharfage  and  dockage,  Fix  rates  for,  and  collect 55 

Wharves,  Control  and  use  of 55 

Improvement  of 52 

Lease  of,  How  made 100 

Witnesses,  Compel  attendance  of,  before  Council 49 

Work  houses,  Erect  and  maintain 54 


684  INDEX    TO    CHARTER. 


Page. 

Year,  Fiscal   103 

Yeas  and  nays,  When  called, —  49 


Index  to  Titles  of  Special  Ordinances. 


f\ 


Page. 

Additions  to  extension  of  trunk  sewers,  Proposed 122 

Amendments  to  Charter,  Election  for  proposed  (1896) 125 

Amendments  to  Charter,  Election  for  proposed  (1898) 126 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  and  road  purposes  for  1890 121 

Tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1891 122 

For  1892    122 

For  1893   123 

For  1894  (See  Ordinance  No.  942) 123 

For  1894-5   124 

For  1895-6 125 

For  1896-7    125 

For  1898   126 

Appropriations  for  securing  new  source  of  water  supply  (Car- 
bon river) 125 

of  part  of  receipts  from  liquor  licenses  to  Park  Fund. . .  122 
Appropriating  money  to  purchase  water  supply  on  Clover 

Creek,  etc 124 

5.35  mills  of  tax  levy  of  1895  for  interest 125 

Tax  levy  of  1894  to  certain  funds 123 

of  1894-5  to  certain  funds 124 

of  1895-6  to  certain  funds 125 

of  1896-7  to  certain  funds 125 

of  1898  to  certain  funds 126 

Assessment  for  improvement  of  Pacific  avenue,  etc 124 

Treasurer  to  credit  owner  on  re-assessment  who  has 

paid  his  original    125 

B 

Banks,"  Method    of   distributing   receipts   from,    with    which 

Boggs,  etc.,  deposited   126 

Bell  street  changed  to  Sixth  avenue 121 

Boggs,  Geo.  W.,  Method  of  distributing  receipts  from,  and  his 

sureties  and  banks    126 

Bonds,  Authorizing  issuance  of,  to  build  bridge  on,  and  ex- 
tend Eleventh  street   123 

Borrow  $350,000  to  fund  City  indebtedness  and  issue...  121 

Borrow  $200,000  to  build  City  Hall  and  issue 121 

For  funding  City  indebtedness  and  building  City  Hall, 

Special  election  for  issuing 121 

For  improvement  of  Pacific  avenue,  Issuance  of 124 

Funding,  to  pay  outstanding  warrants  between  August 

14,  1892,  and  June  16,  1896 125 

of  City  Attorney  and  City  Clerk,  Official 123 

Payment  of  interest  on  local  improvement,  for  paving 

Pacific  avenue   124 

Special  election  to  issue,  for  extension  of  trunk  sewers.  122 

Borrow  $350,000  to  fund  City  indebtedness  and  issue  bonds. . .  121 


-rNDEX    TO    TITLES    OF    SPECIAL    ORDINANCES. 

Borrow:  Page. 

$200,000  to  build  City  Hall  and  issue  bonds  ............  121 

Money  to  build  Eleventh  street  bridge,  Special  elec- 

tion to  .  .  .  ..........  ............................  122 

$500,000  to  extend  system  of  trunk  sewers,  Special  elec- 

tion to  ..........................................  122 

$115,000  to  build  bridge  on  and  extend  South  Eleventh 

street  ..........................................  123 

$5,750  for  one  year's  interest  on  Eleventh  street  bridge 

bonds  ..........................................  123 

Bridge,  Special  election  to  borrow  money  to  build  Eleventh 

street  .......  ...................................  122 

On    and    extend    South    Eleventh    street,    To    borrow 
$115,000  to  build   ................................. 

Buildings  on  streets,  avenues  and  alleys,  Numbering  ........         121,122 

Bushalier  Creek,  Condemning  private  property  for  water  sup- 

ply from  ........................................  124 


G 


Carbon  River  designated  as  one  source  of  water  supply  ......  125 

Carr  street,  City  disclaims  all  interest  in  part  of  ............. 

Chandler  street,  Naming  and  designating  ................... 

Changing  names  of  avenues  and  streets  .....................         121,  122 

Charter,  Election  for  proposed  amendments  to  (1896)  ........ 

Election  for  proposed  amendments  to   (1898)  ..........  126 

City  Attorney,  Official  bond  of  ..............................  123 

Clerk,  Official  bond  of  ................................  123 

City  Hall,  Borrow  $200,000  to  build,  and  issue  bonds  ........  121 

Fund,    Prohibiting   payment   of   warrants    on,    between 

August  16,  1892,  and  April  19,  1894  ................  126 

Special  election  to  borrow  money  for  building  ........  121 

City  indebtedness,  Borrow  $350,000  to  fund  .................. 

Special  election  to  borrow  money  for  funding  ..........  121 

Clover  Creek,  Condemning  private  property  for  water  sup- 

ply from   ........................................  124 

"Compensation  of  Jas.  Wickersham  in  prosecuting  case  against 

Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Company  ................  125 

Condemnation    of   private   property    for    water   supply    from 

Clover  Creek    ...................................          .       124 

Confirming  issuance  of  General  Fund  warrants  from  April  19, 

1892,  to  November,  1893  ...........................  123 

Confirming  issuance  of  General  Fund  warrants  from  Novem- 

ber 1,  1893,  to  February  28,  1894  ..................  123 

Confirming  issuance  of  General  Fund  warrants  from  February 

28,  1894,  to  August  31,  1894  ........................        ,          123 

Cost  as  estimated  of  extension  of  system  of  trunk  S9wers.  .  .  .  122 

Credit  owner  on  re-assessment  who  has  paid  orignal  assess- 

ment ...........................................  125 

D 

Del  Norte  avenue  changed  to  Twelfth  street  .................  121 

Designating  Chandler  street,  Naming  and  ...................  126 

Disclaiming  all  interest  of  City  in  and  to  property  on  South 

Eleventh  street,  etc  ..............................  122 

Discontinuance  of  proceedings  for  condemnation  of  private 

property  for  water  supply  ........................  124 


INDEX   TO   TITLES   OF   SPECIAL    ORDINANCES* 

f=  Page. 

Eighth  street,  City  disclaims  all  interest  in  part  of  South 122 

Election  for  certain  proposed  amendments  to  Charter  (1896) . .  125 

For  certain  proposed  amendments  to  Charter  (1898) . . .  126, 

For  extension  of  water  supply  to  new  source 124 

To  borrow  money  for  building  Eleventh  street  bridge^ 

Special 122, 

To  borrow  money  for  funding  City  indebtedness  and 

building  City  Hall 121 

To    issue    bonds    for    extension    of    system    of    trunk 

sewers,  Special   . .. 122 

Eleventh  street,  Borrow  $115,000  to  build  bridge  on  and  ex- 
tend South  123 

Changed  to  Twelfth  street 121 

City  disclaims  all  interest  in  part  of  South 122 

Special  election  to  borrow  money  to  build  bridge  on 

South  122 

Extending  system  of  trunk  sewers,  Special  election  for 122 

Water  system  to  new  source,  Election  for *  124 

F 

Fire  Department  for  1890,  Levying  special  tax  for 121 

Fund,  City  Hall,  Prohibiting  Treasurer  from  paying  warrants 

on,  from  August  16,  1892,  to  April  19,  1894 126 

General,  warrants,  Confirming  issuance  of,  from  April 

19,  1892,  to  November,  1893 123 

Warrants,  Confirming  issuance  of,  from  November. 

1,  1893,  to  February  28,  1894 ,  123, 

Warrants,  Confirming  issuance  of,  from  February 

28,  1894,  to  August  31,  1894 123 

Directing  Treasurer  to  pay  from  the,  warrants  upon, 

said  fund  since  April  19,  1894 126. 

Prohbiting   Treasurer   from    paying   warrants   on, 

from  August  16,  1892,  to  April  19,  1894 126 

Transfer     indebtedness     from     Road     and     Sewer 

funds  to 121 

General  Expense,  Directing  Treasurer  to  pay  from  the, 

warrants  upon  said  fund  since  April  19,  1894. . .  126- 
Park,  Appropriation  of  part  of  liquor  license  receipts  to.                121 
Road,  Transfer  indebtedness  from,  and  Sewer,  to  Gen- 
eral Fund    , . .  ^                121 

Salary,  Directing  Treasurer  to  pay  from  the,  warrants 

upon  said  fund  since  April  19,  1894 126 

Transferring  all  surplus  moneys  from  Water  and 

Light  Fund  to 125. 

Sewer,  Transfer  indebtedness  from  Road  and,  to  Gen- 
eral Fund  121 

Water  and   Light,  Disposition  of  revenues  in,  to  pay 

back  salaries    126 

Transferring  all   surplus  moneys  from,   to  Salary 

Fund    125 

Funding  bonds,  Authorizing  issue  of,  to  pay  outstanding  war- 
rants from  August  14,  1892,  to  June  16,  1896 125 

City  indebtedness,  Borrow  $350,000  for , . ,  121 

Special  election  to  borrow  money  for 121 

Funds,  Appropriating  taxes  levied  for  1894  to  certain 123 

Appropriating  tax  levy  for  1894-5  to  certain 124 

Tax  levy  for  1895-6  to  certain 125 

Tax  levy  for  1896-7  to  certain 125 

Tax  levy  for  1898  to  certain 12-6 


O 


688  INDEX  TO  TITLES  OF  SPECIAL  ORDINANCES. 

Page. 
General  Fund  warrants,  Confirming  issuance  of,  from  April  19, 

1892,  to  November,  1893 123" 

Fund  warrants,  Confirming  issuance  of,  from  November 

1,  1893,  to  February  28,  1894 123 

warrants,  Confirming  issuance  of,  from  November 

28,  1894,  to  August  31,  1894 123 

Directing  Treasurer  to  pay  from  the,  warrants  upon 

said  fund  since  April  19,  1894 126 

Prohibiting   Treasurer  from   paying   warrants  on, 

from  August  16,  1892,  to  April  19,  1894 126 

Transfer     indebtedness     from     Road     and     Sewer 

funds  to 121 

General  Expense,  Directing  Treasurer  to  pay  from  the,  war- 
rants upon  said  fund  since  April  19,  1894 126 

I 

Improvement  of  Pacific  avenue  from  South  Seventeenth  to 

South  Ninth  streets 124 

Indebtedness,  Provide  for  issuing  bonds  to  pay,  of  City  evi- 
denced by  warrants  between  August  14,  1892,  and 

June  16,  1896 12& 

Special  election  to  borrow  money  to  fund  City 121 

Interest,  Appropriating  5.35  mills  of  tax  levy  of  1895-6  for. . .  125 

Levying  annual  tax  for,  on  indebtedness  for  1896-7 125 

Levying  annual  tax  for,  on  indebtedness  for  1898 126 

Payment  of,  on  local  improvement  bonds  for  paving 

Pacific  avenue   124 

Issuing  bonds,   Borrow   $350,000   to   fund   City    indebtedness 

and  for 121 

Bonds,  Borrow  $200,000  to  build  City  Hall  and  for 121 

For  extension  of  system  of  trunk  sewers,  Special 

election  for 122 

To   build   bridge   on    and   extend   South    Eleventh 

street  123 

To  fund  City  indebtedness  and  build  City  Hall 121 

To  improve  by  paving  Pacific  avenue 124 

Funding    bonds    to    pay    outstanding    warrants    from 

August  14,  1892,  to  June  16,  1896 125 


L 


Levying  annual  tax  for  municipal  and  road  purposes  for  1890.  121 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1891 122 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1892 122 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1893 123 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1894  (See  Ordi- 

nanaee  942) 123 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1894-5 124 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1895-6 125 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1896-7 125 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1898 126 

Road  poll  tax  for  1890 121 

Special  tax  for  Fire  Department  and  lighting  streets 

for  1890 121 

Lighting  streets  in  1890,  Levying  special  tax  for 121 

Liquor  License  receipts,  Appropriation  of  part  of,  to  Park 

Fund   122 


INDKX   TO   TITLES   OF   SPECIAL   ORDINANCES,  68% 

Page. 

Local  improvement  bonds  for  paving  Pacific  avenue,   issu- 
ance of 124 

Improvement  bonds  for   paving   Pacific   avenue,   Pay- 
ment of  interest  on 124 


McCauley,  J.  W.,  etc.,  Method  of  distributing  receipts  from, 

and  his  sureties  and  banks 126 

Municipal  and  road  purposes  for  1890,  Levying  annual  taxes 

for 121 

Purposes  for  1891,  Levying  annual  taxes  for 

Purposes  for  1892,  Levying  annual  taxes  for 122 

Purposes  for  1893,  Levying  annual  taxes  for 123 

Purposes  for  1894,  Levying  annual  taxes  for  (See  Ordi- 
nance 942) 123 

Purposes  for  1894-5,  Levying  annual  taxes  for 124 

Purposes  for  1895-6,  Levying  annual  taxes  for 125 

Purposes  for  1896-7,  Levying  annual  taxes  for 125 

Purposes  for  1898,  Levying  annual  taxes  for 126 


N 


Names  of  streets,  Changing 121, 122 

Naming  and  designating  Chandler  street 126 

New  source,  Election  for  extension  of  water  supply  to 124 

Of  water  supply,  Designating  and  making  appropria- 
tions for  securing  (Carbon  River,  etc.) 125 

Numbering  buildings  on  streets  and  avenues 121, 122 


O 


Oakwood    cemetery,    Vacate    dedication   of   streets,    etc.,    in 

plat  of 122 


P 


Pacific    avenue    from    South    Seventeenth    to    South    Ninth 

streets,  Paving,  etc 124 

Park    Fund,    Appropriation    of    part    of    liquor    license    re- 
ceipts to 121 

Paving    Pacific   avenue    from    South    Seventeenth    to    South 

Ninth  streets   „ ,  124 

Plans  and  details  of  extension  of  system  of  trunk  sewers 122 

Plat  of  streets,  etc.,  on  tide  lands,  Acceptance  of 124 

Prescott  avenue  changed  to  Sixth  avenue 121 

Purchase  of  and  payment  for  water  supply  (Clover  Creek) . . .  124 

R 

Re-assessment,  Credit  owner  on,  who  has  paid  original  as-> 

sessment   125 

Road  and  Sewer  Funds,  Transfer  indebtedness  from,  to  Gen- 
eral Fund    121 

Poll  tax  for  1890,  Levying 121 

Property  tax  for  1890,  Levying  annual 121 


49ft  INDEX   TO   TITLES   OF   SPECIAL   ORDINANCES, 


Salaries,  Payment  of  back,  from  revenues  of  Water  and  Light 

Fund  

Salary   Fund,    Directing   Treasurer   to   pay   from,   warrants 

upon  said  fund  since  April  19,  1894 

Transferring  all  surplus  moneys  from  Water  and  Light 

Fund  to 

Sewer  Fund,  Transfer  indebtedness  from  Road  and,  to  Gen- 
eral Fund 

Sewers,  Special  election  for  extension  of  system  of 

Sixth  avenue,  City  disclaims  all  interest  in  part  of,  substituted 

for  South  Sixth  street,  etc 

South  Sixth  street  changed  to  Sixth  avenue 

Spanaway   Creek,   Condemning   private   property   for   water 

supply  from,  and  Spanaway  Lake 

Special  elections  (See  Elections) 

Tax  for  Fire  Department  and  lighimg  streets  for  1890, 

Levying   

Streets  and  avenues,  Changing  names  of 

and  avenues,  Numbering  buildings  on 

etc.,  on  plat  of  Oak  wood  cemetery,  Vacating 

on  tide  lands,  Acceptance  of  plat  of 


Tacoma  avenue,  City  disclaims  all  interest  in  part  of 

Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Co.,  Retaining  Jas.  Wickersham  to 

prosecute  suits  against   

Tax,    Levying    annual,    for    municipal    and    road    purposes 

for  1890 

Levying  annual,  for  municipal  purposes  for  1891 

Levying  annual,  for  municipal  purposes  for  1892 

Levying  annual,  for  municipal  purposes  for  1893 

Levying  annual,  for  municipal  purposes  for  1894  (See 

Ordinance  942) 

Levying  annual,  for  municipal  purposes  for  1894-5 

Levying  annual,  for  municipal  purposes  for  1895-6 

Levying  annual,  for  municipal  purposes  for  1896-7 

Levying  annual,  for  municipal  purposes  for  1898 

Levying  road  poll,  for  1890 

Levying    special,    for   Fire    Department    and    lighting 

streets  for  1890 

Taxes  of  1894,  Appropriation  and  expenditure  of 

Tide  lands,  Acceptance  of  plat  of  streets,  etc.,  on 

Transfer  all  surplus  moneys   in  Water  and  Light  Fund  to 

Salary  Fund  

Certain  indebtedness  from  Road  and  Sewer  Funds  to 

General  Fund  

Trunk  sewers,  Special  election  for  extension  of  system  of 

Twelfth  street  substituted  for  DG!  Norte  avenue 

Street  substituted  for  Eleventh  avenue 

Street  substituted  for  Wayne  street 

V 

Vacate  streets,  etc.,  on  plat  of  Oakwood  cemetery 


INDEX    TO   TITLES   OF   SPECIAL   ORDINANCES.  691 


w 

Page. 

Warrants,  between  April  19,  1892  and  November,  1893,  Con- 
firming issuance  of  General  Fund 123 

Between  November  1,  1893,  and  February  28,  1894,  Con- 
firming issuance  of  General  Fund 123 

Between  February  28,  1894,  and  August  31,  1894,  Con- 
firming issuance  of  General  Fund 123 

Between  August  14,  1892,  and  June  16,  1896,  Issuance 

of  Funding  bonds  to  pay  outstanding 125 

Between  August  16,  1892,  and  April  19,  1894,  Prohibit- 
ing Treasurer  from  paying,  on  General  and  City 
Hall  funds  126 

On  General,  Salary  and  General  Expense  Funds,  Direct- 
ing Treasurer  to  pay,  since  April  19,  1894 126 

Water  and  Light  Fund,  Transferring  all  surplus  moneys  from, 

to  Salary  Fund   125 

Supply,  Condemnation  of  private  property  for 124 

Supply,  Discontinuance  of  condemnation  proceed- 
ings for 124 

System  to  new  source,  Election  for  extension  of 124 

Wayne  street  changed  to  Twelfth  avenue 121 


Index  to  Ordinances  by  Number. 


NOTE; — Where  ordinances  are  printed  in  full,  or  their 
titles  given,  in  the  body  of  the  book  among-  the  "Revised 
Ordinances,"  the  pag^e  where  the  same  will  be  found  is  indi- 
cated by  the  letter  "a"  after  the  pag-e  number.  All  other 
pag-e  numbers  show  where  the  ordinance  is  referred  to. 


Ord.  No.  Pag-e.       Ord.  No.  Page.      Ord.  No.    Page.      Ord.  No.    Page. 


12  O.  T.  155 

88  N.  T.  139 

28 

140 

91 

282  a 

13  0.  T.  155 

89  N.  T.  139 

29 

156 

93 

127 

22  O.  T.  155 

90  N.  T.  140 

31 

393  a 

94 

128 

23  O.  T.  155 

91  N.  T.  140 

32 

395  a 

96 

157 

24  0.  T.  391  a 

92  N.  T.  140 

33 

337 

97 

128 

25  O.  T.  391  a 

93  N.  T.  140 

34 

140 

100 

128 

26  O.  T.  392  ^i 

94  N.  T.  140 

35 

141 

101 

128 

28  O.  T.  553  a 

95  N.  T.  141 

36 

144 

102 

128 

13  N.  T.  155 

96  N.  T.  392 

40 

173  a 

105 

128 

15  N.  T.  279  a 

97  N.  T.  140 

41 

280  a 

107 

128 

18  N.  T.  155 

98  N.  T.  336 

42 

156 

108 

128 

20  N.  T.  392  a 

337 

43 

141 

109 

157 

21  N.  T.  155 

338 

44 

281  a 

111 

128 

24  N.  T.  156 

100  N.  T.  156 

46 

141 

112 

128 

27  N.  T.  156 

101  N.  T.  156 

47 

141 

113 

336 

28  N.  T.  156 

102  N.  T.  141 

50 

141 

337 

30  N.  T.  139 

103  N.  T.  393  a 

51 

141 

338 

32  N.  T.  156 

104  N.  T.  140 

52 

141 

114 

128 

34  N.  T.  156 

105  N.  T.  153 

53 

140 

115 

157 

35  N.  T.  156 

106  N.  T.  153 

55 

156 

116 

157 

37  N.  T.  156 

107  N.  T.  393  a 

58 

140 

117 

157 

39  N.  T.  139 

109  N.  T.  153 

59 

141 

118 

337 

43  N.  T.  156 

110  N.  T.  153 

60 

141 

119 

157 

46  N.  T.  392  a 

111  N.  T.  141 

63 

140 

120 

128 

52  N.  T.  232  a 

112  N.  T.  153 

64 

140 

121 

128 

58  N.  T.  156 

114  N.  T.  141 

65 

153 

123 

157 

59  N.  T.  153 

2     156 

66 

156 

124 

128 

61  N.  T.  172  a 

7     311  a 

67 

156 

125 

128 

62  N.  T.  127 

8     127 

69 

157 

126 

399  a 

63  N.  T.  140 

9     140 

70 

157 

127 

157 

64  N.  T.  139 

11     156 

71 

157 

129 

337 

69  N.  T.  549 

12     156 

72 

157 

130 

128 

70  N.  T.  156 

13     156 

73 

157 

131 

157 

71  N.  T.  139 

14     156 

74 

157 

133 

312 

77  N.  T.  156 

16     156 

76 

157 

136 

251 

82  N.  T.  392  a 

17     127 

77 

557  a 

137 

235 

83  N.  T.  139 

22     553  a 

78 

157 

139 

337 

84  N.  T.  141 

23     156 

79 

157 

140 

336 

86  N.  T.  153 

24     141 

87 

397  a 

337 

S7  N.  T.  140 

25     153 

89 

153 

146 

337 

INDEX   TO    ORDINANCES    BY   NUMBER. 
Ord.  No.  Page.      Ord.  No,  Page.      Ord.  No,  Page.      Ord.  No.  Page, 


150 

128 

228 

283  a 

278 

427 

355 

12& 

152 

399  a 

231 

336 

... 

429 

356 

129, 

. 

403 

... 

337 

•  .  . 

430  a 

357 

522  a, 

. 

409 

338 

... 

433 

358 

129 

410 

232 

154 

.  .  . 

437 

359 

477  a 

411 

233 

154 

279 

129 

360 

418  a 

... 

412 

235 

336 

. 

158 

361 

442 

413 

236 

154 

281 

129 

362 

458 

... 

425 

237 

425  a 

158 

462  a 

430 

430 

282 

450  a 

363 

478  a 

153 

414  a 

.  .  . 

432 

283 

129 

364 

129 

154 

128 

433 

284 

154 

368 

472  a 

156 

157 

436 

285 

158 

473 

158 

121 

437 

289 

129 

... 

474 

.  .  . 

122 

238 

401  a 

290 

457  a 

369 

154 

159 

337 

.  .  . 

402  a 

297 

293  a 

370 

154 

161 

128 

239 

154 

299 

315  a 

371 

482  a 

162 

157 

240 

439  a 

300 

154 

372 

154 

163 

157 

.  .  . 

442 

301 

154 

373 

129 

166 

338 

.  . 

446 

302 

224  a 

374 

129 

168 

300  a 

241 

154 

304 

458  a 

375 

129 

169 

157 

242 

154 

462 

376 

129 

170 

415  a 

243 

154 

308 

336 

377 

154 

172 

153 

244 

158 

310 

158 

379 

121 

173 

415  a 

245 

158 

312 

158 

383 

130> 

175 

337 

247 

158 

313 

430  a 

384 

167 

180 

301a 

248 

154 

433 

621 

181 

128 

249 

128 

'  437 

386 

121 

182 

336 

250 

129 

439 

387 

338 

183 

313  a 

252 

158 

314 

158 

388 

121 

184 

314  a 

253 

336 

315 

466  a 

389 

130 

186 

128 

256 

384  a 

316 

158 

392 

130 

188 

416  a 

257 

129 

317 

129 

394 

155 

419 

258 

304 

319 

384 

395 

121 

.  .  . 

4^3 

259 

129 

320 

586  a 

.  .  . 

549 

191 

338 

261 

129 

321 

468  a 

396 

121 

192 

128 

262 

447  a 

323 

364  a 

550 

194 

526  a 

.  .  . 

450 

324 

336 

397 

356  a. 

196 

303  a 

453 

.  .  . 

3S7 

398 

345  a, 

199 

158 

454 

325 

467  a 

399 

485  a 

200 

158 

263 

454  a 

326 

129 

400 

130 

202 

403  a 

264 

158 

327 

154 

401 

158 

203 

423  a 

266 

158 

328 

129   • 

402 

130 

205 

153 

267 

129 

329 

1?1 

403 

262  a 

207 

292  a 

. 

158 

330 

121 

405 

317  a 

208 

153 

268 

384 

331 

121 

407 

525  a 

209 

154 

269 

129 

332 

154 

408 

130 

210 

336 

158 

334 

154 

411 

121 

.  .  . 

337 

270 

1?9 

338 

154 

413 

158 

3?8 

271 

154 

339 

469  a 

416 

122 

212 

154 

272 

158 

.340 

154 

417 

142 

213 

154 

273 

307  a 

343 

129 

418 

158 

214 

158 

274 

12*} 

346 

120 

419 

142 

216 

423  a 

275 

176  a 

347 

22>  a 

420 

142 

219 

175  a 

276 

403  a 

350 

472  a 

421 

142 

220 

338 

.  . 

411 

474 

422 

142 

224 

549  a 

277 

409  a 

351 

475  a. 

423 

142 

225 

128 

. 

413 

352 

129 

424 

135 

227 

3°>7 

354 

477  a 

425 

13$ 

494  INDEX   TO   ORDINANCES    BY   NUMBER. 

Ord.  No.  Page.      Ord.  No.  Page.      Ord.  No.  Page.       Ord,  No.  Page. 


426 

142 

493 

159 

559 

144 

621 

146 

427 

135 

494 

143 

560 

144 

622 

146 

428 

135 

495 

143 

561 

145 

623 

136 

429 

135 

497 

130 

562 

145 

624 

137 

431 

384 

498 

155 

563 

145 

625 

137 

433 

142 

499 

189  a 

564 

145 

626 

137 

434 

135 

501 

307  a 

565 

145 

627 

137 

435 

142 

502 

159 

566 

145 

628 

344  a 

436 

122 

504 

159 

567 

136 

632 

130 

437 

135 

505 

143 

568 

145 

633 

338 

439 

135 

507 

234  a 

569 

145 

634 

159 

440 

135 

508 

130 

570 

145 

636 

130 

441 

135 

509 

336 

571 

145 

637 

137 

442 

135 

... 

337 

572 

145 

638 

130 

443 

130 

.  .  . 

338 

573 

122 

640 

146 

444 

142 

. 

339 

575 

136 

641 

262 

445 

142 

510 

135 

337 

646 

356  a 

446 

142 

511 

135 

576 

155 

647 

549  a 

447 

142 

513 

136 

577 

136 

648 

122 

449 

134 

515 

336 

578 

136 

649 

338 

450 

155 

337 

579 

136 

650 

146 

451 

135 

338 

580 

136 

651 

146 

453 

142 

517 

159 

581 

294  a 

652 

146 

454 

142 

518 

155 

583 

145 

653 

146 

455 

142 

519 

130 

584 

145 

654 

146 

456 

142 

520 

317  a 

586 

145 

655 

137 

457 

142 

521 

130 

587 

145 

656 

137 

458 

142 

522 

130 

588 

159 

657 

159 

459 

140 

523 

130 

589 

145 

658 

155 

460 

142 

524 

136 

590 

145 

659 

146 

461 

142 

525 

136 

591 

145 

660 

147 

462 

135 

526 

136 

592 

145 

661 

147 

463 

143 

527 

136 

593 

145 

662 

147 

465 

143 

528 

136 

594 

145 

663 

147 

466 

143 

529 

143 

595 

146 

664 

147 

467 

143 

530 

144 

596 

146 

665 

147 

468 

143 

531 

144 

597 

146 

666 

249  a 

469 

143 

532 

144 

599 

486  a 

.  .  . 

6?6 

470 

143 

533 

144 

600 

146 

667 

563  a 

471 

143 

534 

144 

601 

146 

668 

134 

472 

143 

535 

144 

603 

437  a 

669 

159 

473 

143 

536 

144 

604 

336 

670 

130 

474 

143 

537 

144 

337 

159 

475 

143 

538 

144 

605 

130 

671 

130 

476 

143 

539 

159 

606 

130 

159 

477 

143 

544 

144 

607 

136 

672 

137 

478 

143 

545 

144 

608 

136 

673 

130 

479 

284  a 

546 

144 

609 

136 

674 

130 

481 

143 

547 

159 

610 

136 

675 

130 

482 

135 

548 

Charter 

611 

136 

676 

130 

483 

135 

page  37 

612 

136 

677 

317  a 

487 

135 

550 

144 

613 

136 

678 

130 

488 

135 

551 

486  a 

614 

146 

679 

284  a 

489 

143 

552 

144 

615 

146 

680 

147 

490 

135 

554 

144 

616 

146 

681 

147 

491 

336 

555 

144 

617 

146 

682 

147 

337 

556 

144 

618 

146 

683 

147 

338 

557 

144 

619 

155 

684 

147 

492 

159 

558 

144 

620 

146 

685 

147 

INDEX   TO   ORDINANCES    BY    NUMBER. 
Ord.  No.  Poge.      Ord.  No.  Page.      Ord,  No,  Page,      Ord.  No.  Page. 


686 

147 

752 

137 

804 

339 

864 

138 

687 

147 

753 

122 

805 

131 

865 

138 

688 

147 

754 

122 

806 

160 

866 

150 

689 

147 

755 

159 

807 

131 

867 

138 

690 

147 

756 

149 

808 

285  a 

868 

138 

691 

147 

758 

149 

809 

131 

870 

322  a 

692 

147 

759 

149 

810 

149 

871 

363  a 

693 

147 

760 

131 

811 

149 

874 

288  a 

694 

147 

761 

131 

813 

160 

875 

336 

695 

147 

762 

149 

814 

160 

.  .  . 

337 

696 

148 

764 

159 

815 

306  a 

.  .  . 

338 

£98 

131 

765 

149 

816 

131 

.  .  . 

339 

£99 

131 

766 

318  a 

817 

336 

876 

536  a 

700 

148 

767 

149 

338 

877 

132 

701 

148 

768 

318  a 

339 

878 

132 

702 

148 

769 

149 

818 

149 

879 

550  a 

703 

148 

770 

139 

819 

149 

882 

537  a 

704 

148 

771 

137 

820 

149 

883 

138 

705 

148 

772 

137 

821 

534 

884 

138 

706 

14S 

773 

131 

593  a 

885 

160 

707 

137 

774 

122 

823 

123 

889 

132 

708 

137 

775 

149 

383 

892 

151 

710 

131 

776 

137 

824 

149 

893 

239  a 

711 

148 

777 

336 

825 

137 

896 

150 

712 

148 

.  . 

338 

826 

138 

899 

382  a 

713 

137 

339 

827 

138 

900 

288  a 

714 

137 

778 

131 

828 

356  a 

901 

551  a 

715  . 

148 

780 

131 

829 

227  a 

902 

132 

716 

159 

782 

122 

830 

320  a 

903 

132 

718 

236  a 

783 

336 

831 

149 

904 

344  a 

720 

139 

337 

832 

149 

905 

139 

721 

137 

784 

131 

833 

150 

906 

155 

722 

148 

138 

834 

123 

908 

132 

723 

148 

785 

270 

835 

131 

909 

160 

724 

137 

319  a 

139 

910 

132 

725 

139 

786 

131 

836 

287  a 

160 

727 

148 

787 

336 

839 

133 

sii 

132 

728 

148 

337 

841 

344  a 

912 

160 

729 

148 

339 

842 

150 

915 

155 

730 

148 

788 

122 

843 

150 

918 

160 

731 

148 

789 

159 

844 

150 

919 

123 

732 

148 

790 

566  a 

845 

363  a 

920 

123 

733 

148 

570 

.  . 

599 

921 

132 

734 

131 

571 

846 

319  a 

922 

160 

735 

131 

572 

847 

570  a 

923 

160 

737 

148 

791 

159 

848 

534 

926 

357  a 

738 

149 

792 

122 

595 

927 

132 

739 

131 

793 

139 

849 

155 

928 

338 

740 

131 

794 

139 

850 

391  a 

929 

132 

741 

564  a 

795 

155 

852 

160 

930 

132 

743 

131 

796 

149 

853 

132 

931 

267 

744 

131 

797 

336 

854 

150 

932 

530  a 

745 

131 

798 

137 

855 

132 

933 

155 

746 

131 

799 

159 

857 

150 

934 

132 

747 

151 

800 

348  a 

859 

150 

935 

160 

748 

151 

801 

'  122 

860 

487 

936 

123  a 

749 

131 

383 

861 

296  a 

938 

254  a 

750 

131 

802 

122 

862 

132 

. 

599 

751 

159 

803 

159 

863 

138 

941 

160 

INDEX   TO    ORDINANCES   BY   NUMBER. 

Ord.  No.  Page.  Ord.  No.  Page.  Ord.  No,  Page.  Ord.  No.  Page. 

942  123  1010  473  1074  359  a  1150  126 

527  ...  474  a  1076  523  1152  162 

528  1011  155  ...  529  a  1153  162 

943  151  1013  132  1077  277  a  1154  162 

944  151  1014  342  a  ...  621  1155  253  a 

946  123  1015  161  ...  623  1157  263  a 

947  366  a  1017  291  a  1079  162  1160  132 

949  160  1018  161  1081  526  1161  499 a 

950  138  1019  124  1086  125  1162  587  a 
952  308a  ...  535  1087  162  1164  576  a 

954  524  a  1020  151  1088  337  1165  574  a 

955  527  a  1021  161  1089  182  a  1167  525  a 

956  269  a  1023  161  1090  326  a  1168  162 

957  528  a  1024  161  1093  152  1169  133 

958  160  1025  161  1094  152  1170  133 

959  559  a  1026  161  1095  162  1171  133 

963  123  1027  161  1096  162  1174  162 

964  160  1028  492  a  1097  125  1175  162 

966  132  ...  495  1099  495  a  1176  254  a 

967  124  ...  496  1100  496  a  1177  152 

968  289  a  1029  125  1101  125  1178  152 

969  155  ...  592  1102  152  1179  163 

970  124  1030  574  a  1103  152  1180  163 

971  337  1031  262  1104  152  1182  185  a 
338  1033  132  1105  162  1183  291  a 

972  295  a  1035  138  1107  152  1184  152 

974  527  a  1037  404  a  1108  132  1185  525  a 
528  1038  400  a  1109  133  1186  525  a 
548  1039  460  a  1110  133  1187  150 

975  160  1040  455  a  1113  152  1188  174  a 

978  240  a  1041  409  1114  162  1189  297  a 

979  124  ...  413  a  1115  152  1190  152 

980  124  1044  431  a  1116  133  1191  186  a 

981  160  1045  426  a  1117  133  1194  152 

982  290  a  1048  125  1118  525  a  1195  152 

983  263  a  1049  325  a  1119  327  a  1196  291  a 

985  138  1050  161  1121  496  a  1197  295  a 

986  383  a  1051  590  a  1122  523  1198  565  a 

987  262  1052  125  ...  547  a  1201  126 

989  138  1055  151  1124  133  1203  278  a 

990  151  1056  559  a  1125  133  ...  621 

991  160  1057  537  a  1126  133  1204  223 

992  160  1058  575  a  1128  133  ...  309 

993  124  1059  151  1129  133  1205  152 

994  161  1060  151  1130  574  a  1208  126 

995  320  a  1061  125  1131  184  a  1210  133 

998  190  a  ...  560  1132  125  1211  133 

999  196  a  ...  561  1136  132  1212  133 

1000  223  ...  562  1137  132  1213  152 
228  a  ...  574  1139  162  1214  152 
607  a  1062  151  1140  274  a  1216  133 

1001  325  a  1063  255  a  1141  523  a  1217  134 

1002  532  a  1064  253  a  1142  362  a  1218  134 

1003  263  a  1065  161  ...  531  a  1219  275  a 

1004  490  a  1066  161  1144  274  a  1220  189  a 

1005  587  a  1067  161  1145.  295  a  1221  163 

1006  182  a  1068  161  1146  162  1223  134 

1007  124  1071  162  1147  125  1224  163 

1008  161  1072  162  1148  132  1225  134 


INDEX   TO   ORDINANCES    BY    NUMBER. 


697 


Ord.  No.  Page. 

Ord.  No.  Page. 

Ord.  No 

.  Page.   Ord.  No. 

Page. 

1226 

134 

1266 

627 

1296 

271  a 

234  a 

1227 

502  a 

. 

531 

1297 

562  a 

1323 

241  a 

1228 

414  a 

537 

1298 

275  a 

1325 

214  a 

1229 

460  a 

548 

1299 

332  a 

1327 

126 

1230 

507  a 

552  a 

1300 

164 

1328 

138 

1231 

510  a 

1267 

246  a 

1301 

377  a 

1329 

268  a 

1232 

366  a 

1268 

150 

1302 

306  a 

1331 

574 

1236 

262  a 

1270 

163 

1303 

172  a 

596  a 

1243 

178  a 

1271 

163 

1304 

153 

1332 

227  a 

1244 

328  a 

1272 

125 

1305 

248  a 

1333 

359 

1245 

126 

175 

270 

362 

1246 

363  a 

1273 

163 

1306 

314 

.  .  . 

363 

1247 

325  a 

1274 

355  a 

342 

384 

1248 

163 

1275 

134 

391 

597  a 

1249 

257  a 

1276 

134 

.  .  . 

564  a 

1334 

603 

1250 

163 

1277 

134 

1308 

311  a 

1335 

252  a 

1252 

188 

1278 

163 

1309 

176  a 

1336 

603 

250  a 

1279 

163 

1310 

530  a 

1337 

628  a 

522 

1280 

163 

1311 

173  a 

1338 

500  a 

1253 

172  a 

1281 

163 

1312 

164 

1339 

603 

1254 

358  a 

1282 

126 

1313 

343  a 

1340 

552  a 

1255 

134 

1283 

512  a 

1315 

365  a 

1341 

603 

1256 

134 

1285 

150 

1316 

298  a 

1342 

603 

1257 

338 

1286 

163 

1317 

361  a 

1343 

608  a 

1258 

304 

1288 

134 

1318 

360  a 

1345 

628  a 

1259 

584  a 

1289 

357  a 

1319 

167 

1346 

604  a 

.  .  . 

628 

1290 

588  a 

621 

1347 

627  a 

1260 

521  a 

1291 

153 

1320 

272  a 

1348 

621  a 

1263 

153 

1292 

164 

538 

1349 

605  a 

1264 

535 

1293 

134 

1321 

557  a 

1350 

538  a 

.  .  . 

595  a 

1294 

150 

558  a 

1351 

623  a 

1265 

150 

1295 

246  a 

1322 

233  a 

Index  to  Revised  Ordinances. 


f\ 

Page. 

Abatement  of  nuisances  (See  "Nuisances) 

Abutting  property  liable  for  cost  of  renewing,  etc.,  sidewalks .  560 

Addition  to  buildings,  How  made 

Permit  required  for 

Additions,  Plats  of,  how  made,  filed,  etc 

Adulterated  milk,  defined   237 

Disposal  of  238 

Prevent  sale  of  

Advertising  matter,  Distribution,  etc.,  of 253 

Aisles  of  theatre,  etc.,  Obstructions  in,  prohibited 195 

Size  of 191,195 

Alteration  of  building,  Permit  required  for 

Ambulance  Fund,  created  521 

1  per  cent,  of  revenues  from  licenses  and  fines  paid  into.  552 

Amusement  places  to  be  licensed 

Anchoring  in  bay,  When  prohibited 

Anchoring  walls,  How  constructed 206 

Animal  matter,  Manufacture  of 244 

Animals,  Cruelty  to,  by  corporations 

Deposit  of  dead,  prohibited 616 

Hitching,  to  sign  post,  tree  or  hydrant 

Leaving,  loose  on  streets 

On  or  near  crosswalks 

Overheated,  not  to  be  killed 619 

Prevention  of  cruelty  to 176 

Prevent  spread  of  contagious  diseases  among  domestic. 

Prohibiting  certain,  running  at  large 

Riding,  etc.,  upon  or  over  sidewalks 175,  305 

Running  at  large,  Care  of  impounded 

Notice  to  owner  of  impounded 180 

Overplus  from  sale  of  impounded 181 

Record  of  impounded - 181 

Redemption  of  impounded 180 

Resisting  impounding  of 

Sale  of  impounded 

Wearing  or  placing  bells  on •. 172 

Yarding  and  slaughtering  cattle  and  other 240 

Annual  tax  for  municipal  purposes  for  1899 628 

Appeal  to  the  State  Board  of  Examiners  for  engineers 

Appropriations  from  Sewer  Fund   549 

Of   revenues  from    licenses    and   fines   to   the    General 

Fund   552 

Appropriating  tax  levy  of  1899  to  certain  funds 628 

Arbitrators,    Selection    and    duties    of,    in    condemnation    of 

buildings 231 

"Area"   wall  defined    196,  204 

Arrests   557 

Ashes,  Deposit  of,  on  streets,  etc.,  prohibited 236 


INDEX   TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES. 

Page. 

Asses  running  at  large  prohibited ; 178, 

Assessment  districts,  Dividing  the  City  into  two 584 

District  No.  1,  Levy  of  taxes  in,  for  1899 628 

No.  2,  Levy  of  taxes  in,  for  1899 630 

Assessment  to  be   levied   and   collected  to   pay  for   paving 
Pacific  avenue  from   South  Seventeenth   to   South 

Twenty-fourth  streets   536 

Assessment  to  be  levied  to  pay  bonds  issued  for  paving  Pacific 
avenue   from   South    Seventeenth   to   South   Ninth 

streets  532 

Attic,  Blind,  how  constructed   198,  211 

Attorney  to  assist  City  Attorney,  Employment  of 35T 

Attractions,  License  fee  for  exhibition  of 622: 

Auctioneer,  Amount  of  license  fee  for  an, 249,  624 

Fraudulent  sale  by 624,  625 

License  of,  Duration  of 624 

How  forfeited    625 

How  obtained  624 

Special  permit  to,  from  Chief  of  Police  when 625 

To  certify  to  City  Clerk  his  co-partner,  if  any 625 

To  refund  purchase  price  on  misrepresentation 624 

To  state  quality  of  goods  before  sale 624 

Who  is  an,  and  how  to  become  an 249,  623 

Auditorium  wall  of  theater,  etc.,  Construction  of 19$ 

Automatic  devices,  Sale  of  goods  by 272 

Awnings  over  streets   304 

Axes,  etc.,  in  theater,  etc.,  Number  of,  required 194 

B 

Bagatelle  tables.  License  for 251 

Ballast,  Permission  for  discharge  of,  required 330 

Banners,  etc.,  When  permitted  over  streets,  etc 304 

Barrels  prohibited  on  street,  etc 236; 

Base  course,  Requisites  of 199 

"Basement"  defined   196 

Bay  window,  Construction  of 213 

Beams,  I,  Iron,  Requisites  of 208 

Steel,  Requisites  of 20S 

Strapping  of,  how  done 206 

Vault,  how   placed 208 

Wooden,  how  placed   204 

"Bearing"  wall  defined    196 

Beer,  Inspection  of 610 

Bell,  Ringing  of,  required  of  bicycle  rider 18£ 

Bells,  Wearing  or  placing  of,  on  animals 172 

Bicycle  bridge,  Construction  of,  at  South  Thirty-first  street. .  182 

License,  Amount  of 250 

Exemption  from    250 

How  issued   250 

Limit  of 250 

Path  on  C  street,  Construc:ion  of 185 

Path  on  C  street,  What  prohibited  upon 186 

Rider,  "Coasting"  prohibited  by 187 

"Hands  off"  prohibited  by 187 

Liability  of,  for  accident 188 

Lights  required  by,  when 187 

Rate  of  speed  of 18? 


700  INDEX   TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES. 

Page. 

Right  of  way  of 188 

Ringing  the  bell  required  of 

Riding  of  a,  on  certain  sidewalks  prohibited 186 

Road  Fund  created    251 

Revenues  from  fines  for  violation  of  bicycle  ordi- 
nances and  from  licenses  paid  into 552 

Roadway  along  City's  water  conduit 184 

Animals,  etc.,  prohibited  from  going  on 184 

Tires,  Protection  of,  on  streets,  etc 182 

Billiard  tables,  License  for 251 

Births,  Record  of,  to  be  kept  by  City  Clerk 611 

Report  of,  to  be  made  to  Commissioner  of  Health 611 

Commissioner  of  Health  to  make,  to  the  City  Clerk.  611 

Bitches,  License  fee  for 173 

Running  at  large  of,  prohibited  when 173 

Blasting,  Regulating,  in  the  City  limits 283 

Blind  attic,  How  constructed 198,  211 

Board   of  Examiners  for   licensing   engineers,   Appeal    from 

Inspector  to 

of  Examiners,  Appointment  and  duties  of 

For  licensing  plumbers,  Certify  examination  to- 

Board  of  Health   539 

Examine  plumbers  for  license 

Examination  by,   consists  of 539- 

Organization  of 539 

Who  shall  constitute  538 

of  Health,  Appoint  Inspector  of  Plumbing 361 

Establishment  of   '. 608 

Grant  license  for  plumbing 53£ 

Grant  permit  for  repairs  to  plumbing 539 

May  order  quarantine  G09 

May  order  vaccination   234,  619 

Shall  receive  application  for  plumber's  license 538 

To  investigate  cause  of  death  when 609 

To  keep  record  of  milk  inspection 238 

Who  constitutes  the 608 

of  Park  Commissioners  established , 364 

Who  constitutes  the ' 364 

Boiler  Inspector,  Charges  of 255 

Inspector,  Duty  of 255 

How  appointed 255 

Salary  of 599 

Rooms,  How  constructed 219 

Boilers,  Inspection  of 255 

Bond,  Amount  of  auctioneer's 624 

Amount  of,  for  liquor  license 265 

Form  of,  for  liquor  license 265 

of  master  plumber's,  Amount  of,  approval,  etc. 545 

Bonds  for  paving  Pacific  avenue  from  South  Seventeenth  to 

South  Ninth  streets  534 

For  purchase  of  Tacoma  Land  and  Water  Co.'s  plants, 

How  to  be  issued 567 

For  purchase  of  Tacoma  Land  and  Water  Co.'s  plants, 
How  to  be  negotiated  by  the  Sinking  Fund  Com- 
mission    568" 

Form  of  Water  and  Light 571 

Bonnets  in  theatres,  etc.,  Wearing  of,  prohibited 328 

Bowling  saloon,  License  of 252 

Boxes  prohibited  on  sidewalks,  etc 236- 


INDEX    TO    N  KYI  SKI)    OKDIN  ANCKS.  701 

Pagfe. 

Biackets,  Cast  iron,  Requisites  of 208 

Steel,  Requisites  of 208 

Bread,  Inspection  of 610 

Brick,  Kind  of,  to  be  used 209- 

Walls,  Height  of ,  etc 203 

Bridging  required  in  certain  frame  buildings 210 

Buildings,  Additions  to,  how  made 221 

"Brick"  defined    195 

"Brick  and  stone"  defined 19ff 

Brick,    other    than    stables,    etc.,    Thickness    of    outer 

walls  of 201 

Certain,  declared  to  be  nuisances 604 

Proceedings  to  condemn    604 

Condemned,  When  to  be  torn  down 230 

Construction  of  brick  and  stone 197 

Frame 210,  211 

Damaged  or  dangerous,  How  removed 604 

Erection,  etc.,  of,  Must  have  permit  for 222 

On  streets  prohibited 30$ 

Inflammable,  enumerated  222: 

"Iron  construction"  defined    196 

Moving  under  wires  in  streets 470,  483,  497 

Plumbing  and  ventilation   of 538-517 

Removal  of  condemned 221 

Removal  of,  over  streets,  etc 309> 

Removal  of  wires  when  moving 470,  483,  497 

Repairs  to,  how  made 221 

Requisites  of,  for  storage  of  petroleum 221 

For  manufacturing  combustible  materials 222 

When  nuisances  220 

"Wooden"  defined  196 

Buildings  in  fire  limits,  Erection  of  frame 230 

Jn  fire  limits,  Kind  of,  to  be  erected 230 

Removal   of  frame    231 

Repairs  of  wooden   230 

To  raise  or  lower  frame 231 

Building  material  prohibited  on  streets,  etc 306 

Building  retaining  walls   189> 

"Bulkhead"  wall  defined,  etc , 196,  204 

Bulkheads,  When  nuisances   322 

Burial  of  dead  from  contagious  diseases 614 

of  Dead,   Permit  required 614 

Time  of , 614 

Butcher's  refuse.  Manner  of  collecting,  etc 239> 

Buttresses,  When  required    20$ 


G 


Cabs,  etc.,  Stands  for,  at  Pacific  avenue  depot 318. 

Carpenters,  Salaries  of 599- 

Carr,  James  O.,  Contract  with,  for  electric  current 366 

Cast  iron  brackets,  Requisites  of 20S 

Corbels,  Requisites  of 208 

Lintels,  Requisites  of 208 

Pipes,  Quality  of  and  how  to  be  joined 540 

Cattle,  Keeping  of,  for  slaughtering 243 

Number  of,  allowed  to  be  kept  in  city 240 

Running  at  large  prohibited 17S 

Slaughtering  of,  when  prohibited 240 


INDEX    TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES. 

Page. 

Ceilings  of  theatres,  etc.,  How  constructed 19£ 

Certificate  of  death,  Contents  of 614 

Cesspool,  When  prohibited    544,615> 

Cesspools,  Manner  of  collecting  cleanings  of 239 

Channel,  Deposit  of  debris,  etc.,  in,  prohibited 318 

Charitable  institutions  exempt  from  employment  license 262 

Charter,  Revising,  and  ordinances 588 

Chief  of  Fire  Department,  Powers,  etc.,  of — 

Appoint  a  clerk    386 

Officers  and   men    384 

Superintendent  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph 389 

Charge  of  all  apparatus   389 

Custody  of  all  keys  of  boxes 390< 

Designate  place  to  burn  rubbish,  etc t  307 

Disability  of 387 

Dispose  of  condemned  property 525 

Duties  of,  at  a  fire ; 386- 

Generally   385 

Investigate  cause  of  fires 38S 

Keep  record  of  fires 385 

Make  rules,  etc.,  with  Committee  on  Fire  and  Water. . .  384 

Report  annually 385 

Report  quarterly  '. 38& 

Sole  in  command  of  department 385 

Suspend   any   employee 384 

Chief  of  Police,  Powers,  etc.,  of— 

Aid  Commissioner  of  Health 616 

Appoint  officers  and  men ., 557 

Have  access  to  druggists'  sales  of  liquors 266 

Have  access  to  books  of  pawnbrokers 268 

Inspect  all  places  of  amusement 278- 

Make  rules,  etc.,  for  department 557 

Member  of  Board  of  Health 608 

Notify  persons  to  clean  sidewalks 299 

Permit  sales  at  auction 625 

Post  ordinance  No.  347,  etc 226 

Prosecute  for  cruelty  to  animals 17T 

Violations  of  ordinance  No.  40 .     174 

Remove  obstructions  from  streets,  etc 30& 

Report  monthly  to  Council 558 

Serve  subpoenas  for  the  attendance  of  witnesses  before 

the  Council 326 

Supervision  of  the  City  jail 344 

Children  prohibited  upon  the  streets,  when 627 

Chimneys,  Construction  of 215,  216 

Height  of 215 

Patent,  when  to  be  used 215,  216 

Chinamen  prohibited  on  public  work 311 

Churches,  Thickness  of  walls  of . . . 203 

Circus,  License  fee,  Amount  of 621,  622 

License  for,   how  issued 621 

Circuses  to  be  licensed 277 

City  Attorney- 
Assistant,  Duties  of 356 

Office  of,  created 356 

Salary  of 597 

Term  of  office  of 356 

Assistant,  Second,  Salary  of 59& 

Attorney  to  assist,  Compensation  of 35.7 


INDEX   TO    REVISED  ORDINANCES.  703 

•City  Attorney:  Page. 

Duties  of  357 

Employment  of 357 

Salary  of . . ' 597 

Stenographer  to,  Salary  of 597 

•City  Clerk- 
Deputy,  Office  of,  created 357 

Duties  of 357 

Salary  of  598 

Keep  record  of  births  and  deaths 611 

Issue  licenses  246 

Salary  of  598 

'City  Controller- 
Assistant,  Salary  of 597 

Bookkeeper,  Salary  of 597 

Clerk,  when  needed,  Salary  of 597 

City  Council,  Powers  of — 

Approve  plat  of  additions 321 

Condemn  sidewalks   297 

Construct  sidewalks  after  being  condemned,  if  owner 

fails  to  do  so 298 

Expend  $1,000  yearly  in  planting  trees 301 

Make  rules,  etc.,  for  the  City  Library 531 

Procure  attendance  of  witnesses,  etc 325 

City  Engineer- 
Charges  of,  for  work  other  than  for  the  City 343 

Examine  all  plats  of  additions,  etc 321 

Office  of,  Salaries  of  those  in  the 598 

€ity  Hall— 

Empolyees  in  the,  Salaries  of 599 

Emergency  Fund  created    523 

Fund  created    522 

City  jail  established    344 

City  Librarian — 

Appointment  of,  by  Mayor 362,  530 

Duties  of  362 

Office  of,  created    362 

Report  monthly  to  Council 531 

Salary  of  600 

Second  assistant,  Duties  of 363 

Office  of,  created 363 

Salary  of  assistants  to  the 600 

City  limits,  Special  election  for  extending 347 

City  prisoners,  Provide  for  working 313 

City  to  be  indemnified  in  sewer  connection  or  construction...  545 

Clerk  of  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Bond  of 358 

Duties  of 358 

Salary  of 358,  598 

Close  boarding  required  when 211 

Coal,  Sale  of,  regulated 288 

"Coasting"  by  bicycle,  etc.,  riders  prohibited 187 

Collars  required   on   dogs 173 

Columns  in  buildings,  Requisites  of 202 

Iron,  Requisites  of 209 

Steel,  Requisites  of 209 

Z  bar,  Requisites  of 208 

Combustible  material  on  streets,  etc.,  prohibited 236 

Combustibles,  Requisites  of  building  for  manufacture  of 222 

Commissioner  of  Health — 

Duty  of,  in  regard  to  slaughtering,  etc.,  of  cattle,  etc...  245 


704  INDEX    TO    REVISED    ORDINANCES. 

Commissioner  of  Health:  Page. 

Duty  of,  on  notice  of  contagious  disease  in  any  animal. 

Duty  of,  in  contagious  diseases 603 

Inspect  vessel  suspected  of  having  contagious  disease 

on  board  233 

Member  of  Board  of  Health 608 

Office  of,  created    608 

Qualifications  of 608 

Quarantine  vessel  when    233,  619 

Report  monthly  to  Council 611 

Salary  of 599 

To  have  aid  in  case  of  contagious  disease 608 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works — 

Accept  and  take  charge  of  City  library 530 

Approve  plat  of  additions 

Clerk  of,  Salary  of 599 

Condemn  sidewalks   560 

Construct    street    railway    tracks    on    Eleventh    street 

bridge,  when    

Contract  for  approaches  to  Eleventh  street  bridge 524 

For    construction    of    bridge    on    South    Eleventh 

street    382 

For  dredging  each  side  of  draw  bridge 524 

For  electrical  current  for  City 366 

For  paving  Pacific  avenue  from  South  Seventeenth 

to  Ninth  streets   534 

For  paving  Pacific  avenue  from  South  Seventeenth 

to  Twenty-fourth  streets   537 

Designate  place  to  work  prisoners 

Draw  plans  for  width  of  sidewalks 563 

Grant  permit  to  use  fire  hydrant 

Grant  permit  to  plumbers  to  disturb  streets,  etc 

Issue  permit  for  blasting 283 

Permit  for  depositing  building  material  on  street. .  306 

Permit  for  excavating  beneath  paved  streets 

Permit  for  excavating,  etc.,  in  any  street 311 

Permit  for  removal  of  buildings  over  streets 309 

Permit  for  storing  gunpowder 286 

Notify  owner  of  unsafe  bulkhead 332 

Prepare    specifications    for    reconstructing    condemned 

bulkhead  

Prosecute  owner  who  fails  to  repair  bulkhead 

Remove  poles  and  wires  placed  on  streets  without  fran- 
chise therefor    309 

Retaining  wall,  Control  of,  in  erecting ISO 

Salary  of 5£9 

Shut  off  water  when  not  paid  for 574 

Committee  on  Fire  and  Water  to  make  rules  for  the  Fire 

Department  

Concerts,  License  fee,  when  required  for 

Concert  halls,  Construction  of 190 

Halls,  License  for,  where  liquor  is  not  sold 622 

Halls,  to  be  licensed 

Condemned  food,  etc.,  to  be  destroyed 610 

Contagious  disease  among  domestic  a,nimals 

Disease,  Burial  of  dead  from 614 

Burial  of  dead  from,  Time  of 61 1 

Deaths  by,  to  be  reported 611 

Duty  of  physician  in  case  of 612 


INDEX    TO    KETISED    ORDINANCES. 

Contagious  Diseases:  Page. 

Enumerated  608 

Funeral  of  deceased  from 

From  vessels,  Prevent  spread  of 

Notice  of,  how  given 609 

Notice  of,  to  be  given 608 

Removal  of  person  with 611 

Removal  of  person  with,  to  pest  house 608 

School  attendance  in  case  of 612 

Corbels,  Cast  iron,  Requisites  of 208 

Steel,  Requisites  of 

Cornices,  of  what  to  be  constructed 209 

Corporations,  etc.,  liable  for  cruelty  to  animals  by  agents 176 

Cross  walls  denned,  Requisites  of 

Cross  walk,  Leaving  horse,  etc.,  on  or  near  any 175 

Cruelty  to  animals,  Prevention  of 176 

Curfew  ordinance  627 

Curiosities,  License  fee  for  exhibition  of 622 


D 


Dairies  excepted  from  provisions  of  ordinance  No.  978 

Dairy,  Keeper  of  a,  defined 

Limits  within  which  no,  shall  be  kept 247 

Damaged  buildings  declared  to  be  nuisances 604 

Dangerous  buildings  declared  to  be  nuisances 604 

Day's  work,  Number  of  hours  constituting 586 

Dead  animals,  Deposit  of,  on  streets,  etc.,  prohibited 616 

Burial  of,  from  contagious  diseases 614 

Death,  Certificate  of,  Requisites  of ,  etc 614 

Investigation  of  cause  of 615 

Deaths,  Record  of,  to  be  kept  by  City  Clerk 611 

Report  of 611 

Report  of,  from  contagious  diseases 611 

Decaying  animal  matter  to  be  removed  from  the  city,  etc 241 

Defective  plumbing  prohibited 538 

Delinquent  taxes,  Appropriation  of  revenues  from,  to  Gen- 
eral Fund   552 

Diseased  meat,  fish,  fowl,  etc.,  Sale  of,  prohibited 619 

Meat,  fish,  fowl,  etc.,  to  be  destroyed 610 

Meat,  fish,  fowl,  etc.,  to  be  reported : 619 

Dirt,  Deposit  of,  on  streets,  etc.,  prohibited 236 

Disinfection,  How  enforced   613 

Disorderly  persons  defined    289 

Persons,  How  punished    290 

Disposition  of  revenues  to  various  funds 552 

Distributing  advertising  matter,  to  be  licensed 253 

"Division"  wall  defined    196 

Construction  of,  in  brick  buildings 197,  204 

Dog  catchers,  Salaries  of 599 

Dogs,  License  fee  for 173 

License  for,  Duration  of 174 

License  for  expires    174 

Must  wear  collar  duly  tagged 173 

Running  at  large  prohibited 173 

Taxing  and  killing  of 173 

Domestic  animals  running  at  large  prohibited 178 

Doors,  Fire,  and  shutters,  How  made,  etc 220 

How  to  be  constructed   207 

Openings  in  street  and  alley 219 

Doorways  of  theatre,  etc.,  Number,  size  of,  etc 191, 192, 195 


INDEX   TO   REVISED    ORDINANCES, 

Pag-e. 

Drain,  Alteration,  repair  or  reconstruction  of  .  .  .  .............  546 

Private,  When  prohibited  ............................  615 

Pipes,  Grade  of  ...................................... 

Quality  of,  and  how  laid  ..........................  540 

Removal  of  obstructions  in  .......................  544 

Size  of  ..........................................  544 

Testing  before  covering  ..........................  543 

Drains,  Quality  of  material  in  ...............................  54t 

Drainage,  etc.,  of  buildings,  Regulation  of  ..................         538,  547 

Dredging   channel   under   west   opening   of   Eleventh   street 

bridge   .........................................  524 

Druggists,  etc.,  Sale  of  liquor  by,  how  made  ..................  266 

Dry  houses,  How  constructed  ............................... 

Dwellings,  Thickness  of  outer  walls  of  ......................  200 

Dynamite,  Storage,  conveying,  etc.,  of  .......................  285 


Election  for  extending  City  limits,  Special  ...................  345 

Precincts,  Boundaries  of,  in  City  ......................         348,  356 

Special,  for  purchase  Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Co.'s 
plants    ......................................... 

Electric  current,  Contract  for,  for  use  of  City  ................  366 

Lights,  Fixing  price  of  ............................... 

Rules,  etc.,  for  use  of  ............................. 

Wires,  Moving  buildings  under  .......................  470,  483,  497 

Electricity,  etc.,  Regulate,  etc.,  laying  wires  to  convey  ....... 

Elevator  shafts,  How  to  be  constructed  ...................... 

Eleventh  (South)  street  bridge,  Approaches  to  be  built  to  ---- 

(South)  street  bridge,  Channel  to  be  dredged  under  ____ 

Construction  of  .................................  382 

Fast  driving  over,  prohibited  ..................... 

Fund  created   ...................................  524 

Street  railway  tracks  upon,  when  .................  383 

"'Embankment"   wall   defined,   etc  ...........................         196,  204 

Employee  of  City  refusing  to  give  up  property  of  the  City  ---- 

Employees  of  City,  Qualifications  of  ........................  342 

Employment  agency,  Bond  for  license  for  ...................  262 

Agency  defined    .  :  ...................................  262 

License  required  for  ..............................  262 

Engineers,   Examination  of,  how  conducted  ................. 

License  required  for  stationary  ....................... 

Qualifications  of  .................................... 

Revocation  and  renewal  of  license  for  .................  256 

Substitute  for  licensed,  When  allowed  ................ 

Entrances  to  theatre,  etc.,  size  of,  etc  .......................         191,  192 

Erection  of  buildings,  Permit  required  for  .................. 

Exhibiting  advertising  matter,  to  be  licensed  ................  253 

Exhibition  of  freaks,  curiosities,  etc.,  License  fee  for  ........  622 

Exhibitions,  License  fee  for  traveling  .......................  622 

License  fee  for  those  not  specified  ....................  623 

To  be  licensed   .......................................  277 

Exits  from  theatre,  etc.,  Number  of,  etc  .....................  191,  192,  194 

Expectoration  in  public  conveyances,  etc.,  prohibited  ........ 

Explosives,  Storage,  conveying,  etc.,  of  ...................... 

Expressmen,  License  fee  for  ................................ 

License  fee  for,  Duration  of  ...........................  257 

Falsely  representing  to  be  licensed  ....................  261 


INDKX    TO    KEVISED   ORDINANCES.  707 


Expressmen: 

Limits  for  charges  of  ................................  ,  259 

Restricted  on  wharves,   etc  ...........................  30O 

Schedule  of  charges   for  ..............................  25* 

To  have  number  on  the  wagon  ........................  260 

Extension  of  City  limits,  Special  election  for  ................  34fc 

Territory   comprising    ............................  345 

of  time  for  John  M.  Bell  to  operate  under  franchise.  .  .  495 

F      . 

Factories,  Water  closets  in  ................................  546: 

Farcy  among  horses,  Duty  of  Board  of  Health  in  case  of  .....  235 

How  treated   .....................................  235 

Fast  driving  over  Eleventh  street  bridge  prohibited  ..........  291 

Feed  Emergency  Fund  created  ..............................  525 

Feeding  of  cows,  "Swill,"  etc.,  prohibited  in  .................  237 

Fines,  Non-payment  of,  how  enforced  ......................  2SS 

and   licenses,   Disposition  of   revenue   from   to   various 

funds   .......................................  5525 

1  per  cent  of,  received  to  go  to  Ambulance  fund.  .  .  .  521 

5  per  cent  of,  received  to  go  to  Library  Fund  .......  552 

$30  per  month  of,  received  to  go  to  City  Hall  Emer- 

gency  Fund    .................................  523*. 

Fire  alarm  system.  Construction  of  ..........................  492? 

Telegraph  boxes,   Interference   with  ...............  39O 

Keys,    Duplicating    ..........................  39O 

Protection   of    ................................  224 

Superintendent  of,  how  appointed  .............  389* 

Buckets  for  theatre,  etc.,  Number  of,  etc  ...............  194 

Crackers,  etc.,  Use  of,  prohibited  within  certain  limits.  .  284 

Doors  and  shutters,  how  to  be  constructed  ............  220 

Department,  Appointments  to   ........................  3>4 

Badge  to  be  worn  by  members  of  the  ..............  388 

Card  playirg  prohibited  on  premises  of  ............  38S 

Composition   of  the  ...............................  384 

Driving  over  hose  of  .............................  337 

Expense  Fund  created    ...........................  525 

Foremen  of,  Duty  of  ..............................  387 

Inspection  of  the  .................................  ?8t> 

Keys  of,  in  charge  of  Chief  ........................  39O 

Member  of,  Pay  of  injured  ........................  388 

Oath  of  each  member  of  ..........................  386: 

Obstruction  of   ...................................  2?£ 

Organization  of   ..................................  284 

Payrolls  of,  how  made  ............................  391 

Records  of,  to  be  kept  ............................  385 

Removal  of  member  of  ...........................  3S9> 

Resignation  of  member  of  ........................  389> 

Rewards  to  members  of  ...........................  389* 

Right  of  way  of,  on  streets  ........................  226: 

Rules,  etc.,  of,  to  be  obeyed  .......................  385 

Salaries  of  .......................................  51$ 

Sale  of  condemned  material  of  ....................  525 

Trespassing  on  property  of  .......................  388 

Escapes,  when  required,  etc  ...........................  214 

Extinguishers  for  theatres,  etc.,  Number  of,  etc  ........  194 

Hydrants,  Interference  with,  prohibited  ...............  22T 

When,  may  be  used  ...............................  227 


INDEX    TO    KE  VISED    OKDINANCES. 

Fire:  Pa£e* 

Limits,  Buildings,  how  constructed  within 

Denned   228,229,606,607 

Frame  buildings  within 

Removal  of   

To  raise  or  lower 

Repair  of  wooden  buildings  within 

Fish,   Inspection  of 

Flags,  and  cards  displayed  in  case  of  contagious  diseases 

not  to  be  removed  except  by  Board  of  Health 

When  permitted  over  streets,  etc 

Floors,  Construction  of,  in  all  buildings 197 

Deadened  when   198 

Flour,  Inspection  of 

Fiues,  Construction  of   215,  216,  21 

for  sewer  ventilation  541 

in  brick,  etc.,  buildings,  Construction  of 197 

Food,  Sale  of,  under  fictitious  brand,  etc 

Unsound,  to  be  reported 619 

When  condemned  to  be  destroyed 

Foundries,  Thickness  of  walls  of 203 

Foundation  walls,  Height  of 200 

Requisites  of    199-202- 

Foundation  of  frame  buildings,  Requisites  of 211 

Frame  buildings,  Construction  of 210- 

Franchises,  Grantees  of,  to  pay  cost  of  publication 587 

Electric — Tacoma  Railway  &  Motor  Co.  to  sell  electricty  436 

Fire  Alarm  system— Bell,  John  M 492,  495,  496 

Bell,  John  M.,  Extension  of  time  to  operate 495 

Tacoma   Auxiliary   Fire   Alarm    Co.    (Assignee    of 

John  M.  Bell)   496 

Fire  and  police  alarm  system — Reid,  Robt.  T 49G 

Haul  freight— Carr,  James  O 507 

Light— Sprague,  John  W.,  et  als 395 

Tacoma  Light  Co 392 

Railroad— Commercial  Union  &  Terminal  R.  R.  Co 475 

Northern  Pacific  R.  R.  Co 392 

Northern  Pacific  Railway  Co 499,  500 

Tacoma  &  Eastern  R.  R.  Co 477 

Todd,  A.  B.,  Foundry  &  Machine  Co 477 

Street  Railway — Bennett,  Nelson,  et  als 

399,  403,  409,  410,  413,  425,  430 

Carr,  James  O.,  et  als 510 

City  Park  Railway  Co 490 

Clement,  Horatio  C.,  et  als 447,  450,  453,  454 

Lake  Park  Land,  Railway  &  Improvement  Co 457 

Mason,  Allan  C.,  et  als 415 

Orchard,  George  F.,  et  als 423 

Point  Defiance  Railway  Co 458,  462 

Point  Defiance,  Tacoma  &  Edison  Railway  Co 487 

Radebaugh,  Randolph  F.,  et  als 416,  419,  423,  439,  442,  44  i 

Ross,  Frank  C.,  et  als 502 

Tacoma  Central  Street  Railway  Co 454 

Tacoma  &  Columbia  River  Railway  Co 512 

Tacoma  Railway  &  Motor  Co.  (Assignee  of  Tacoma 

Street  Railway  Co.)    409,  413 

Tacoma  Railway  &  Motor  Co.   (Assignee  of  Henry 

Villard,  et  als.)    427,  429,  430,  433,  437 

Tacoma  Railway  &  Motor  Co 437,  478 


INDEX    TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES 

Franchises: 

Tacoma  Railway  &  Motor  Co.   (Assignee  of  H.  C. 

Clement  et  als.)   449,  450 

Tacoma  &  Puyallup  Railway  Co.  (Assignee  of  R.  F. 

Radebaugh  et  als.)    442 

Tacoma  &  Puyallup  Railway  Co.  (Assignee  of  Ta- 
coma &  Fern  Hill  Street  Railway  Co.) 418 

Tacoma  Street  Railway  Co 403,  411 

Villard,  Henry,  et  als 425,  430,  432,  433,  436,  437 

Telegraph— Bell,  John  M.,  et  als 

Northwestern  American  District  Telegraph  Co 415 

Pacific  Postal  Telegraph-Cable  Co 414 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co 397,  468,  485 

Telephone— Sunset  Telephone-Telegraph  Co 482 

Tramway— Hart,  J.  F.  &  Co 

Water— Burns,  John  E.,  et  als 393 

Carr,  Job,  et  als 391 

Fuller,  John  N 392 

Metzler,  Philip,  et  als 393 

Mullen,  R.  B.    . , 472,  474 

New  Tacoma  Water  Co 392 

Pyfer,  Wm.  C.,  et  als 486 

Sprague,  John  W.,  et  als 393 

St.  Paul  &  Tacoma  Lumber  Co 423 

Tacoma.  Mill  Co • 466 

Tacoma    Water   Co 391 

Wright,  Charles  B.,  et  als 392 

Freaks,  License  fee  for  exhibition  of . . . 622 

Fruit,  Inspection  of   610 

Fumigation,  how  enforced 613 

Fund,  Ambulance,  created  521 

1  per  cent  from  fines  and  licenses  paid  into 552 

Bicycle  Road,  created 251 

City  Hall,  created 522 

Emei gency,  created    523 

Eleventh  (South)  Street  Bridge,  created 524 

Feed  Emergency,  created   525 

Fire  Department  Expense,  created 525 

General,  Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 630,  631 

Created 526 

Delinquent  taxes  paid  into 552 

Revenues  from  licenses  and  fines  paid  into 552 

General  and  Road 526,  552 

Expense,  Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 629,  630 

Created    527 

Harbor,  created    528 

Individual   Redemption,   Sec.    158,   Article   12,   Revised 

Charter   S3 

Interest,  Sec.  84,  Article  9,  Revised  Charter 63 

Appropi  iating  levy  of  1899  to 629,  630 

Legal  Expense,  created    523,  529 

Library,  Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 629,  631 

Created   530 

Revenues  from  licenses  and  fines  paid  into 552 

Local  Improvement  District  No.  1,  created 532 

Pacific  Avenue,  created    536 

Park,  Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 629,  631 

Created  (see  Sec.  187(4),  Article  6,  Revised  Charter)  93,  537 

Payment  of  earnings  of  City  Park  Railway  Co.  into  491 


INDEX   TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES. 
Revenues  from  licenses  and  fines  paid  into. 


T>v^r*™-n-no  evnm  lincmsAs  an f  1  fines  v>aid  into . .  552 


Plumbing  License,  created 

Police  Department  Emergency,  created 2d,  54 

Salary,  Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 629,  6, 

Created,  etc • 527>  528>  j>48 

;Sewer,  Appropriations  from 

Sewer,  created   

Sinking,  Sec.  84,  Article  9,  Revised  Charter 63 

State,  Appropriations  to  

Water  and  Light,  created 

Extension,  created    

"Funds,  Disposition  of  revenues  to  various 527,  531,  537,  548,  552 

Funeral  of  deceased  from  contagious  disease 

Furnaces,  when  and  how  constructed 

O 

•Gallery  of  theatre,  etc.,  Construction  of 

Oambling,  defined  and  punishment  for 

Who  may  prosecute  for 

«Games  not  specified  in  ordinance,  License  fee  for 

^Garbage,  Deposit  of,  prohibited 

Dumping  of,  prohibited 

Manner  of  collecting  and  removing 

Receptacles  for,  required 

«Gas,  Regulate  price  of,  to  consumers 

Pipes,  how  to  be  laid  in  buildings 

^General  Fund — Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 630,  631 

Created   526 

Revenues  from  licenses  and  fines  paid  into 

Revenues  from  delinquent  taxes  paid  into 

General  Expense  Fund— Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 629,  630 

Created   

'Giant  powder,  Storage,  conveying,  etc 

'Girders,  for  sidewalk,  how  to  be  placed 

Iron,  Requisites  of  

Requisites  of,  generally  202 

Steel,  Requisites  of   

•Glanders  among  horses — Duty  of  Board  of  Health  in  case  of. .  235 

How  treated   ....: 235 

-Glass,  ets.,  Placing,  on  streets  prohibited 

Croats  running  at  large  prohibited 178 

'Grades  of  alleys   336 

Avenues   336 

Streets  (Names)    336,  337 

(Letters)    337,338 

(Numerals)    338,339 

^Guaranty  by  auctioneer  of  article  sold  required 624 

Gunpowder,  Storage,  conveying,  etc.,  of 285 

Crutters  required  on  buildings 221 

H 

Slacks,  Stands  for,  at  Pacific  Avenue  depot 318 

When  prohibited  on  Pacific  avenue 317 

Hackmen,  Badge  with  number  to  be  worn  by 259 

Falsely  representing  to  be  licensed 261 

License  for  257 


INDEX   TO   REVISED   ORDINANCES. 

Hackmen,  License  for:  Page, 

Duration  of  257 

Lights  to  be  carried  at  night  by 258 

Limits  for  charges  by 259 

Number  must  be  on  vehicle  of 260 

Restriction  of,  on  wharves 300 

Schedule  of  charges  by 259 

to  be  posted  in  vehicle 260 

Hand  bills,  etc.,  Scattering  in  public  places  prohibited 253 

"Hands  off"  by  bicycle,  etc.,  rider,  prohibited 187 

Harbor  Fund,   created 528 

Master,  Duties  of 329 

Keep  record  of  incoming  and  outgoing  vessels 

Report  monthly  to  the  council 331 

Salary  of    599 

Regulations   329 

Hats  in  theatres,  etc.,  Wearing  of,  prohibited 328 

Hawkers,    denned    271 

License  required   of 269 

of  fruit,  etc.,  restricted  in  selling 271 

Headers,  when  and  how  placed 205 

Health,  Board  of,  Composition  and  duties  of 608 

Rules  and  regulations  of  the 608. 

Regulations  for  preservation  of  public 60S 

Hoists,   how   constructed 212 

Hollow  walls,  Construction  of 203 

Horse,  Hitching  to  sign  post,  tree,  etc.,  prohibited 175 

Leaving,  loose  in  street 175 

on  or  near  crosswalks : 175 

Riding,  upon  or  over  sidewalks 175 

Horses  running  at  large  prohibited 178 

Hose  for  theatre,  etc.,  Quantity  and  size  of 194 

Hospitals  to  report  deaths  from  contagious  diseases 609 

Hours  constituting  a  day's  work  for  the  City 58fr 

Hotel  omnibuses,  Stands  for,  at  Pacific  Avenue  depot 318 

Runners  restricted  on  wharves 300 

Houses  of  ill  fame,  To  suppress 281 

of  prostitution,  To  suppress 281 

House  drain,  how  constructed 54ft 

Humane  Society — Members  of  have  power  to  arrest 177 

One-half  of  fine  to  go  to 178 

Hydrant,  Hitching  horse,  etc.,  to,  prohibited 175 


111  fame,  To  suppress  houses  of 281 

Imp  ounding  animals  running  at  large , 178-181 

Improving,   etc.,   Pacific  avenue  from  South  Seventeenth  to 

Ninth   streets    532 

Impure  milk  defined   237 

Indecent  books,  etc.,  Sale  of,  etc.,  prohibited 287 

Exposure,   defined   279 

How  punished    280 

Individual    Redemption    Fund ". .  83,529 

Indemnification  of  City  in  sewer  connection,  etc 545 

Inflammable  buildings  enumerated 222 

Inspection  of  boilers,  when 255 

of  meat,  etc 610 

of  milk  238,  610 


INDEX    TO    REVISED    OKDINANCES. 

Inspection  of  Milk:  Puge. 

Records  of,  to  be  kept 238- 

of  water   619 

Inspection  of  Boilers — Appeal  from,  to  Board  of  Examiners . ., 

How  appointed    265 

Duties  of   255 

Salary   of    256 

of  Buildings  and  Licenses — Condemn  unsafe  buildings..  604 

Duties  of,   generally 360 

Duty  of  as  to  removal  of  dangerous,  etc.,  buildings.  220,604 

Grant  permit  for  erection,  etc.,  of  buildings 222 

Office  created   360 

Report  monthly  to  council 361 

Salary  of    600 

Supervision  over  repair  of  wooden  buildings  within 

fire  limits   230 

When  appeal  from  decision  of 231 

of  Plumbing— Appointed  by  Board  of  Health 361 

Approve  plumbing  before  using 525 

Cause  removal  of  obstructions  in  drain  pipes 544 

Compel  sewer  connections,  when 545 

Duties  of  , 362 

Inspect  drain  pipes  before  being  covered 543 

Office  of,  created  361 

Powers  of   546 

Qualifications  of  361 

Repairing  lines  of  light  and  water  companies,  Duty 

of  in  regard  to 316 

Report  violations  of  law  to  Board  of  Health 362 

Salary  of   600 

To  test  all  plumbing  work 543 

Insurance  of  boilers  relieves  from  inspection 255 

Intelligence  offices — Bond  for  license  of 262 

Defined  262 

License  required  for  262 

Interest  Fund— Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 629,  630 

Created    63,  529 

Intoxicating  liquors  defined 26$ 

Investigation  before  city  council 325 

of  cause  of  death,  when 615 

"Iron  construction"  building  denned 196 

Iron  lintel  required,  when 208 

Pipes'  connected  with  lead  pipes,  how 541 

Issuing  bonds  for  paving  Pacific  avenue  from  South  Seven- 
teenth to  South  Ninth  streets 534 

for  purchase  of  T.  L.  &  W.  Co.'s  plants 567 

Licenses,  Manner  of 246 

Warrants  not  to  exceed  80  per  cent  of  tax  levy  as  an 

assignment    590 


d 


Janitor  Mason  Library  branch  of  City  Library,  Office  created  628 

Salary  of  628 

Jenny  Lind  table,  License  for 251 

Joints  on  terra  cotta  pipe,  how  made 540 

Joists,  how  placed  205 

Junk  dealers — Defined    263 

Prohibition  as  to 


INDEX    TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES. 

Junk  Dealers:  Page. 

Purchase  from  minors  prohibited 291 

Justice  of  the  peace,  Clerk  of — Duties  of 358 

Salary  of  598 

Salary  of  358,  598 


K 


Kitchen  refuse,  Manner  of  collecting,  etc 239 


L 


Labor  performed  in  sewer  department,  Record  of 564 

street  department,  Record  of 564 

Laborers,  Salaries  of 599 

Laundry  to  be  connected  with  the  sewer 610 

Leaders,  Metallic  required  on  buildings 221 

Lead  pipes  connected  with  iron  pipes,  how 541 

Lectures,  License  fee  when  required  for 622 

Legal  Expense  Fund  created 529 

Levy  of  taxes  in  Assessment  District  No.  1  for  1899 628 

No.  2   630 

Levy  for  General  Fund  in  Assessment  District  No.  1  for  1899.  629 

No.  2 630 

General  Expense  Fund  in  Assessment  District  No.  1  for 

1899    629 

No.  2 630 

Interest  Fund  in  Assessment  District  No.  1  for  1899 62£ 

No.  2 630 

Library  Fund  in  Assessment  District  No.  1  for  1899 629 

No.  2 6-51 

Park  Fund  in  Assessment  District  No.  1  for  1899 P29 

No.  2 631 

Salary  Fund  in  Assessment  District  No.  1  for  1899 629 

No.  2 630 

Levying  annual  tax  for  Sinking  Fund 549 

Lewd  books,  etc.,  Sale,  exhibition  of,  etc.,  prohibited 287 

Liability  of  City  for  seizure  of  unadulterated  milk 238 

Librarian,  see  "City  Librarian." 

Library  Fund— Appropriation  of  levy  of  1899  to 629,  b30 

Revenues  from  licenses  and  fines  to 55:! 

City  council  to  adopt  rules,  etc.,  for 531 

Created  531 

Penalties,  etc.,  5  per  cent  go  to  the 531 

Public,  Committee  appointed  by  President  of  council  to 

care  for    530 

Monthly  payment  of  $250  to 344 

License,  Application  for,  for  slaughtering  cattle,  etc 241 

Fee  for  slaughtering  cattle,  etc 242 

Forfeit  of,  for  slaughtering  cattle,  etc 242 

Required  for  slaughtering  cattle,  etc 241 

Revocation  of,  for  slaughtering  cattle,  etc 244 

For  Auctioneers    249,  623" 

Bicycles,  tricycles,   etc '  250 

Billiards,   etc 251 

Concert  halls  where  liquor  is  not  sold 622 

Concerts,  lectures,  etc 622 

Distribution  of  advertising  matter 253 

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Licenses:  Page.. 

Employment   agencies    262 

Engineers  for  steam  boilers 251 

Exhibition  of  freaks,  curiosities,  etc 622. 

Expressmen    257 

Games  not  specified  in  Ordinance  1348 , 623 

Hackmen   257 

Hawkers 269 

Intelligence  offices    262 

Liquors  264. 

Menageries    622 

Merry-go-rounds    622 

Pawnbrokers    268 

Peddlers    269 

Plumbers   272 

Riding  galleries    623 

Sale  of  goods  by  automatic  devices 274. 

Stamps,   coupons,   etc 275 

Saloon  having  mechanical  musical  instrument 622 

Saloon  prohibited  in  certain  limits 587 

Second-hand  dealers  275 

Shooting  galleries 623 

Slaughtering  cattle,  etc 241 

Theatrical  shows,  etc 277,  622 

Where  liquor  is  sold 622 

Not  sold  622 

Variety  theatres 622 

Licenses,  etc.,  Appropriation  of  revenues  from,  to  General 

Fund    552 

1  per  cent  from,  to  Ambulance  Fund 521,  552 

5  per  cent  from,  to  Library  Fund 531,  552 

10  per  cent  from  liquor,  to  Park  Fund 537,  552 

10  per  cent  from,  to  State  Fund 552: 

Contents  of  248 

Payment  for,  to  be  made  to  City  Treasurer 246 

Regulate  manner  of  issuing 248 

When  Mayor  may  issue 249! 

Light  companies,  how  they  shall  repair  their  lines 315 

Lighting  of  theatre,  etc 193, 194 

Lights  on  bicycles,  etc.,  required 187 

Light  shafts,  how  constructed 212 

Limits,   Fire,   defined 228,  229,  606,  607 

Proposed  extension  of,  of  the  city 345 

Within  which  animals  are  prohibited  from  running  at 

large    178 

Dairies  are  prohibited 247 

Rendering  of  animal  matter  not  allowed 240- 

Saloon  license  will  not  be  granted 587 

Slaughtering  of  cattle,  etc.,  allowed 240 

Sidewalks  to  be  cleaned  of  snow  and  ice 299 

Speed  of  street  cars  is  fixed 296 

Sidewalks  are  to  be  washed,  Time 299 

Use  of  fire  crackers  are  prohibited 284 

Lintel,  Cast  iron,  Requisite  of 208 

For  sidewalk,  how  placed 208 

Iron,   Required    when 207 

of  iron  or  stone,  when 207 

Stone,  Required,  when 207 

Liquor  license,  Application  for,  how  made 264 


INDEX   TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES. 

License:  Page. 

Defined  263,264 

Form  of  bond  for , 265 

How  revoked   267 

Retail  defined    264 

Wholesale,    defined    263 

Sale  of,  by  druggists,  etc 266 

Livery  stable  keepers  exempt  from  license 261 

Local  improvement  bonds,  Form  of,  for  street  improvements.  114,  593 

Improvement  District  No.  1  Fund  created 533 

Organizations  exempt  from  theatrical,  etc.,  license •    277 

Locomotives  exempt  from  engineer's  license 257 

Lodging  houses  to  provide  garbage  receptacles 618 

Water  closets  in 54(5 


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Machine  shops,  Thickness  of  walls  of 203 

Mad  dog  running  at  large 173 

Malicious  mischief,   defined 290 

Mansard  roof.  Construction  of 207 

Manure,  Deposit  of,  prohibited 236,  617 

Dumping    of,    prohibited 618 

Permit  from  Board  of  Health  required  to  deposit 618 

Market  master.  Appointed  by  the  Mayor 319 

Duties  of   324,  363 

Office  of,  created  363 

Powers  of   324,  363 

Salary  of 363,  599 

Place,  designated   319 

Public,  Charges  for  stands  in 323 

Rules  for  maintenance  of 322 

Markets,  Meat,  etc..  in,  to  be  kept  clean 618 

Mason  Library  branch  of  City  Library,  Janitor  for 628 

Master  plumbers,  Liability  of 546 

Must  file  bond 545 

of  vessel  with  contagious  disease,  Duties  of 232 

Mayor  appoints  Board  of  Examiners  for  engineers 255 

appoints  Board  of  Examiners  for  plumbers 538 

May  appoint  Park  Warden 301 

Special  policemen    557 

May  issue  licenses  unprovided  for 249 

May  order  boilers  inspected 255 

Member  of  Board  of  Health 608 

Meat,  Inspection  of 610 

Menageries,  License  fee  for 621,  622 

Required   for    278,  621 

'Merry-go-rounds,  License  for 278,  623 

Milk,  Analysis  of 238 

Inspection   of    ,  238,  610 

Prevent  sale  of  adulterated 236 

Skimmed  or  watered,  defined 236 

Solids   required    in 237 

To  be  carried  in  covered  wagons 236 

Minors  do  not  require  bicycle,  etc.,  license 250 

Prohibited  from  dealing  with  junk  dealers 263 

Buying  goods  by  automatic  devices 274 

Getting  on,  etc.,  street  cars 295 

Selling  to  junk  and  second-hand  dealers 292 


INDEX    TO    RK  VISED    OKDIXANCES. 

Page. 

Misrepresentation  by  auctioneer 624 

Monuments,  set  by  City  Engineer,  Protection  of 314 

of  streets  adopted 553 

Monumental  survey  legalized 553 

Mortar,  of  what  to  be  composed 210 

Moving  buildings  over  streets 309 

Under  electric  wires  470,  483,  497 

Mule,  etc.,  Hitching  to  sign  post,  tree,  etc 175 

Leaving,  on  or  near  crosswalks 175 

Loose  in  street 175 

Riding,  .etc.,  upon  or  over  sidewalks 175 

Mules  running  at  large  prohibited 178 

Mullen,  R.  B.,  Charges  for  water  by 474 

Museums  to  be  licensed 277,  (.22 


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"Non-payment  of  fines,  how  enforced 

North  End  Water  Co.,  Charges  for  water  by 474 

Notice  of  contagious  disease,  how  given 609 

Nuisance,  Abatement  of,  affecting  health 616,  617 

in    slaughtering   cattle 245 

Regarding  bulkheads   . . 322 

Wearing  or  placing  bells  on  animals  a 172 

Yarding,  etc.,  of  cattle.,  etc.,  when  a 241 

Nuisances  affecting  health  defined  and  prohibited 616 

Notice  to  abate 616 

Buildings  declared  to  be 604 

Common  law   618 

Defined   312 

How  punished 313 

When    bulkheads   are 332 

Number  of  cattle,  etc.,  allowed  to  be  kept  in  the  city 240 


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Obscene  books,  etc.,  Sale,  exhibition,  etc.,  of,  prohibited 287 

'Obstruction  in  drain  pipes,  Removal  of 544 

of  sewer  prohibited 543 

•Offal,  Deposit  of,  in  city  prohibited 617 

Dumping  of,  prohibited 618 

Manner  of  collecting  and  removing 239,  620 

Officer,  etc.,  of  City  refusing  to  deliver  books,  etc 327 

Opera  house,  Construction  of ,  etc 190 

•Opium  smoking  or  inhaling,  To  suppress 282 

Who  may  prosecute  for 

Ordinances,  Beneficiaries  of,  to  pay  cost  of  publication 587 

Revision  of,  to  make  them  conform  to  the  amended 

charter  and  acts  of  the  legislature 596 

Revising,  compiling  and  publishing  'the 588 

Oriel  window,  Construction  of 213 

Ornamental  trees  not  to  interfere  with  the  fire  alarm  tele- 
graph      225 

Planting  of,  in  streets,  etc 301 

Outer  walls  of  dwellings,  etc.,  Thickness  of 200 

Outlets  of  theatres,  etc.,  Construction  of,  etc..  190 


INDEX    TO    REVISED    ORDINANCES. 


Page. 

Pacific  avenue,  Fund  created o36 

Paving  from  South  Seventeenth  to  South  Ninth  streets.  532 
From  South  Seventeenth  to  South  Twenty-fourth 

streets  536 

Painting  advertising  matter  to  be  licensed 

Park  Commissioners,  Establishing  Board  of 364 

Duties  and  powers  of 365 

Fund,  Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 629,  631 

Created  93,537 

Payment  of  earnings  of  City  Park  Railway  Co.  into  491 

Payments  into   537 

Revenues  from  licenses  and  fines  paid  into S52 

Liquor  licenses  paid  into 537 

Warden,  Mayor  may  appoint  a 301 

Parking  streets,  Manner  of 563 

Parks,  Protection  of  public 317 

Partition  and  division  walls  in  brick  buildings 197 

Partitions,  Deafening,  how  done 201 

Stud,  in  brick,  etc.,  buildings 197 

Passenger  elevators,  how  constructed 212 

Pawnbrokers,  defined   268 

Forfeiture  of  license  of 299 

Keep  record  of  goods  pawned 

License  required  of . 

License  f e*e  of 268 

Report  daily  to  Chief  of  Police. 268 

Shall  not  take  goods  from  certain  persons 269 

Time  within  which  to  receive  goods 269 

Peddlers,   defined 269 

License  fee  of 270 

Required   of    269 

Who  are  exempt  from 270 

Pegs,  Protection  of,  placed  by  City  Engineer 314 

Penalties,  etc.,  5  per  cent  go  to  the  Library  Fund 531 

Permit  required  for  blasting 283 

for  burial  of  the  dead 614 

deposit  of  building  material  on  the  streets,  etc....  306 

of  manure  from  the  Board  of  Health 618 

erection,  etc.,  of  buildings 222 

excavating  beneath  paved  streets 307 

excavating  in  any  street 311 

removal  of  buildings  ever  streets 309 

storing,  conveying,  et:.,  gunpowder 

transit  of  dead  body  through  city 615 

Persons  retaining  books,  keys,  etc.,  belonging  to  the  City. . . .  326 

Pest  house,  Removal  of  person  with  contagious  disease  to 608 

Petroleum,  etc.,  Building  for  storage  of 221 

Physician,  Duty  of,  in  case  of  contagious  disease 6.12 

Report  births   611 

Deaths 611 

from  contagious  disease 611 

Piers,  how  constructed 199,  202,  203,  208 

Isolated,  Requisites  of 199 

Pigeon  hole.  License  for 251 

Pipes,  Quality  of  material  in 540 

Plats  of  additions,  Approval  of 321 

Filing  of   , 322 


INDEX   TO    REVISED    ORDINANCES. 

Plats:  Pag-e. 

Form  of  

Manner  of  making. 320 

Pleuro-pneumonia  among  cattle,  Duty  of  Board  of  Health  in 

case  of   235 

How  treated  235 

^Plumber,  Appeal  to  State  Board  of  Health  on  revocation  of 

license  of  a 

Examination  of  a,  for  license 538 

License  required  of 272,  538 

Duration  of    546 

Expiration  of  546 

Fee  for 539 

How  obtained  538 

Limit  of 

Renewal  of   53* 

Revocation  of   539 

Plumbing,   Defective,  prohibited 

License  Fund  created 539 

plans,  etc.,  to  be  submitted  to  Inspector  of 

ventilation  and  drainage  of  buildings 538-547 

work  to  be  approved  by  Inspector  of,  before  covering.. 

work  to  be  tested  by  Inspector  of 543 

Inspector  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health 

Poles,  etc.,  on  streets  without  franchise,  Removal  of 309 

Police  Department — Emergency  Fund  created 

Composition  of  the  , 

Pay  rolls  of,  how  made 391 

Salaries  of    598 

Policemen,  Certificate  of  appointment  of 

Duty  of  when  arrest  is  made 557 

generally   < 558 

in  enforcing  health  ordinance 617 

Powers  of   557 

Resignation    of    

Special,  when  and  by  whom  appointed 

Pool  tables,  to  be  licensed 251 

Pork,  Inspection  of 610 

Posting  advertising  matter  to  be  licensed 253 

.Posts,  Protection  of,  placed  by  City  Engineer 

Poundmaster,  Duties  of 174 

.Precincts,  Election,  in  the  several  wards 348-356 

Premises  to  be  kept  clean 

for  slaughtering  cattle  to  be  open  for  inspection 

to  be  kept  clean 243 

President  of  City  Council  member  of  Board  of  Health 608 

,  Prevention  of  cruelty  to  animals 

Price  of  gas,  Regulate  to  consumers 325 

.Principal  of  school.  Duty  of,  in  case  of  contagious  disease. . . .  612 

Privy  a  nuisance,  when 617 

vault  must  have  substantial  wall 617 

must  be  kept  clean 618 

when  prohibited   §44,  615 

Privies,  Manner  of  collecting,  etc.,  cleanings  of 239 

Property  room  to  theatre,  how  constructed 190 

Prostitution,  To  suppress  houses  of 

Provisions,   Inspection  of 610 

Public  entertainment.  Construction,  etc.,  of  building  for 190 

places,  Expectoration  in,  prohibited 246 

Regulate  use  of 300 


INDEX   TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES^ 


Page 

Qualifications  of  City  employees ..........  ^,  342 

Quarantine,  Board  of  Health  may  order 609 

Care  of  patient  in  case  of 609 

How  enforced  611 

of  vessels,  when  233,  619 

R 

Railroad  and  street  railroad  trains,  etc.,  Regulate  the  opera- 
tion of  4  294 

Railway  cars,  Prohibit  minors  jumping  on  street 295 

companies,  How  street,  shall  construct  their  lines 293 

tracks,  Street,  upon  South  Eleventh  street  bridge 385 

Railways,  To  prevent  injuries  to  person  and  property  in  the 

operation  of  street 292 

Rain  water  pipe,  when  prohibited 543 

Record  of  bicycle,  etc.,  licenses  to  be  kept  by  City  Treasurer. .  251 

births,  how  kept 611 

deaths,  how  kept 611 

dog  licenses  to  be  kept  by  City  Treasurer 173 

impounded  dogs  to  be  kept 174 

Redemption  of  unlicensed  dog  impounded 174 

Refrigerator  waste  pipes,  how  constructed 543 

Refund  by  auctioneer  on  fraudulent  sale 624 

Registers,  Size  and  composition  of 217 

Removal  of  buildings  over  streets 309 

Bond  required  for 31(k 

under  electric   wires 470,  483,  497 

damaged  or  dangerous  buildings 604 

person  with  contagious  disease 6H 

poles  and  wires  on  streets,  etc.,  where  there  is  no  fran- 
chise      309 

Rendering  animal  matter  restricted 243 

Repairs  to  buildings,  how  made ,  221 

Report  of  physician,  midwife  or  other  person  who  attends  a 

birth 611 

Retail  liquor  license  denned 264 

market,  killing  of  animals  in,  prohibited 243 

"Retaining"  wall,  defined 196 

walls,  Building  of 189,  204 

Revenues,  Disposition  of,  from  licenses  and  fines  to  various 

funds   552 

Riding  galleries,  License  fee  for 278,  623 

Right  of  way  of  Fire  Department  on  streets 226 

Road  Fund  created 5261 

Revenues  to  be  paid  into ,  526 

Roof  of  theatre,  etc.,  how  constructed 190 

Roofing  new  and  old  buildings,  how  done 198 

Rules  for  maintenance  of  public  market 322 

use  of  electric  lights 377 

water  ,  575 

S 

Safes,  how  constructed  other  than  urinal 542 

Urinal,  how  constructed 542 

Salary  Fund— Appropriating  levy  of  1899  to 629,  630 

Created 548 

Revenues  to  be  paid  into  the 548 


INDEX    TO    REVISED    ORDINANCES. 

Page. 

Salaries  may  be  changed  by  council 600 

of  certain  officers  and  employees  of  City 597-600 

Sale,  Fraudulent,  by  auctioneer 625 

of  goods  at  auction,  how  permitted 

License  required  for 

by  automatic  devices  to  be  licensed 

by  stamps,  coupons,  etc.,  to  be  licensed 275 

Saloons  containing  mechanical  musical  instrument  to  be  li- 
censed           278, 622 

License  for,  prohibited  within  certain  limits 

Scales,  public,  to  be  erected  at  market  place 

Scattering  hand  bills,  etc.,  in  public  places  prohibited 

Scenery  of  theatre,  how  stored .        190 

School  attendance  in  case  of  contagious  disease 612 

children,  Examination  of,  for  diseases 613 

to  be  vaccinated,  when 613 

Scuttles  in  store  buildings,  Requisites  of 212 

Seats  of  theatre,  how  secured 191 

Second  hand  dealers  shall  keep  record  of  goods  bought 276 

shall  procure  a  license 

shall  not  buy  from  minors 291 

shall  report  daily  to  Chief  of  Police 

Sewerage  of  slaughter  houses 

Sewer  connections,  how  compelled  to  be  made 545 

how  made   . . . 544 

or   construction,    In   making,   the   City   to    be    in- 
demnified    545 

with  laundry   610 

Department,  Record  of  labor  performed  in 564 

Salaries  of  600 

Fund,  Appropriations  from 549 

created   549 

Revenues  to  be  paid  into 

Obstruction   of,   prohibited 543 

ventilation    541 

when  prohibited  615 

Shade  trees  not  to  interfere  with  fire  alarm  telegraph 

when  planted  in  streets 301 

where  and  by  whom  may  be  planted 302 

"Sheds,"  denned  19C 

Thickness  of  outer  walls  of  brick 200 

Sheep  running  at  large  prohibited 178 

Shooting  galleries  to  be  licensed 278,  623 

Shutters,  Fire,  etc.,  how  made 220 

Side  walls,  how  constructed 202 

Sidewalks,  Animals  on,  prohibited 305 

Assessing  cost  of   298 

Burning  rubbish,  etc.,  on,  prohibited 307 

Chief  of  Police  to  notify  persons  to  clean 299 

Condemnation  of,  by  Commissioner  of  Public  Works..  560 

by  ordinance    297 

Proceedings  on   297 

Construction  of,  on  South  Ninth,  Eleventh,  Thirteenth, 

Fifteenth  and  Seventeenth  streets 559 

Crowds  on,  prohibited 305 

Cutting  wood  on,  prohibited 305 

Disturbing,  prohibited    305 

Driving  on,  prohibited 305 


INDEX   TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES* 

Sidewalks:  Paj?e. 

Expectoration  on,  prohibited 246 

Flags  and  banners  over,  when  permitted 304 

Gutters  and,  to  be  kept  clean 298 

Liability  for  cost  of  renewing,  etc 560 

Maintenance,  repair  and  renewal  of 559 

Material  to  be  used  for,  in  fire  limits 296 

Obstruction  of,  prohibited 303 

'  Opening  in,  when  permitted 304 

Regulate  construction  of 296 

Regulate  the  width  of 5Ul 

Riding  bicycles  on  certain,  prohibited 186 

any  horse  on  or  over,  prohibited 175 

Signs  over,  prohibited 304 

Snow  and  ice  to  be  removed  from,  in  certain  limits 299 

Time  limit  for  washing 299 

Wood  and  coal  prohibited  on 305 

Sign  post,  Hitching  any  horse,  etc.,  to,  prohibited 175 

Sinking  Fund— Created   63,549 

Commission  authorized  to  deliver  bonds  to  C.  B.  Wright  571 
Commission  to  negotiate  sale  of  bonds  for  purchase  of 

T.  L.  and  W.  Co.'s  plants 568 

Skimmed  milk,  sale  of,  prohibited 236 

to  be  labeled   237 

Skylights  in  store  buildings,  Requisites  of 213 

of  theatres,  etc.,  how  constructed 191 

Slaughtering  of  cattle,  etc. — Abatement  of  nufsance  in 245 

Application  for  license  for 242 

Cattle,  how  kept  for 243 

Forfeit  of  license  for 242 

how  conducted    241 

License  required  for 240 

fee  for 242 

Regulate  the    240 

Revocation  of  license  for 244 

when  prohibited  244 

Within  what  limits  the,  to  be  carried  on 240 

without  license,  penalty  for 245 

Slaughter  houses,  how  ventilated,  etc 243 

Sleeping  apartments,  Water  closets  in,  prohibited 546 

Sling  shots,  Use  of,  prohibited 291 

Small  pox  cases  to  be  examined  by  Commissioner  of  Health. .  610 

Smoke  houses,  how  constructed 219 

Society  for  the  prevention  of  cruelty  to  animals,  Duties  and 

powers  of    177 

Spark  arresters  required  219 

Special  election  for  extension  "of  City  limits 347 

for  purchase  of  T.  L.  &  W.  Co.'s  plants 568 

Speed  of  bicycle,  etc.,  riders,  Limit  of 187 

street  cars.  Limit  of 296 

water  craft  within  certain  limits 331 

Stables,  Thickness  of  outer  walls  of  brick,  etc 200. 

Stage  wall  of  theatre.  Construction  of 193 

Staircases  in  theatres,  Construction  of 192 

Stairs  in  theatres,  Construction  of 192 

Circular,  in  theatres.  Requisites  of 192 

Straight,  in  theatres,  Requisites  of 192 

Stakes,  Protection  of,  set  by  City  Engineer 314 

Stamping  advertising  matter  to  be  licensed 253 

Stand-pipes  of  theatres,  Number  of,  etc 194 


INDEX   TO    REVISED    ORDINANCES. 

Stand-pipes: 

and  fire  hydrants,  Use  of 

when  required  214 

State  Board  of  Health  to  hear  appeals  in  case  of  revocation 

of  plumber's  license 

Fund,  Revenues  paid  into 552 

Stationary  engineers,  License  required  for 25* 

Steamboat  runners  restricted  on  wharves,  etc 300 

Steamboats  exempt  from  engineer's  license 

Steam  cars,  Prohibit  minors  from  getting  on,  etc 295 

exhaust  pipe,  when  prohibited 543 

pipes,  how  laid  in  buildings 198,  21fr 

Steeples,  Covering  of 

Sticking  advertising  matter  to  be  licensed 253 

"Stone"  building,  defined 196 

Stone  lintel  required,  when 

Storage  of  petroleum,  etc.,  Requisites  of  building  for 

Storekeeper,  Duties  of 365 

Office  created   365 

Salary  of  60» 

Stories,  Height  of,  defined 200 

Stove  pipe  holes,  how  protected 218 

Strapping  beams,  how  done 206 

"Street,"  defined  196 

Street,  Burning  rubbish,  etc.,  in,  prohibited 307 

corner  walls,  Size  of 202 

Department,  Record  of  labor  performed  in 564 

Salaries  in 600 

Erection  of  buildings  in,  prohibited 303 

improvements,  Form  of  Local  Improvement  bonds  for.         114,  593 
intersections,  Assessment  and  collection  of  cost  of  im- 
proving             119, 565 

railway  cars,  Prohibit  minors  getting  on,  etc 295 

companies,  How  to  construct,  etc.,  their  lines 293 

tracks  upon  Eleventh  street  bridge 383 

railways,  To  prevent  injuries  to  persons  and  property 

in  operation  of 292 

railroad  trains,  etc.,  Regulate  operation  of 294 

Streets,  Deposit  of  barrels,  ashes,  dirt,  etc.,  on,  prohibited 236 

Erection  of  poles  and  stretching  wires  on,  prohibited..  308 

Excavating  beneath  paved,  when  allowed 307 

grading,  etc.,  when  permitted 311 

Expectoration  on,  prohibited 246 

Intersections  of,  enumerated 554 

Leaving  any  horse,  etc.,  loose  on 175 

Manner  of  parking 563 

Monuments  of,  adopted 553 

Planting  shade,  etc.,  trees  on 301 

Protect  dangerous   315 

Regulate  use  of 300 

Remoral  of  buildings  over,  etc 309 

Right  of  way  of  Fire  Department  on 226 

Tacks,  etc..  prohibited  from  being  placed  on 182 

Throwing  advertising  matter  on,  prohibited 253 

where  bicycle,  etc.,  riding  is  prohibited 186 

Stud  partitions  in  brick,  etc.,  buildings 197 

Studding  for  frame  buildings 210 

Supply  pipes,  size  and  quality 541 

"Swill,"  etc.,  prohibited  as  food  for  cows 237 

Swine  running  at  large  prohibited 178 


INDEX   TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES.  723 

Page, 

Tacks,  etc.,  Prohibit  placing,  on  streets,  etc 

Tacking  advertising  matter  to  be  licensed 

Tacoma  Light  and  Water  Co.'s  plants,  Purchase  of 

Special  election  for  the  purchase  of 568 

Tacoma  Railways  Co.  (Jas.  0.  Carr),  Contract  for  electric  cur- 
rent for  use  of  City 366 

Tax  levy,  Issuance  of  warrants  not  to  exceed  80  per  cent  of, 
'  as  an  assignment  

Levying  annual,  for  municipal  purposes  for  1899 

Taxes,  Delinquent,  Appropriation  of  revenues  from,  to  Gen- 
eral Fund    

Levy  of,  in  Assessment  District  No.  1,  for  1899 

Levy  of,  in  Assessment  District  No.  2,  for  1899 

Teacher,  Duty  of,  in  case  of  contagious  disease 

interfering  with  Commissioner  of  Health 

Teamsters,   License  for 257 

Duration  of  257 

Salaries  of,  in  employ  of  City 599 

Telegraph,  etc.,  wires,  Moving  buildings  under 470,  483,  497 

"Tenement"   house,   denned 

to  provide  garbage  receptacle 

Water  closets  in 546 

Terminals  of  vent  pipes,  how  constructed 

Terra  cotta  joints,  how  made 

Territory,  Proposed,  for  extending  City  limits 

Test  of  plumbing  work,  how  made 

Testimony  before  City  council,  how  obtained 325 

Theatre,  etc.,  Construction,  arrangement,  etc.,  of 190-195 

Thickness  of  walls  of 203 

Theatrical  shows,  License  required  for 277,  622 

Towers,  Covering  of 207 

Transparencies,  when  permitted  over  streets 304 

Trap  when  unsealed    543 

Trapping  waste  pipes 541 

Traveling  exhibitions,  License  for 623 

Treasurer,  Assistant,  Salary  of 597 

Collecting  clerk  for,  Salary  of 597 

to  issue  bicycle,  etc.,  licenses 250 

dog  licenses   173 

to  keep  record  of  bicycle,  etc.,  licenses 251 

of  dog  licenses 174 

Tree,  Hitching  horse,  etc.,  to  shade,  prohibited 175 

Trees,  Planting  shade,  etc.,  in  streets,  etc 301 

Where  and  by  whom  shade,  etc.,  may  be  planted 302 

Trial  before  City  council 325 

Tricycles,  see  Bicycles. 

Trimmers,  how  hung 205 

Trusses,  Iron,  Requisites  of 208 

Steel,  Requisites  of 208 

Turrets,  Covering  of 207 

U 

Unsafe  buildings  declared  nuisances 604 

Unsound  food  to  be  destroyed 610 

to  be  reported 619 

Urinal  safes,  how  constructed 542 


INDEX    TO    REVISED    ORDINANCES. 

Page, 

Vacant  lots,  Deposit  of  ashes,  rubbish,  etc.,  on  prohibited 

Vaccination,  Evidence  of 613 

of  persons  on  vessels  when  ordered 234,  619 

of  school  children 613 

to  be  ordered  when  necessary 609 

Vagrancy,    Punishment   for 284 

Vagrants,  Who  are 284 

Variety  theatres  to  be  licensed 278 

Vault,  Construction  of,  when  prohibited 544,  615 

Privy,  to  be  kept  clean 618 

to  have  a  substantial  wall 617 

Vegetables,  Inspection  of 610 

Vehicles  for  hire,  when  prohibited  on  Pacific  avenue 317 

Velocipedes,  see  Bicycles. 

Vent  pipe  terminals,  how  constructed 542 

pipes  outside  of  water  closet,  Size  of  the 543 

Ventilator  shafts  of  theatre,  etc.,  how  constructed 191 

Ventilation,  etc.,  of  buildings •  538-547 

of  slaughter  houses,  etc 243 

of  water  closets 541 

Venting  in  the  rough,  when  allowed 541 

Vents  for  two  or  more  fixtures 542 

of  iron  pipes  must  be  galvanized 541 

Vessels,  Application  for  berth  at  wharf 329 

anchored  must  have  one  seaman  on  board 330 

Bell  of,  to  be  tolled  in  foggy  weather 330 

Canvass  chutes  must  be  used  by 330 

Disposition  of  idle 329 

Fee  for,  mooring  at  City  buoys 330 

Fire  on,  riot  to  be  used  for  heating  tar 330 

How,  can  be  moored  or  anchored 329 

Inspection  of,  by  Commissioner  of  Health 233 

moving  from  berth  at  own  expense 329 

Persons  sick  from,  to  be  reported 612 

Prevent  introduction  of  contagious  disease  by 232 

to  be  quarantined,  when 232 

Vaccination  of  persons  coming  on 23 4 

Vicious  dogs  running  at  large  prohibited 173 

Visitors  in  City  do  not  require  bicycle,  etc.,  license 250 


W 


Wall  anchors,   Size  of 206 

"Bearing,"  defined    196 

"Bulkhead  or  area,"  defined 196,  204 

"Division,"  defined    196 

"Embankment  or  retain  ins,"  defined 196,  204 

Partition  and  division,  in  brick  buildings 197,201,203,204 

Walls,   Cross,   defined 202 

Foundation,   Requisites   of 199 

Hollow,  Construction  of   20-3 

Outer,  of  brick  dwellings,  etc.,  Thickness  of 200 

of   brick   buildings,    other   than    dwellings.    Thick- 
ness of    201 

Side,  how  constructed 202 

Street  corner,  Requisites  of 202 

Theatre.  Auditorium,  how  constructed 193 

O1  her,  how  constructed 193 

Stage,  how  constructed 193 


INDEX    TO    REVISED   ORDINANCES. 

Walls:  Page, 

to  extend  above  the  roof 207 

Wards,  Election  precincts  of  the  various 348-356 

Warrants,  Form  of,  in  assigning  tax  levy 590 

Issuance  of,  not  to  exceed  80  per  cent  of  tax  levy  as 

an  assignment  590 

Waste  matter,  Deposit  of,  on  streets  prohibited 236 

pipes,  how  trapped 541 

Quality  of,  and  how  laid f  540 

refrigerator,  how  constructed '  543 

Water,  Charges  for  use  of,  for  fire  protection 581 

by  meter 679,  582 

to  be  made  by  North  End  Water  Co.  for  use  of 474 

Closets  in  tenement,  lodging  houses,  etc 546 

to  be  walled  617 

Companies,  How,  shall  repair  their  lines 315 

Inspection  of 610,  619 

Monthly  rates  for  use  of 580-583 

Rules  governing  use  of 575 

Water  and  Light— Bonds,  Form  of 571 

Collection  of  receipts  for,  furnished  customers 574 

Department,   Salaries   in 599 

Extension  Fund  created 551 

Revenues  paid  into 551 

Fund  created    550 

Revenues  paid  into 550 

Plants,  Purchase  of,  proposed 566 

Ratifying  purchase  of 570 

Water  craft,  Speed  of,  within  certain  limits 331 

pipes,  how  to  be  laid  in  all  buildings 198 

Waterway,  Prohibit  deposit  of  debris,  etc.,  in 318 

Weighing  on  City  scales,  Fees  for 320 

Well  of  impure  water  to  be  filled  up 619 

Wharves,  Regulate  use  of .- 300 

Whisky,  Inspection  of 610 

Wholesale  liquor  license,  defined 263 

Windows,  how  to  be  constructed 207 

Bay  or  Oriel,  Construction  of 213 

Wine,  Inspection  of 610 

Wires,  etc.,  on  streets,  etc.,  without  franchise,  Removal  of...  309 

to  convey  electricity,  etc..  Regulate  laying,  etc.,  of 327 

Witnesses,  Compel  attendance  of,  before  City  council 324 

Wooden  beams,  how  placed 204 

"Wooden'   buildings,   defined 196 

in  fire  limits,  Repairs  of 230 


Y 


Yarding,  etc.,  of  cattle  and  other  animals 240 

How  conducted 241 

License  required  for 240 


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